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| Butterfly Dreams |
| Flora Purim |
| első megjelenés éve: 1974 |
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| (2007)
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| 2.768 Ft
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| 1. | Dr. Jive, Pt. 1
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| 2. | Butterfly Dreams
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| 3. | Dindi
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| 4. | Summer Night
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| 5. | Love Reborn
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| 6. | Moon Dreams
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| 7. | Dr. Jive, Pt. 2
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| 8. | Light as a Feather
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Jazz
David Amaro - Acoustic and Electric Guitars
Stanley Clarke - Bass, Arranger, Electric and Acoustic Bass
Vinicius de Moraes - Lyricist
George Duke - Synthesizer, Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet
Joe Henderson - Flute, Tenor Sax
Ernie Hood - Zither
Orrin Keepnews - Producer
Airto Moreira - Percussion, Drums
Flora Purim - Vocals
Remastered in 24-bit from the original master tapes. Part of our Keepnews Collection, which spotlights classic albums originally produced by the legendary Orrin Keepnews.
The 1974 release of this album on the Fantasy group's Milestone label created an instant impact and launched one of the most exciting and tempestuous vocalists of the decade. Flora Purim and her husband, the brilliant percussionist Airto Moreira, had been part of Chick Corea's "Return to Forever" band, and Airto had gained much attention with Miles Davis, but this record combined their Brazilian rhythms for the first time with the "fusion" jazz of players like George Duke and Stanley Clarke. The result was a high-energy music of enormous appeal.
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. [The Keepnews Collection re-released the 1973 LP on CD in 2007.]
---Jim Newsom, All Music Guide
Flora Purim
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 06, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genre: Latin
Styles: Fusion, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Influenced by both traditional Brazilian singers and the improvisations of American jazz divas like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Flora Purim was one of the most adventurous singers of the 1970s. After meeting and marrying her husband, percussionist Airto Moreira, in their native Brazil, Purim moved with him to the U.S. in the late '60s. Though she worked with Stan Getz and pianist Duke Pearson before the decade ended, it wasn't until joining Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke, and Moreira in the original Return to Forever in 1972 that she became well known in the States. Purim showed considerable promise on Forever classics like "500 Miles High" and "Light As a Feather" and lived up to it when she went solo with 1973's Butterfly Dreams. Ranging from superb to passably decent, Purim's Milestone dates of the mid- to late '70s kept her quite visible in the jazz world. Purim's work grew erratic and uneven in the 1980s, and she wasn't recording as often (though she did provide one album for Virgin and three with Moreira for Concord's Crossover label). Purim didn't record very often in the early to mid-'90s either, but she continued to be highly regarded in Brazilian jazz circles.
---Alex Henderson, All Music Guide |
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