Airto Moreira - Virgin Land (1974)

01.Stanley's Tune
02.Musikana
03.Virgin Island
04.Peasant Dance
05.Lydian Riff
06.Hot Sand
07.I Don't Have to Do What I Don't Want to Do.



Bass - Alex Blake (2) (tracks: B1, B2, B4) , Stanley Clarke (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B3)
Bassoon - Jane Taylor (tracks: B2)
Clarinet - Eddie Daniels (tracks: B1, B2)
Guitar - David Amaro (tracks: A1, A2, A3) , Gabriel DeLorme (tracks: B2, B3, B4)
Keyboards - Milcho Leviev (tracks: B1, B2)
Keyboards, Piano - George Duke (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
Oboe, Piccolo Flute - George Marge (tracks: B1, B2)
Piano [Acoustic], Mellotron - Kenny Ascher* (tracks: B4)
Producer - Billy Cobham
Vocals, Drums, Percussion - Airto*
Vocals, Effects [Vocal Special Effects] - Flora* (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B3).
Notes:

"Peasant Dance", "Lydian Riff" and "I Don't Have To Do ..." recorded at Electric Lady Studios, February, 1974.
Stanley's Tune, Musikana, Virgin Land and Hot Sand recorded at Wally Heider Recording, February, 1974.

An all-star cast accompanies Brazilian percussion master Airto Moreira on this percolating collection of jazz fusion pieces. Produced by drummer extraordinaire Billy Cobham, the album locks into a steamy groove on Stanley Clarke's "Stanley's Tune" and never lets up. The Middle Eastern flavor of some of the melodies, Moreira and wife Flora Purim's unique vocalizations, and the use of unusual instrumentation on several cuts help make this recording a unique highlight of the electric fusion era. Standout soloists include Eddie Daniels on clarinet and guitarists David Amaro and Gabriel DeLorme, while bassist Clarke provides his usual stellar performance. ~ Jim Newsom.

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Flora Purim - 500 Miles High (1974)

01.O Cantador
02.Bridge
03.500 Miles High
04.Cravo e Canela (Cinnamon and Cloves)
05.Bahia
06.Uri (The Wind)
07.Jive Talk.

Flora Purim (vocals, percussion)
Milton Nascimento (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Airto (vocals, drums, berimbau, percussion)
Pat Rebillot, Wagner Tiso (electric piano, organ)
David Amaro (acoustic & electric guitars)
Ron Carter (bass)
Robertinho Silva (drums, berimbau, percussion).
Montreux Jazz Festival (07/06/1974); Paramount Sound Studios, LA, CA (07/06/1974).

Recorded when she was at the peak of popularity, a result of her stint with Chick Corea's Return to Forever, 500 Miles High presents Flora Purim in concert at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival. Accompanied by an all-star band including guitarist David Amaro, flutist Herbie Mann, keyboardist Pat Rebillot, bass legend Ron Carter, and husband (and star in his own right) Airto Moreira on drums, vocals, and various percussion, the Brazilian songstress delivers a fiery performance that must have been a joy to behold. Strictly speaking, this is really more of a band album than a Flora Purim album, as Airto and the guys are featured for extended instrumental romps. However, when Purim is in the spotlight, her vocal magic lifts the proceedings to a high level. The trademark "500 Miles High" is wilder and more electric than in its Return to Forever studio version. Special guest Milton Nascimento leads the ensemble through his "Cravo e Canela" (Cinnamon and Cloves), a joyously percussive highlight of the show. Elsewhere, Airto joins his wife for a vocal give-and-take while the band cooks along underneath. The lengthy set closer, "Jive Talk," is really more a showcase for him than for his wife, but when it kicks into high gear, it provides a scorching climax highlighted by the twosome's wordless vocals. Although a fine document of her live show, 500 Miles High is probably not the best place to go for an introduction to the vocal artistry of Flora Purim. Stories to Tell and Butterfly Dreams would serve this purpose better, as would Corea's Light as a Feather. Nonetheless, it's an enjoyably eclectic and exciting outing. ~ Jim Newsom.

