With one of the most immediately recognizable voices in Jazz, Flora is a four-time winner of the Downbeat poll for Best Female Vocalist. Soon after coming to New York from Brazil in 1967 she began touring with Gil Evans’ Orchestra and then joined Chick Corea’s seminal jazz-rock band Return to Forever. In the mid-80’s she resumed her musical partnership with Airto and recorded two Grammy-nominated albums for Concord, Humble People and The Magicians.
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Her new CD on Narada Records called \'Flora\'s Song\' is vivid evidence that time has not diminished her singular allure. After nearly four decades of extraordinary performance, Flora Purim has become synonymous with Brazilian jazz — her seductive voice intertwining effortlessly with native rhythms and exotic instrumentation.
Purim’s close connection to the music pervades all aspects of the new album, including the choice of musicians. “The musicians were chosen with the same care as one would choose a craftsman to construct the navigation instruments of a ship,” she muses. Some choices renewed old friendships – \'Flora\'s Song\' sees the chanteuse re-team with keyboardist George Duke – while others forged new musical friendships, notably with steel drum phenom and co-founder of the Caribbean Jazz Project, Andy Narell.
Visit www.narada.com. There you can listen to some samples and see the credits of this wonderful album, considered one of her best recordings over the last 10 years!