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Flora Purim is a Latin Jazz Vocalist from Brazil
Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work
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She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke
cue Битрейт аудио: lossless (Fusion / Brazilian Jazz / Latin Jazz) Flora Purim — Butterfly Dreams — 1973, FLAC (tracks) 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
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Her once-in-a-generation six-octave voice has earned her two Grammy nominations for Best Female Jazz Performance and Downbeat magazines Best Female Flora Purim
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
Alongside Corea, Moreira, bassist Stanley Clarke and If You Will (Flora Purim featuring Diana Purim) A2
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It was released in 1973 via Milestone Records
From the quietly seductive sounds of bossa nova to psychedelia-tinged experiments in fusion, Brazil has been an invaluable contributor to jazz history
With a rare six-octave voice, Flora Purim has been one of the leading Brazilian jazz singers since the 1970s
She had piano lessons from the age of four, switched to acoustic guitar, and sang with a jazz vocal group in Brazil when she was 14
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Recording for the jazz label Milestone since 1973, Purim's sensual and strong voice was singular enough to withstand the pitfalls that hampered the work of many Latin jazz fusion artists
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