Maria João

Maria João (born July 27, 1956, Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese Jazz singer.

While she is typically lumped with the Jazz moniker, her music incorporates an eclectic mix of various ethnic musics, modern jazz, and the avant-garde. Depending on the thematic slant of a release, electronica, symphonic and other genres have been thrown into the mix as well.

She has worked with many topline musicians, including Manu Katche, Trilok Gurtu, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Kai Eckhardt but her main collaborator is pianist Mário Laginha.

Discography

• Quinteto Maria João (1983)
• Cem Caminhos (1985)
• Conversa (1986)
• Looking for Love (1989)
• Alice (live album with Aki Takase) (1992)
• Sol (1992)
• Danças (1994)
• Fábula (1996)
• Cor (1998)
• Lobos, Raposas e Coiotes (1999)
• Chorinho Feliz (2000)
• Mumadji (2001)
• Undercovers (2003)
• Cinco; Saxofour & Maria Joao (2005)
• João (2005)

External links

• Maria João e Mário Laginha Performing Live
• Maria João Fan Club Website