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Two realities are abundantly clear from listening to this Brazilian songstress legend's latest mix of standards and originals -- she swings magnificently with great jazz company (including her husband, percussion legend Airto Moreira) and she's far more emotionally effective singing in her native Portuguese than in her heavily accented English. Her phrasing is solid on classics like "You Go To My Head" and the samba flavored "I've Got You Under My Skin," but her thick accent keeps the ears distracted somewhat from the message her heart seeks to convey. Fortunately, on these and other English language tunes by Don Grusin, Wayne Shorter and the vastly underrated L.A. keyboardist/songwriter Bill Cantos, she's surrounded by bandmates that propel her to great heights. On the opener "This Magic," that includes Moreira's jamming with flutist Gary Meek and members of The Yellowjackets. The same crowd turns "Speak No Evil" into a similarly wild trad-jazz affair. But compare her strained vocals on those tracks with her effortless vocal magic on Brazilian classics like "Tamanco no Samba" and "O Sonho" and the distinction between mere very good and close to perfection is clear. Another gem is the samba-lite tune written by Airto and Yutaka Yokokura, "Primeira Estrela," which rolls along on the strength of Purim's vocal harmonies with Yutaka and Oscar Castro Neves' beautiful acoustic guitar. To truly speak no musical evil, Purim should concentrate on mas Portugues.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michito Sanchez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Haslip, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Russell Ferrante, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Grusin, Composer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Branly, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Booker, Composer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer - Christian Jacob, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trey Henry, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michito Sanchez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Haslip, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Russell Ferrante, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Shorter, Composer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Branly, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Kay Rubin, Author
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Castro-Neves, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Brown, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Orlan Divo, Composer - Marcos Silva, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Helton Menezes, Composer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Bill Cantos, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trey Henry, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Composer, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer - Gary Brown, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Yutaka Yokokura, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Assistant Mixer, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Castro-Neves, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Booker, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Airto Moreira, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dubose Heyward, ComposerLyricist - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Jacob, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trey Henry, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Bill Cantos, Composer, Arranger, Keyboards, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Airto Moreira, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trey Henry, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Airto Moreira, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoff Gillette, Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Meek, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Egberto Gismonti, Composer - Gary Brown, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Yutaka Yokokura, Producer, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marcos Silva, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mauricio Cajueiro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
Album review
Two realities are abundantly clear from listening to this Brazilian songstress legend's latest mix of standards and originals -- she swings magnificently with great jazz company (including her husband, percussion legend Airto Moreira) and she's far more emotionally effective singing in her native Portuguese than in her heavily accented English. Her phrasing is solid on classics like "You Go To My Head" and the samba flavored "I've Got You Under My Skin," but her thick accent keeps the ears distracted somewhat from the message her heart seeks to convey. Fortunately, on these and other English language tunes by Don Grusin, Wayne Shorter and the vastly underrated L.A. keyboardist/songwriter Bill Cantos, she's surrounded by bandmates that propel her to great heights. On the opener "This Magic," that includes Moreira's jamming with flutist Gary Meek and members of The Yellowjackets. The same crowd turns "Speak No Evil" into a similarly wild trad-jazz affair. But compare her strained vocals on those tracks with her effortless vocal magic on Brazilian classics like "Tamanco no Samba" and "O Sonho" and the distinction between mere very good and close to perfection is clear. Another gem is the samba-lite tune written by Airto and Yutaka Yokokura, "Primeira Estrela," which rolls along on the strength of Purim's vocal harmonies with Yutaka and Oscar Castro Neves' beautiful acoustic guitar. To truly speak no musical evil, Purim should concentrate on mas Portugues.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:17
- Main artists: Flora Purim
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Narada
- Genre: Jazz
© 2003 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 2003 Narada Productions, Inc.
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