Recordings
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MARIA! (CD, released 2008) Maria’s latest album is a romantic collection of some of the world’s beloved and best-known boleros and rumbas. Arranged and produced by Pure & Simple Music recording artist and composer Richard Palalay (www.pureandsimple.com), MARIA! features top Valley musicians Felix Sainz, David Robinson, Jessie McGuire, Paul Anderson, Emilio Santiago, Charles Bulla, Brent Mendoza, and Todd Chuba.
MARIA AND FRIENDS! (DVD, released 2008) Live concert DVD of Maria in concert at ASU’s Kerr Cultural Center. Maria and her group perform the music from the CD MARIA!, along with some Brazilian favorites from the SILVA 107 CD. Maria’s band is: Felix Sainz, Johnny Carrasco, Cleve Huff, John Valdivia, Pam Morita, Paul-Eirik Melhus, and Brent Mendoza. Music director is Richard Palalay. The DVD was filmed by John Wroble and his crew from Porcupine Studios.
I’LL BE SEEING YOU (CD, released 2004) Maria sings classic standards from the Great American Songbook, accompanied by noted Valley musicians Frank Smith, Dwight Kilian, Todd Chuba, and Bill Anderson, who also did the musical arrangements.
SILVA 107 (CD, released 2000) Maria’s tribute to Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, who was known to his friends as Tom Jobim. Many of Jobim’s famous songs are found in this CD, which features such Valley musicians as Charles Lewis, Frank Smith, Bob Lasier, Glenn Stern, and Dom Moio.
The Light of Love (CD, released 1998) María pays homage to love and her great friend, José da Silva Santos, who taught María to listen to the birds sing and to appreciate all the beauty of our natural surroundings.
In addition to the above CDs and DVD, Maria also has two cassette albums available, MARIA WOODARD, and CANTA CON MARIACHI. The latter album features music from Maria and her trio in their La Posada Resort days.