Eduardo "Ed" Motta (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born August 17, 1971) is a Brazilian MPB, rock, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is the nephew of late singer-songwriter Tim Maiaf .Luzia Motta, sister of Tim Maia and Antonio Motta, from an early age listened to disco, soul and funk, later leaning to rock, of which he became profoundly knowledgeable at the time. His musical career started as vocalist of the hard rock band Kabbalah, After hearing Jeff Beck's album "Blow by Blow", he realized that the British guitarist had soul and funk influences. Still in his teens, he abandoned his studies to dedicate to music, now fascinated by black music

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