Maria Pia De Vito
Maria Pia De Vito is an Italian jazz singer, composer, and arranger.Career
Born 1960 in Naples, Italy, she studied opera, contemporary singing, music theory, and harmony. She started her musical career in 1976 as a singer and guitarist in groups ethno-oriented, specialising in folk music from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Since the 1980s she has been active on the jazz scene as a singer. She has worked with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Michael Brecker, Uri Caine, Peter Erskine, Paolo Fresu, Billy Hart, Maria João, Dave Liebman, Gianluigi Trovesi, Steve Turre, Miroslav Vitous, and Joe Zawinul.
Between 1994 and 1997 De Vito collaborated with pianist Rita Marcotulli on the album Nauplia, in which she combined the music of her home town, Naples, with improvisation.
She has often worked with the British composer Colin Towns and with pianist John Taylor.Discography
As leader
