Tim Maia

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Tim Maia
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    Tim Maia (Brazilian Portuguese:

    romantic ballads, samba, bossa nova, baião and música popular brasileira (MPB). He introduced the soul style on the Brazilian musical scene. Along with Jorge Ben, Maia pioneered sambalanço, combining samba, soul, funk and rock and roll.[1] He is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music
    .

    Tim Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity. A theatrical retrospective of his career, the popular musical Vale Tudo, was first staged in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.

    Biography

    1950s

    Maia was born on September 28, 1942, in the

    Jorge Ben, among others. They liked to listen to the earliest styles of rock and roll, with both Maia and Ben being nicknamed "Babulina" after their enthusiastic pronunciation of Ronnie Self's rockabilly song "Bop-A-Lena".[2]

    In 1957, Maia, Carlos, Arlênio Silva, Edson Trindade and Wellington started the vocal group The Sputniks. After a televised appearance on

    TV Tupi, Imperial arranged a solo appearance for Roberto Carlos the following week. Maia got annoyed at this, leading him to insult Carlos in the following rehearsals until his bandmate left the group. After watching Carlos' concert the following week, Maia left The Sputniks, and went after Imperial for a solo appearance. Imperial eventually suggested another artistic name, Tim, which Maia accepted with reservations.[3]

    In 1959, Maia went to study in the United States, where he lived for five years. He joined a vocal harmony ensemble, The Ideals, and wrote the lyrics to "New Love", which was recorded as a demo with guest percussion by Milton Banana.[4] (Maia also recorded the song as a soloist in 1973).[4] The group's career was derailed in 1963 when Maia was arrested for possession of marijuana and deported back to Brazil.[2][4]

    1960s

    After returning, Maia had a few unsuccessful jobs and arrests in Rio. Eventually he decided to move to São Paulo to try to get help to kickstart his musical career from Carlos, who was beginning to enjoy the massive success of

    Polydor/Philips and recorded the successful single "Primavera".[6]

    1970s

    Tim Maia, 1972. National Archives of Brazil.

    In the 1970s, Maia started to record albums and perform shows promoting his synthesis of American soul and Brazilian music with elements of samba and baião. The movement gradually took the working-class suburbs of the north side of Rio de Janeiro, exploding in 1976 with the black movement.

    In 1970, Maia recorded his first full-length LP, Tim Maia, which included the classics "Azul da Cor do Mar", "Coroné Antônio Bento", and "Primavera", and topped the charts for 24 weeks in Rio de Janeiro. His first four albums were all self-titled. Next year's Tim Maia had other hits including "Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)" and "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só". His fourth album, released in 1973, included "Réu Confesso" and "Gostava Tanto de Você". Angry at how the

    music publisher distributed the royalties, Maia opened his own, Seroma (derived from the first syllables of his first, middle and last names), to make sure he had a bigger cut of the profits.[7]

    After his fourth album, Maia left Polydor for

    master tapes from them and released the albums independently through label Seroma Discos, which would split its profits with the cult. While the lead single "Que Beleza (Imunização Racional)" had some airplay, at the time these records were not well received, due to inadequate distribution, and the spiritual content alienating both the radios and Maia's fans. Eventually, the artist could only perform at events promoted by the Rational Culture. In 1975, Maia got fed up with the cult, destroyed the unsold records and went back to his carefree life.[9][10]
    The Racional albums are now regarded as classics and saw re-release in 2005.

    For his return in 1976, Maia signed with

    Warner Bros. Records and incorporated the disco sound of the period in the album Tim Maia Disco Club, which spawned the hits "Sossego" and "Acenda o Farol".[13][14] In 1979 Maia recorded Reencontro for EMI-Odeon, but revolted at the label's estimated promotion costs which were the same as the money spent recording, Maia fought with the marketing executive, and in response EMI president fired Maia, releasing the album with no publicity to low sales.[15]

    1980s and 1990s

    In 1980, Maia recorded another self-titled album for Polygram. The following year, with turbulent passages through all the major labels in Brazil, Maia released again through Seroma the album Nuvens, which flopped due to inefficient distribution. To earn cash for his future albums, Maia was a guest in songs by

    Fevers, Edu Lobo and Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins and Sandra de Sá. His collaboration with Sá, "Vale Tudo", later became a solo hit for Maia.[16]
    In 1983 he had hits with "O Descobridor dos Sete Mares" and "Me Dê Motivo", included on O Descobridor dos Sete Mares (Polygram). Another milestone of his career in the 1980s was Tim Maia (1986), which had the hit "Do Leme ao Pontal (Tomo Guaraná, Suco de Caju, Goiabada Para Sobremesa)".

