"Ana Maria" is a composition by Wayne Shorter, first recorded by Shorter featuring Milton Nascimento for the album Native Dancer, released by Columbia on January 18, 1975. The album was recorded in September 1974 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles and produced by Jim Price. "Ana Maria" is the seventh track on the record and runs about five minutes. In the original version it is an instrumental jazz piece, classed under jazz and Latin, in the fusion and Latin jazz styles. Later recordings are sometimes sung. Versions by Kenny Kirkland (1991), Ray Drummond (1999) and Quatuor Ebene (2014) are among the later recordings, alongside many by trios and quartets. The album Native Dancer was reviewed by AllMusic, The Penguin Guide to Jazz and The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide.
