Sebastião "Tim" Rodrigues Maia (28 September 1942 – 15 March 1998) was a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, disco, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, 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 samba rock and samba funk, combining samba, soul, funk and rock and roll. He is recognized as one of the biggest icons in Brazilian music.
Born |
28 September 1942 Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
Died |
15 March 1998 (aged 55) Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
Zodiac | Libra |
Tags | Add tag |