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Maria Pia de Vito (b. 1960) is an Italian jazz singer, composer, and arranger.
Born in Naples, de Vito studied opera, contemporary singing, musical theory, and harmony, and started her musical career in 1976 as a singer and guitarist (and, later, as a pianist) in groups specialising in music from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Since the 1980s she has been active on the jazz scene as a singer, performing and collaborating with, among others, Kenny Wheeler, Ralph Towner, Joe Zawinul, Michael Brecker, Steve Turre, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Between 1994 and 1997 she worked with pianist Rita Marcotulli on the project Nauplia, which combined the music of Naples with improvisational elements.
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