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Flora Purim: If You Will

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On April 29, 2022, “Strut Records” label released “If You Will”, the 27th Flora Purim album. It was recorded at “Astrolábio Studio” and Säo Saruê Label”, in Curitiba, Brazil, “C.A. Studios” and “Click Audio Works”, “San Anselmo Studio” in California, and was produced by Flora Purim.

Personnel:

  • Flora Purim – vocals
  • Diana Purim – vocals
  • Claudia Villela – vocals
  • Grecco Buratto – guitar, backing vocals
  • Filó Machado – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fabio Nascimento – acoustic guitar
  • José Neto – guitar
  • Bryan Velasco – piano, keyboards
  • Mikka Mutti – keyboards
  • Frank Martin – keyboards
  • Marcio Lomiramda – keyboards
  • Davi Sartori – electric piano
  • Fábio Hess – bass
  • Andre de Santanna – bass
  • Thiago Duarte – bass
  • Gary Brown – bass
  • Léo Nobre – bass
  • Café da Silva – bata
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, percussion, drums
  • Léo Costa – drums
  • Endrigo Bettega – drums
  • Stéphane San Juan – drums
  • Celso Alberti – drums, percussion
  • Stéphane San Juan – drums
  • Filipe Castro – percussion
  • Alberto Lopes – percussion
  • Gibi dos Santos – percussion
  • Krishna Booker – percussion, backing vocals
  • Todd M. Simon – flugelhorn
  • Caro Pierotto – backing vocals
  • Maria Joana – backing vocals
  • Emina Shimanuki – backing vocals
  • Kana Shimunaki – backing vocals
  • Mari Nobre – backing vocals
  • Niura Band – backing vocals
  • Vitor Pinheiro – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. If You Will – George Duke
  2. This Is Me – Krishna Booker, Diana Purim
  3. 500 Miles High – Chick Corea, Neville Potter
  4. A Flor Da Vida – Mario Moya, Diana Purim
  5. Newspaper Girl – José Neto
  6. Dandara – Felipe Machado, Judith de Souza
  7. Zahuroo – Celso Alberti, José Neto, Claudia Villela
  8. Dois + Dois = Tres – Nuno Mindelis
  9. Lucidez – Krishna Booker, Fabio Nascimento, Diana Purim

Hermeto Pascoal: Slaves Mass

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In February 1977, “Warner Bros” label released “Slaves Mass”, the seventh Hermeto Pascoal album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by Airto Moreira and Flora Purim.

Personnel:

  • Hermeto Pascoal – vocals, piano, keyboards, clavinet, melodica, soprano sax, flutes, acoustic guitar, twelve strings guitar, live pigs
  • David Amaro – acoustic, electric and twelve strings guitar.
  • Alphonso Johnson – electric bass
  • Ron Carter – acoustic bass
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, drums, percussion.
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Raul de Souza – vocals, trombone
  • Flora Purim – vocals
  • Hugo Fattoruso – vocals
  • Laudir de Oliveira – vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Hermeto Pascoal.

  1. Tacho
  2. Missa Dos Escravos
  3. Chorinho Para Ele
  4. Cannon (Dedicated To Cannonball Adderley)
  5. Escuta Meu Piano
  6. Aquela Valsa
  7. Geléia De Cereja

Return To Forever: Light As A Feather

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In January 1973, “Polydor” label released “Light as a Feather”, the second Return to Forever studio album. It was recorded in October 1972, at “IBC” in London, and was produced by Chick Corea.

Personnel:

  • Chick Corea – Fender Rhodes electric piano
  • Flora Purim – vocals, percussion
  • Joe Farrell – flute, soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Stanley Clarke – double bass
  • Airto Moreira – drums, percussion

Track listing:

  1. You’re Everything – lyrics by Neville Porter, music by Chick Corea
  2. Light as a Feather – lyrics by Flora Purim, music by Stanley Clarke
  3. Captain Marvel – music by Chick Corea
  4. 500 Milles High – lyrics by Neville Porter, music by Chick Corea
  5. Children’s Song – music by Chick Corea
  6. Spain – music by Chick Corea

