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My Take
Flora Purim is the kind of artist I think gets under-credited outside jazz circles. A Brazilian voice landing in the heart of 1970s jazz fusion through Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke is no small thing. What I admire is the range of company she kept, from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Santana and Jaco Pastorius, plus her long partnership with Airto Moreira. That 2002 Order of Rio Branco signals her own country recognized her too. To me she represents that fertile crossing of Brazilian rhythm and American improvisation, and her voice always sounded fearless rather than decorative.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Flora Purim
- Name (Japanese)
- フローラ・プリム
- Reading
- ふろーら・ぷりむ
- Born
- March 6, 1942 (age 84)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
- Origin
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Occupation
- singer / jazz musician / jazz singer / musician
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Order of Rio Branco
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.florapurim.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0
Frequently asked questions
When was Flora Purim born?
Born March 6, 1942 (age 84).
Where is Flora Purim from?
Flora Purim is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What does Flora Purim do?
Flora Purim works as singer, jazz musician, jazz singer, musician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.