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Flora Purim - That's What She Said (1976)

1.Look Into His Eyes
2.Juicy
3.Hidden Within
4.You on My Mind
5.What Can I Say?
6.Love's the Way I Feel 'Bout Cha
7.That's What She Said
8.You Are My Heart.

Recorded at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California in 1976. Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel includes: Flora Purim (vocals); George Duke (arranger,conductor, Fender Rhodes piano, ARP synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone); Oscar Brashear (trumpet); George Bohanon (trombone); Ernie Watts (flute); Hugo Fattoruso (ARP synthesizer); Jay Graydon, David T. Walker (guitar); Byron Miller, Alphonso Johnson (electric bass); Leon Ndugu Chancler (drums); Airto Moreira (bongos, congas, percussion).

Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams (1974)

1. Dr. Jive (Part 1)
2. Butterfly Dreams
3. Dindi
4. Summer Night
5. Love Reborn
6. Moon Dreams
7. Dr Jive (Part 2)
8. Light As A Feather.


Flora Purim - vocals
Joe Henderson - flute, tenor saxophone
George Duke - electric & acoustic piano, clavinet, synthesizer
David Amaro - electric & acoustic guitar
Ernie Hood - zither
Stanley Clarke - electric & acoustic bass
Airto Moreira - drums, percussion.

Brazilian vocalist Flora Purim brought a unique approach to her art that profoundly altered the nature of vocalization. She expands the basic techniques of vocalise--where every syllable is phrased like a note played on a reed or brass instrument--to include world music. On the title track her voice shifts, like a chameleon, from an exotic bird camouflaged by the jungle of husband Airto Moreira's percussion effects to a soothing delivery more reminiscent of Astrud Gilberto. By the time she sings "Dindi" in Portugese, her style so encompasses the content that the shift of language sounds perfectly natural. On "Dr. Jive" she dives into a dense fusion of Latin jazz powered by Stanley Clarke's inspired bass and some of the best keyboarding in George Duke's career. Joe Henderson delivers a stellar performance on tenor sax and flute, to boot. --John Swenson

Airto Moreira - Samba de Flora (1989)

 

1.Parana - Airto Moreira, Moreira, Airto
2.Samba de Flora - Airto Moreira, Alonzo, Tite Curet
3.La Puerta - Airto Moreira, Demetrio, Luis
4.Dedos - Airto Moreira, Fattoruso, Hugo
5.Yanah Amina - Airto Moreira, Duke, George
6.El Fiasco - Airto Moreira, Elliott, Jeff
7.Mulambo - Airto Moreira, Florence, Jaime
8.Latin Woman - Airto Moreira, Nass, Larry.



Tony Moreno - Drums
Angel "Cachete" Maldonado - Percussion, Conga
Flora Purim - Vocals, Producer
Michael Shapiro - Bass, Producer
David Tolegian - Flute, Saxophone
Luis Munoz - Percussion
Bruce Bigenho - Keyboards
Larry Nass - Guitar
Rafael Jose - Vocals
Jill Avery - Vocals (Background)
Laudir DeOliveira - Percussion
Rolando Gingras - Trumpet
Kei Akagi - Synthesizer
Giovanni Hidalgo - Percussion, Bongos
Roland Bautista - Guitar
Randy Tico - Bass
Don Alias - Percussion
Airto Moreira - Percussion,Drums,Vocals,Flute (Wood),Producer, Main Performer,Conga
Dominic Camardella - Keyboards
Frank Colon - Percussion, Berimbau
Jeff Elliott - Trumpet,Arranger,Horn,Flugelhorn
Joe Farrell - Piccolo
Alphonso Johnson - Bass
Keith Jones - Bass
Jorge Dalto - Piano,Keyboards,Arranger
Raul de Souza - Trombone.

