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Flora Purim

フローラ・プリム　/　ふろーら・ぷりむ

Singer from Brazil

March 6, 1942 (age 84)　・　Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro
singer
jazz musician
jazz singer

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.

Overview

Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, George Duke, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband Airto Moreira.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / jazz musician / jazz singer / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2002 Order of Rio Branco

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

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

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