FLORA PURIM INTERVIEW 1993 pt 2
Author: Tiffany Shoman
Born in Rio de Janeiro, 6 March 1942, Flora was raised in a musical family. As a child she played both piano and guitar before she began to stretch her voice. Her vocal range originally covered about three octaves, but under the guidance of Hermeto Pascoal she gradually increased it to the staggering figure of six. During the mid Sixties, Pascoal was the co-leader, with percussionist Airto Moreira, of Quarteto Novo, a legendary Brazilian group which mixed jazz with radical protest songs in defiance of the repressive regime of the time. 1. A Guy Called Gerald – What You See 1.Now Go Ahead And Open Your Eyes 2.Sings Milton Nascimento 3.Speed Of Light 4.The Flight For thirty years, Moreira and Purim have been inseparable, touring and recording constantly together. Their creative and dynamic relationship brings together one of the worlds greatest percussionists with a top jazz vocalist producing astounding musical results that can be heard on the many albums they have recorded together. Following a military coup in Brazil in 1967, and the rigid system of lyrical censorship,the couple went to live in the United States, where they became deeply involved in the scene responsible for producing the first commercially successful ‘electric’ jazz groups of the seventies. Flora toured Europe with Stan Getz and developed her astonishing vocal repertoire with the Gil Evans band before joining Chick Corea, Airto, Stanley Clarke and Joe Farrell in the original Return To Forever. She …
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Flora and Airto are sacred musical monsters!