Mickey Hart: Planet Drum

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On September 24, 1991, “Rykodisc” label released “Planet Drum”, the eight Mickey Hart album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – vocals, drums, percussion, balafon, bombo, bones, bass drum, snare, tambourine, triangle, body percussion, goblet drum, whistle, nose flute
  • Sikiru Adepoju – percussion, talking drum, cow bell, bells, djembe, dunun
  • Molonga Casquelord – vocals
  • Frank Colón – shekere
  • Giovanni Hidalgo – bata, shekere, congas
  • Zakir Hussain – tabla, percussion, madal, dunun, shaker, bells, udu, balafon, bass drum, dholak, tarang, conch shell
  • Bruce Langhorne – vocals, body percussion
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, voice, tambourine, berimbau, chimes, percussion, conch, whistle, handclaps, caxixi, rattle, cymbal, shaker, wood block, tom tom, rainstick, Earth drum, clackers, duggi tarang, body shaker, conch, gong
  • Caryl Ohrbach – shaker
  • Babatunde Olatunji – vocals, shaker, bells, congas, djembe, handclaps, body percussion, ashiko
  • Flora Purim – vocals, voice, wind chimes, shaker
  • Gordy Ryan – vocals, body percussion
  • Jeff Sterling – udu
  • T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – ghatam, Jew’s harp
  • Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram – co-producers
  • Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling – recording, mixing
  • Paul Stubblebine – digital mastering
  • Howard Jacobsen – art direction
  • Nancy Nimoy – cover illustration
  • Howard Cohen – production manager
  • Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff – equipment manager
  • Jack Crymes – technical support

Track listing:

  1. Udu Chant – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  2. Island Groove – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  3. Light Over Shadow – Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  4. Dance of the Hunter’s Fire – Sikiru Adepoju, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Frank Colón, Airto Purim, Giovanni Hidalgo, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  5. Jewe (You are the One) – Babatunde Olatunji
  6. The Hunt – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  7. Temple Caves – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji
  8. The Dancing Sorcerer – Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira
  9. Bones – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  10. Lost River – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim
  11. Evening Samba – Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Olatunji, T. H. “Vikku” Vinayakram
  12. Iyanu (Surprises) – Babatunde Olatunji
  13. Mysterious Island – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jeff Sterling

Jesse Cook: Nomad

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On September 2, 2003, “Narada” label released “Nomad”, the fifth Jesse Cook studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “20 Hz Sound Studios”, “Coach House Music”, “Groovy Drums Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Leila Studios” in Cairo, Egypt, “Shydog Studio” in Austin, Texas, “Sonic Innovation Studio 2” in London.

Personnel:

  • Jesse Cook – guitar, arrangements
  • Alejandra Nuñez, Danny Wilde, Flora Purim, Kurt Neumann, Maryem Hassan Tollar, Mike Ferfolia, Montsé Cortés, Roula Said, Sam Llanas, Houda El Sombaty – vocals
  • James McNally – keyboards, bodhrán
  • Simon Emmerson – keyboards, bass
  • James McNally – accordion
  • Collin Barrett – bass 
  • N’faly Kouyate – kora
  • Paul Antonio – drums
  • Art Avalos, Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar – percussion
  • Simon Massey – drum programming
  • Chris Church, Saeid Kamal – violin
  • James McNally – whistle

Track listing:

All tracks by Jesse Cook, except where noted.

  1. Prelude
  2. Qadduka-i-Mayyas – traditional
  3. Surrender
  4. Early on Tuesday
  5. Beloved
  6. Waiting for Tide
  7. Down Like Rain
  8. Leila
  9. Maybe
  10. Nomad – Jesse Cook, Simon Emmerson, James McNally
  11. Worlds Away
  12. Toca Orilla – Jesse Cook, Alejandra Nuñez

The Rhythm Devils: Apocalypse Now Session

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On May 25, 1980, “Passport Records” label released “The Apocalypse Now Sessions”, the debut Rhythm Devils (The) album. it contains music that was recorded for the soundtrack of the film “Apocalypse Now”. It was recorded in 1980, at “The Barn” in Novato, California, and was produced by Mickey Hart.

