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Airto Moreira & Flora Purim – Airto & Flora – A Celebration: 60 Years – Sounds, Dreams & Other Stories (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:59:06 minutes | 2,07 GB | Genre: World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BBE Music
Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, the legendary King and Queen of Brazilian Jazz, have captivated audiences for over six decades with their vibrant albums and exhilarating live performances. With a dedicated global fan base including the UK’s jazz funk and jazz dance scene to Japan’s concert halls, the power couple continues to make waves in the industry – Flora’s ‘If You Will’ (2022) album was even nominated for a Grammy!
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Flora Purim – Stories To Tell (Remastered 2023) (1974/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:15 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
Stories to Tell is the fourth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim that was released in 1974 on Milestone Records.
AllMusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Jim Newsom states: “Assisted by a cast of jazz/fusion all-stars led by husband Airto Moreira, Purim shows off the wide range of her abilities: from wordless vocal soaring to songs with lyrics in English and Portuguese, from up tempo percussion-driven workouts to beautiful ballads”.
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Flora Purim – Butterfly Dreams (1973/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:42 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings
This is the album that launched Flora Purim’s solo career with great promise following her magnificent stint with Chick Corea’s first incarnation of Return to Forever. Most of the tracks on this album sound like they would have fit very nicely onto one of RTF’s first two LPs, with bandmate Stanley Clarke not only lending support on electric and acoustic bass, but also contributing original compositions and arrangements to the mix. The rest of the supporting cast is not too shabby either, including sax and flute man Joe Henderson, keyboard whiz kid George Duke, guitarist David Amaro, and Purim’s other half, percussion legend Airto Moreira. Clarke’s funky “Dr. Jive” and lyrical “Butterfly Dreams” are standout tracks here, as is the upbeat Egberto Gismonti composition “Moon Dreams.” Duke shows his light Brazilian side on “Love Reborn,” featuring Henderson’s tenor sax solo and Amaro’s lovely acoustic guitar. Purim delivers a gorgeous take on Jobim’s well-known ballad “Dindi,” and reshapes the standard “Summer Night” into a wordless vocal in her unmistakable style. The disc closes with a fine reworking of Clarke’s now-classic “Light as a Feather,” which strays not too far from the original RTF version. Neatly capturing Flora Purim’s many vocal strengths, Butterfly Dreams delivered on the great expectations generated by her work with Corea and turned out to be a high point in her recording career. – Jim Newsom
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