Sweet, velvety vocals enrobed in a bed of swinging jazz, lilting folk tunes, and dancing world music grooves. Grab a martini (or two!) and settle in join the intimate journey Maria Schafer crafts in each of her shows. Shows feature songwriter and performance influences from ambitious and immaculate musicians like Luciana Souza, Dianne Reeves, Gretchen Parlato, Nana Caymmi, and Joni Mitchell. Maria's first album, "To Know Love", is a tribute to her roots in jazz standards and serves as a pivot point between her Great American Songbook foundations and her hunger for modern influences spanning folk, world, and chamber genres. With sales and fans all over the world, this first offering "makes you beg for more of the same (Jazz Weekly)" and is just a taste of the promising music to come.