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- Date Released: December 1, 1973
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Classic Jazz, Jazz Vocal, Brazil
- Label: Fantasy / Milestone
A wedding of breezy melodies and soaring Brazilian vocals to fat, funky beats.
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We Say...
Brazilian vocalist Flora Purim first attracted attention in the original lineup of pianist Chick Corea’s pioneering fusion band, Return to Forever. Butterfly Dreams, Purim’s first album as a bandleader, mined similar territory, wedding breezy melodies and soaring vocals to fat, funky beats supplied by electric bassist Stanley Clarke and Purim’s percussionist husband, Airto Moreira. Joe Henderson provides airy flute and handsome tenor saxophone; guitarist David Amaro is gentle one minute and scorching the next. And if George Duke’s keyboards occasionally sound dated to modern ears, it’s only because he was the player whose sound and feel everyone wanted to cop during the decade.
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They Say...
This is the album that launched Flora Purim's solo career with great promise following her magnificent stint with Chick Corea's first incarnation of Return to Forever. Most of the tracks on this album sound like they would have fit very nicely onto one of RTF's first two LPs, with bandmate Stanley Clarke not only lending support on electric and acoustic bass, but also contributing original compositions and arrangements to the mix. The rest of the supporting cast is not too shabby either, including sax and flute man Joe Henderson, keyboard whiz kid George Duke, guitarist David Amaro, and Purim's other half, percussion legend Airto Moreira. Clarke's funky "Dr. Jive" and lyrical "Butterfly Dreams" are standout tracks here, as is the upbeat Egberto Gismonti composition "Moon Dreams." Duke shows his light Brazilian side on "Love Reborn," featuring Henderson's tenor sax solo and Amaro's lovely acoustic guitar. Purim delivers a gorgeous take on Jobim's well-known ballad "Dindi," and reshapes the standard "Summer Night" into a wordless vocal in her unmistakable style. The disc closes with a fine reworking of Clarke's now-classic "Light as a Feather," which strays not too far from the original RTF version. 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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Dr. Jive (Part 1) |
2:15 |
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| 02. | |
Butterfly Dreams |
7:01 |
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| 03. | |
Dindi |
3:37 |
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| 04. | |
Summer Night |
5:54 |
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| 05. | |
Love Reborn |
3:42 |
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| 06. | |
Moon Dreams |
5:01 |
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| 07. | |
Dr. Jive (Part 2) |
3:40 |
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| 08. | |
Light As A Feather |
5:44 |
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08 Total Tracks, 36:54 Total Length
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Credits
- Vinícius de Moraes - Lyricist // Vinícius de Moraes - ? // George Duke - Synthesizer // George Duke - Piano // George Duke - Piano (Electric) // George Duke - Clavinet // George Duke - ? // Joe Henderson - Flute // Joe Henderson - Flute // Joe Henderson - Flute // Joe Henderson - Flute // Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor) // Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor) // Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor) // Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor) // Joe Henderson - ? // Joe Henderson - ? // Joe Henderson - ? // Joe Henderson - ? // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Drums // Airto Moreira - Drums // Airto Moreira - Drums // Airto Moreira - ? // Airto Moreira - ? // Airto Moreira - ? // David Amaro - Guitar (Acoustic) // David Amaro - Guitar // David Amaro - Guitar (Electric) // David Amaro - ? // Stanley Clarke - Bass // Stanley Clarke - Arranger // Stanley Clarke - Bass (Electric) // Stanley Clarke - ? // Stanley Clarke - Bass (Acoustic) // Orrin Keepnews - Producer // Flora Purim - Vocals // Flora Purim - Vocals // Flora Purim - Vocals // Flora Purim - Main Performer // Flora Purim - Main Performer // Flora Purim - Main Performer // Jim Stern - Engineer // Ernie Hood - Zither
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