    In 1990, Maia saw

    songbook and asked editor Almir Chediak to do one for his own work. Chediak was working on such an album with bossa nova classics, and Maia requested a copy, which eventually inspired him to do a self-released album of bossa nova covers, Tim Maia Interpreta Clássicos da Bossa Nova.[17] After a period of poor presence in the media, he was again on top after being mentioned by Jorge Ben Jor's "W/Brasil" in 1991. In the same period, Maia had another hit with his re-recording of Lulu Santos
    ' "Como uma Onda" for a television advertisement – Santos in return recorded Maia's "Descobridor dos Sete Mares.

    At the same time, he withdrew from majors, recording his next albums through Vitória Régia, including What a Wonderful World (1997), where he recorded American pop/soul classics, and Amigos do Rei/Tim Maia e Os Cariocas, with the famous vocal group. Obese and in bad health, on March 8, 1998, he was performing at the Municipal Theater of Niterói when he became ill. He was hospitalized and died at 13:03 BRT (16:03 GMT) on March 15.[18]

    Personal life

    Léo Maia, Tim's adoptive son, also became a musician.

    Maia lived in the United States of America from 1959 to 1964. He first resided in

    Daytona Beach, Maia had his final imprisonment for marijuana possession, which earned him deportation back to Brazil.[19]

    He had three sons. The first was José Carlos da Silva Nogueira (b. 1966). Maia only met Nogueira when he was already 15. Maia never legally recognized Nogueira as a son, but the two reportedly had a good relationship. A sister of Maia claims that, once he found out about Nogueira, he allowed the boy to live in one of his properties and helped him financially. Nogueira was shot and killed in 2002, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, four years after Maia's death.

    Maia had a live-in girlfriend, Maria de Jesus "Geisa" Gomes da Silva. After some time together, they broke up. When they made up, she was pregnant with a boy, whose father refused to recognize the child as his. Maia then adopted the boy, Marcio Leonardo "Léo" Maia (b. 1974). Afterwards, Maia and Geisa married and had another son, Carmelo "Telmo" Maia (b. 1975). When Léo was 12, Tim Maia and Geisa divorced.[20][21]

    Tim Maia became a member of the

    1998 general elections, but died before that.[22] When asked by a reporter why he chose to join the then small PSB, he replied: "Brazil is the only country where: whores fall in love, pimps get jealous, drug dealers become addicted and the poor vote for the right-wing".[22] His phrase would become a famous aphorism on the way Brazilians face politics.[22]

    He was also known for his easygoing lifestyle and his habit of lightheartedly missing appointments and even important gigs.

    marijuana before a gig.[23] Towards the end of his life, Tim Maia suffered from many health problems, which included diabetes, acute hypertension, obesity and pulmonary embolism. In 1996, he had a Fournier gangrene solved through an emergency operation.[24]

    Legacy and homages

    Caricature of Tim Maia.

    After his death, Maia was the subject of numerous tributes by Música popular brasileira artists; two lavish commemorations in 1999 and 2000 were each released on CD and DVD. A biography, Vale Tudo – O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia, was published in 2011 by one of Maia's personal friends, Nelson Motta.[23] Motta later worked with João Fonseca on a stage version of the book[25] – their musical retrospective Tim Maia: Vale Tudo began a successful theatrical run in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.[4][26] The film adaptation Tim Maia based on the book was released in 2014.[4][26][27]

    In 2004, Som Livre released an album of posthumous duets entitled Soul Tim: Duetos.[28] Maia's entire discography, including the never before seen third volume of Tim Maia Racional, was reissued by Editora Abril in 2011.[29] In October 2012, American record label Luaka Bop released a Maia compilation entitled Nobody Can Live Forever.[4][26]

