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UWATTIBI
Maria Farinha Band
Roy Patterson, Carlos Ezequiel, Andrew Downing, Jean Pierre Zanella, and Luiz Rabello
Produced by Maria Farinha
Released by Maria Farinha FARPAT 009 2011
A Journey about love, people,country, life, and nature, creating music that maintains a perfect balance of all its elements..Jazz, Brazilian genres, 
Native sounds, and drums all coexist in Farinha's universe of UWATTIBI, an album musically and culturally rich.

Egidio Leitao
JazzTimes Magazine

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Kiss of Love
Maria Farinha and guests
Silvia Goes, Thiago do Espirito Santo, Alex Buck, Nailor Azevedo
(Proveta), Vitor Alcantara, Daniel D'Alcantara.

Produced by Maria Farinha
Released by Ronfa Productions (2007)- Brazil
"...Equipped with a dense and captivating tone of voice, Maria maintained her high class of music presenting "KISS OF LOVE". There will not be words impressive enough to describe it..."
Vinicius Mesquita-Head Editor of JAZZ+ Magazine (Brazil)
Endless Samba
Maria Farinha and guests
Romero Lubambo, Danny Gottlieb, Cyro Batptista, Helio Alves, Chuck Achard.
Produced by Maria Farinha
Released by Clavebop Productions (2002)-USA
"...an outstanding composer with an alluring voice..."
Aaron Cohen- Editor of Downbeat Magazine- 2002-USA

"...Maria's clear alto voice and convincing expression puts the music at ease for relaxed enjoyment..."
Jim Santella- Editor of Cadence Magazine- 2005-USA
Planeta Banana
Maria Farinha and Guests
Manfredo Fest, Richard Drexler, Patrick Bettinson, Richie Zellon, Craig Pichanick
Produced by Richie Zellon
Released by Songosaurus (1998)- USA
"...Maria shines equally on fast-phrasing twisting melodies and romantic ballads. Her embracing voice executes the technically difficult Brazilian Jazz style with emotion, style, warm and mysterious..."
Hilarie Grey- Editor of JazzTimes Magazine- 1999-USA

"...Maria's sensuous voice, plus the infectious feel of the group sound make this a very notable release. Brazilian Jazz at its most enjoyable..."
Scott Yanow- All Music Guide to Jazz- 1998-USA