Jazz Articles about Flora Purim

Just In Time - New Rickie Lee Jones Single Plus Releases By Anat Fort, Vince Mendoza, Jane Irving, Nadia Washington & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 20, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Anat Fort, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orchestra, Jane Irving, Nadia Washington with a single from Rickie Lee Jones, plus birthday shoutouts to Idit Shner, Keely Smith, Bobby McFerrin, Marilyn Harris, Flora Purim and Jane Irving, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire.Playlist Idit Shner & Mhondoro “Step by ...

Flora Purim: If You Will

by Ian Patterson
June 4, 2022

Everyone loves a great comeback, and, after a lengthy hiatus, Flora Purim obliges with If You Will, the Brazilian's first studio album since Flora's Song (Narada, 2005). Released to coincide with her 80th birthday, If You Will is a somewhat nostalgic celebration that polishes a few old gems from a recording career that began--under military dictatorship--with the groundbreaking Brazilian jazz album é M.P.M. (1964, RCA). The production values are excellent, as are the performances from Purim and the trusted collaborators ...

Flora Purim, Yelena Eckemoff, Lynne Arriale, John Taylor & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 28, 2022

This week we'll be test driving some of the most happening jazz rides we've found in our favorite dealerships, from the return of Flora Purim to Steven Bernstein's heartfelt tribute to the late Henry Butler, and a special focus on pianists with the latest albums by Yelena Eckemoff, Enrico Pieranunzi, Lynne Arriale and a reissue of an early John Taylor record.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Chance Hayden “Shag ...

Celebrate Women's History Month With Birthday Celebrations for Flora Purim, Carol Sloane, Carole Bayer Sager And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 15, 2021

March is Women's History Month and A Broad Spectrum begins another year on the air with the best of women-driven jazz music, past and present. This broadcast features new releases from vocalist Frances Coché, pianist Lara Downes and a single from trombonist Aubrey Logan plus birthday shoutouts to pianist Tomoko Ohno, vocalists Carol Sloane, Flora Purim, Rachelle Garniez and lyricist Carole Bayer Sager. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time ...

Flora Purim: Sings Milton Nascimento

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 10, 2007

Nois Dois non rende merito alla classe della celebre vocalist brasiliana Flora Purim. Un’occasione perduta per divulgare al meglio lo straordinario repertorio di Milton Nascimento, che in Europa è conosciuto ed amato più dalla critica che dal pubblico. La produzione è caduta nella trappola di utilizzare modalità e sonorità neo-lounge di base, che snaturano l’intrinseca bellezza dei temi qui riproposti, che si fa fatica a riconoscere. Che peccato svilire un songbook bellissimo. Se non lo si conoscesse, sembrerebbe quasi inascoltabile! ...

Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams

by John Kelman
July 31, 2007

Flora Purim may be one of the most unfortunate stories in jazz of the past 35 years. First coming to light with Duke Pearson and Gil Evans, it was the one-two punch of pianist Chick Corea's Return to Forever (ECM, 1972) and Light as a Feather (Polydor, 1973) that introduced the Brazilian singer to a broader audience. The momentum from these two albums resulted in a series of fine solo records for Purim throughout the 1970s, but personal circumstances sidetracked ...

Flora Purim: Speak No Evil

by Javier AQ Ortiz
February 24, 2003

Quick and to the Point: Unyielding Purim’s flowering...

Festive restfulness, mature wits, shrewd phrasing intonation and taste, with absolutely no vocal bells and whistles. It’s Mrs. Flora Purim, Brazil’s gracious-sounding elder stateswoman.

Speak No Evil is Purim’s latest. Her vocals, secure and succulent, convey enough exotica brushes in her accented musical fountainheads –and sonic conduits– to extend intimacy into the listening experience. She is the vocal jewel adorning a soloist and ensemble, manifested through her ...