Personnel:

  • Mickey Hart – drums
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Greg Errico – drums
  • Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
  • Jim Loveless – percussion
  • Jordan Amarantha – percussion
  • Flora Purim – vocal
  • Michael Hinton – guitar
  • Phil Lesh – bass guitar
  • Brett Cohen, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Dan Healy – engineer
  • John Cutler, Bob Mathews – engineer assistant
  • Stanley Mouse – cover art
  • John Werner, Steve Schneider, Snooky Flowers – cover art, photography
  • Steven Jurgensmeyer – package design
  • Creek Hart – production assistant
  • Gian-Carlo Coppola – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Greg Errico, Airto Moreira, Jim Loveless, Jordan Amarantha, Flora Purim, Michael Hinton and Phil Lesh.

  1. Compound
  2. Trenches
  3. Street Gang
  4. The Beast
  5. Steps
  6. Tar
  7. Lance
  8. Cave
  9. Napalm for Breakfast
  10. Hell’s Bells

Reginald Lucas

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On May 19, 2018, Reginald Grant Lucas died aged 65. He was musician (guitar), songwriter and producer, started his career performing and recording with Billy Paul and Miles Davis. As producer, composer and sideman he worked with Madonna, Models, The Four Tops, Randy Crawford, Rebbie Jackson, Bunny DeBarge, John Adams, Elisa Fiorillo, The Weather Girls, Nick Scott, Stephanie Mills, Gary Bartz, The Spinners, Lou Rawls, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, James Mtume, Carlos Garnett, Norman Connors, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, Lonnie Liston Smith, Zbigniew Seifert, Masabumi Kikuchi and Shunzo Ohno. As leader Lucas released two albums.

Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams

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In December 1973, “Milestone” label released “Butterfly Dreams”, the second Flora Purim studio album. It was recorded in December 1973, at “fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Flora Purim – vocals, arrangements 
  • George Duke – electric piano, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, piano, arrangements
  • David Amaro – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – Fender electric bass, acoustic bass, arrangements
  • Ernie Hood – zither
  • Joe Henderson – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
  • Jim Stern – engineer
  • Eddie Bill Harris – engineer
  • David Turner – mastering
  • Anthony Samuel Lane – art direction, design, photography

Track listing:

  1. Dr. Jive Pt. I – Stanley Clarke
  2. Butterfly Dreams – lyrics by Neville Potter, music by Stanley Clarke
  3. Dindi – lyrics by Aloisio de Oliveira, music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
  4. Summer Night – Harry Warren, Al Dubin
  5. Love Reborn – lyrics by Flora Purim, music by George Duke
  6. Moon Dreams – lyrics by Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, music by Egberto Gismonti
  7. Dr. Jive Pt. II – Stanley Clarke
  8. Light as a Feather – lyrics by Flora Purim, music by Stanley Clarke

Jaco Pastorius

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On September 21, 1987, John Francis Anthony “Jaco” Pastorius III died aged 35. He was a musician (bass), a member of Weather Report (1976 – 1981). Regarded as one of the best world bass players, he worked and recorded with Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Randy Bernsen, Little Beaver, Ira Sullivan,  Albert Mangelsdorff, Ian Hunter, Airto Moreira, Tom Scott, Flora Purim,  Cockrell & Santos, Michel Colombier, Manolo Badrena, Michel Polnareff, Bob Mintzer, Brian Melvin, Jimmy Cliff, Brian Melvin Trio, and Mike Stern. In 2006 Pastorius was voted “The Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived” by readers in Bass Guitar magazine, and was inducted in the Down Beat “Hall of Fame”. During his lifetime Pastorius released four albums as a leader.

George Duke

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On August 5, 2013, George M. Duke died aged 67. He was a singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, musician (keyboards), and professor of music. He worked with numerous artists such as Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderley, John Heard, Nat Adderley, Stanley Clarke, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Lynn Davis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Billy Cobham, Sheila Escovedo, Jeffrey Osborne, Earth Wind & Fire, Kirk Whalum, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Miller, Flora Purim, and Al Jarreau.