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  Flora Purim
Flora's Song (Narada Jazz, 70876-19349-2-2, 2005)
Blurring the lines between jazz and world music,
Flora's Song proves
yet again that
Flora
Purim is one of Brazil's finest exports. Her new album
includes 10 songs, which include some of her original compositions and lyrics, as
well as songs by other Brazilian and American talents.
On Flora's Song,
Flora
Purim's vocals are sometimes sensual and delicate. Other
times, she ventures into adventurous jazz, which is nor surprising, as she was
one of the pioneers of jazz fusion in the 1970s. The album contains a wide
spectrum of styles. There is contemporary jazz (not to be confused with sappy
smooth jazz, sometimes marketed as contemporary jazz) led by Josι Neto inspired
electric guitar licks and a tribute to legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius. Also
featured are intimate ballads, as well as funk and R&B highlighted by the
participation of funk jazz master, keyboardist George Duke. But Flora Purim
shines when she explores her Brazilian roots, singing in Portuguese and using
spectacular samba and Afro-Cuban rhythms, as well as MPB (Brazilian Popular
Music) and bossa nova influences.
Brazilian percussion plays a key role, in the hands of longtime collaborator
Airto
Moreira. But there's more. Steel pan maestro Andy Narell adds a new
element to the mix and it works in a spectacular fashion. The
musicians were chosen with the same care as one would choose a craftsman to
construct the navigation instruments of a ship, Flora muses.
Artists & Instrumentation:
Flora Purim vocals;
Mark Egan bass;
Christian Jacob piano;
Airto Moreira drums;
Gary Meek flute, alto flute;
George Duke piano;
Reggie Hamilton bass;
Sandro Feliciano drums;
Grecco Buratto guitar;
Dom Camardella Hammond B3;
Marcos Silva keyboards;
Gary Brown bass;
Josι Neto guitar;
Andy Narell steel pans;
Harvey Wainapel saxophone;
Jimmy Branly drums, timbales;
Giovanni Hidalgo congas;
Dori Caymmi acoustic guitar;
Andrι de Santanna bass;
Krishna Booker keyboard programming, human beat box;
Diana Booker, Corei Taylor and Rob Gardner background vocals.
[Buy
Flora's Song and he other CDs:
Flora Purim Sings Milton Nascimento,
Open Your Eyes You Can Fly,
Stories to Tell,
Everyday Everynight ,
Perpetual Emotion,
Dafos,
Speak No Evil,
Nothing Will Be As It Was Tomorrow,
00 Miles High,
Encounter,
Wings of Imagination,
Rhythmstick,
Queen of the Night,
Butterfly Dream,
Flora E M.P.M,
That's What She Said, and
Carry on - England].
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