Tania Maria

Tania Maria is a Jazz artist from Brazil, born on May 9, 1948.

Tania Maria Correa Reis (born May 9, 1948 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil), professionaly known as Tania Maria, is a Brazilian jazz and MPB singer, pianist, composer and bandleader, singing mostly in Portuguese or English. Her style combines an original fusion of jazz, funk and pop with Brazilian genres such as samba, bossa nova and Afro-Latin influences. Tania began playing the piano at the age of seven and became a bandleader at the age of thirteen .