    In January 2001,

    YouTube of their Ensaio music program.[33] Posthumously, an unprecedented album was released on digital platforms entitled "Yo Te Amo", which brings the musician's hits sung in Spanish and arrives 51 years after his original recording, made in 1970.[34]

    Discography

    Maia released his first album in 1970 and recorded frequently throughout his career. The following is a representative list drawn from his extensive catalog:[35][36]

    • Tim Maia (1970)
    • Tim Maia (1971)
    • Tim Maia (1972)
    • Tim Maia (1973)
    • Racional (1975)
    • Racional, vol.2 (1976)
    • Tim Maia (1976)
    • Tim Maia (1977)
    • Tim Maia Disco Club (1978)
    • Tim Maia (1978)
    • Reencontro (1979)
    • Tim Maia (1980)
    • Nuvens (1982)
    • O Descobridor dos Sete Mares (1983)
    • Sufocante (1984)
    • Tim Maia (1985)
    • Tim Maia (1986)
    • Somos América (1987)
    • Carinhos (1988)
    • Dance Bem (1990)
    • Tim Maia Interpreta Clássicos da Bossa Nova (1990)
    • Sossego (1991)
    • Não Quero Dinheiro (1993)
    • Romântico (1993)
    • Voltou Clarear (1994)
    • Tim Maia Ao Vivo (1995)
    • Nova Era Glacial (1995)
    • Pro Meu Grande Amor (1997)
    • Sorriso de Criança (1997)
    • What a Wonderful World (1997)
    • Amigos do Rei (1997)
    • Só Você: Para Ouvir e Dançar (1997)
    • Tim Maia Ao Vivo II (1998)
    • Yo Te Amo (2021)

    References

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    5. ^ Motta (2007), pp. 54–71
    6. ^ Motta (2007), pp. 77–79
    7. ^ Motta (2007), p. 70
    8. ^ Motta (2007), p. 127-9
    9. ^ Slater, Russ. "Tim Maia's Journey into Rational Culture" Sounds and Colours, July 7, 2010. Retrieved on 2014-11-05
    10. ^ Motta (2007), p. 132-143
    11. ^ Motta (2007), p. 146-156
    12. ^ Motta (2007), p. 160-1
    13. ^ "Tim Maia Disco Club, Tim Maia (WEA)" (0100-7122). Veja. Editora Abril. November 28, 2001.
    14. ^ Motta (2007), p. 165-7
    15. ^ Motta (2007), p. 173-5
    16. ^ Motta (2007), p. 184-189
    17. ^ Motta (2007), p. 286-9
    18. ^ Tim Maia morre aos 55 anos, no Rio, Jornal do Commercio
    19. ^ Motta (2007), pp. 40–51
    20. ^ Polícia começa a investigar assassinato de filho de Tim Maia, O Estado de S. Paulo
    21. ^ Motta (2007), pp. 127–8
    22. ^ a b c d (in Portuguese) Lucena, Pierre. "Biografia de Tim Maia é o livro mais divertido do ano". Acerto de Contas. December 11, 2007.
    23. ^ a b 140 quilos de som e transgressão Archived October 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Veja
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    25. ^ "Tim Maia – Vale tudo, o musical". O Globo. August 8, 2011.
    26. ^ a b c Rohter, Larry (October 19, 2012). "He's Back, Baby: The Man Who Put the Funk in Rio". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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    29. ^ Coleção Tim Maia Archived November 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
    30. ^ Rock In Rio: Guns'N'Roses toca Tim Maia
    31. Rede Globo, "Por toda a Minha Vida" Archived March 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
    32. ^ Os bastidores do Som Brasil Tim Maia
    33. ^ Faro, F. (Director). (1992) Ensaio [Live music television program]. São Paulo: TV Cultura. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FNMfTGSmA
    34. ^ Alexandre, Fernando da Silva (June 9, 2021). "Disco inédito de Tim Maia" [Unreleased album by Tim Maia] (in Portuguese). Jornal O Maringá. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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    36. ^ Tim Maia discography at Discogs

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