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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZPURIM, Flora(b 6 March '42, Rio de Janeiro) Vocalist; also guitar, percussion. From musical family; studied percussion with Airto Moreira, married him. Worked with Airto and Hermento Pascoal in Quarteto Novo (under Pascoal's tutelage Purim doubled her vocal range). Purim and Airto went to USA late '60s, performed with Chick Corea's Return to Forever (eponymous LP on ECM '72; also Light As A Feather on Polydor); formed their own group '73, perpetrating a unique mixture of pop, jazz, Brazilian music, with her remarkable fluent vocal style and distinctive vibrato. Love Reborn on Milestone had tracks from '73--6, some with Ron Carter; she appeared on Airto's Fingers '73 on CTI; she served a jail term '74--5 for a drug charge which was not proven, resumed her career. Her LPs as leader on Milestone through '78 incl. Airto on all of them, Carter on most, others variously incl. Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Oscar Brashear, Joe Henderson, etc: Butterfly Dreams, Stories To Tell (with Earl Klugh, Carlos Santana), Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (with Pascoal), 500 Miles High (with Nascimento), Encounter (with Pascoal), That's What She Said, Everyday, Everynight. Their other LPs together incl. Humble People '85 on Concord, with Joe Farrell, David Sanborn; The Magicians '86 on Crossover/Concord with a big band; Latin/Aqui Se Puede '86 on Sobocode; also Mickey Hart album D„fos and Three-Way Mirror on Reference, the latter co-led with Airto and Farrell; plus her big band The Magicians and The Sun Is Out '86--7 on Crossover. |