Airto Moreira & Flora Purim

Flora Purim - The Colours of Life (1988)

1. Berimbau do Sul
(Airto Moreira)
2. Espiritual Rain Forest
(Airto Moreira)
3. Anatelio
(Airto Moreira)
4. Treme Terra
(Flora Purim-Jose Neto)
5. Partido Alto
(Jose Bertrami-Alex Malheiros-Flora Purim)
6. Bingo
(Gary Meek)
7. Escape
(Flora Purim)
8. Misterios
(Joyce-Mauricio Maestro).

Alphonso Johnson, Bob Harrison, Don Alias, Frank Colon,
Gary Meek, Giovanni Hidalgo, Jorge Dalto, Jose Neto,
Laudir de Oliveira, Michael Shapiro, Oscar Castro Neves,
Randy Tico, Raul de Souza, Roland Bautista, Tom Macmorran.

Flora Purim

Flora Purim - Encounter (1976)

1 - Windows, Corea 5:37
2 - Latinas, Pascoal 3:42
3 - Uri (The Wind), Coppola, Pascoal 8:05
4 - Dedicated to Bruce, Pascoal, Purim 4:12
5 - Above the Rainbow, Tyner 3:29
6 - Tomara (I Wish), Novelli 4:06
7 - Encounter, Carter, Coppola, Dudziak 7:19
8 - Black Narcissus, Henderson 6:34.



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Ron Carter - Bass
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - Drums
Googie Coppola - Vocals
Raul DeSouza - Trombone (Bass)
Urszula Dudziak - Vocals
George Duke - Synthesizer, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Hugo Fattoruso - Synthesizer, Moog Synthesizer
Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor)
Alphonso Johnson - Bass (Electric)
Byron Miller - Bass (Electric)
Airto Moreira - Percussion, Conga, Drums
Hermeto Pascoal - Piano (Electric), Vocals, Clavinet
Flora Purim - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
McCoy Tyner - Piano (Electric).

Influenciada por ambas cantantes tradicionales del Brasil y las improvisaciones de jazz americano de Ella Fitzgerald y Sarah Vaughan, Flora Purim es una de las más aventureras con su nueva técnica en la década del 1970.
Después de reunirse y casarse con su marido, el percusionista Airto Moreira, en su nativa Brasil, Purim se trasladó con él a los EE.UU. a finales de los años 60.
Aunque trabajó con Stan Getz y el pianista Duke Pearson un largo tiempo,su fama no fue hasta unirse a Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke, y Moreira en Return to Forever en 1972 donde se convirtió en muy conocida en USA.
Purim mostró una considerable promesa con clásicos de siempre como "500 Miles High" y "Light As a Feather" hasta cuando se fue como solista con Butterfly Dreams en 1973.
Las Grabaciones de Flora van desde excelentes trabajos a algunos malos también, de la época en Milestone diríamos que es la mejor época de Purim, desde mediados de los 70 a los finales se mantiene muy visible en el mundo del jazz.
El trabajo de Purim creció con mucha irregularidad y errático en los anos 1980, y fue la época que no grabo muy a menudo (aunque se prevé un álbum para el sello Virgen y tres con Moreira de la etiqueta Concord Crossover).
Purim no ha grabado muy seguido en los primeros años hasta mediados de los años 90, pero sigue siendo muy apreciada en los círculos de jazz brasileño.

Este fue uno de los mejores discos de Flora Purim -en torno a todas las grabaciones de jazz, y es, afortunadamente, disponible en CD. Purim se presenta en una variedad de desafiantes y estimular la configuración: en dos temas ( "Above the Rainbow" y "Tomara") con el pianista McCoy Tyner; asociado con el saxofonista tenor Joe Henderson sobre Chick Corea "Windows" y "Black Narcissus"; y la utilización de músicos como el trombonista Raúl DeSouza, keyboardists Hermeto Pascoal y George Duke, y la cantante Urszula Dudziak (que se escucha en "Encounter"), así como el esposo de Flora, el percusionista Airto. La música es en grupo y excepcional y Flora Purim se encuentra en su mejor época. Altamente recomendado.