Airto & Purim-Live at the Queen Mary Jazz Festival - Product Information
When the sizzling sounds of Brazilian jazz entered the mainstream of American jazz and rock in the Sixties, Airto Moreira, the world's foremost percussionist, was the leader. Together with his wife, Floria Purim, one of the most innovative voices in modern jazz, V.I.E.W. video is proud to present this steamy addition to it's popular "Jazz Series".
Airto, the brilliantly original percussionist, composer and arranger, is responsible for the resurgence of percussion in jazz and pop music worldwide. Beginning his career at the age of 16 playing trapdrums in the local clubs of Sao Paulo, Airto went on to join the Quarteto Novo, which included the legendary Hermeto Pascoal. This group set the standard of new progressive sound in Brazilian music...the mixing of fiery, passionate rhythms with soft chord changes. Since his relocation to the U.S. in 1968, Airto has collaborated with such artists as Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Weather Report and Paul Simon.
Flora Purim's six-octave range has allowed her to explore areas that have made her the first singer to couple pure sound-singing with a hybrid of jazz-Latin-rock fusion. Raised in Rio with the stylized rhythms of Brazilian street music, she became known when taking up the than avant-garde sounds of bossa-nova. Arriving in the U.S. in 1968, she went on to work with such greats as Stan Getz, Gil Evans, Chick Corea's Return to Forever group and, of course, her husband, Airto. Flora began to reevaluate traditional forms of pop/jazz singing, shifting her voice from a lyric concentration to an emphasis on producing whatever sounds it took to communicate more freely with her audience. Today, she has perfected a vocal style that is unique.
Recoded in hi-fi stereo at the 1985 Queen Mary Jazz Festival, this live concert is a rhythmic, vocal and visual delight. .. a foot tapping experience to the sounds of Airto and Flora Purim, truly two of Latin America's Jazziest All-Stars.
VHS format - 60 minutes
Airto, the brilliantly original percussionist, composer and arranger, is responsible for the resurgence of percussion in jazz and pop music worldwide. Beginning his career at the age of 16 playing trapdrums in the local clubs of Sao Paulo, Airto went on to join the Quarteto Novo, which included the legendary Hermeto Pascoal. This group set the standard of new progressive sound in Brazilian music...the mixing of fiery, passionate rhythms with soft chord changes. Since his relocation to the U.S. in 1968, Airto has collaborated with such artists as Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Weather Report and Paul Simon.
Flora Purim's six-octave range has allowed her to explore areas that have made her the first singer to couple pure sound-singing with a hybrid of jazz-Latin-rock fusion. Raised in Rio with the stylized rhythms of Brazilian street music, she became known when taking up the than avant-garde sounds of bossa-nova. Arriving in the U.S. in 1968, she went on to work with such greats as Stan Getz, Gil Evans, Chick Corea's Return to Forever group and, of course, her husband, Airto. Flora began to reevaluate traditional forms of pop/jazz singing, shifting her voice from a lyric concentration to an emphasis on producing whatever sounds it took to communicate more freely with her audience. Today, she has perfected a vocal style that is unique.
Recoded in hi-fi stereo at the 1985 Queen Mary Jazz Festival, this live concert is a rhythmic, vocal and visual delight. .. a foot tapping experience to the sounds of Airto and Flora Purim, truly two of Latin America's Jazziest All-Stars.
VHS format - 60 minutes
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