(Fusion, Brazilian Jazz) Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes You Can Fly - 1976, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Flora Purim / Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
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As an original member of Chick Corea's group Return to Forever, Purim subsequently drew praise as a solo act. Recording for the jazz label Milestone since 1973, Purim's sensual and strong voice was singular enough to withstand the pitfalls that hampered the work of many Latin jazz fusion artists. Open Your Eyes You Can Fly represents a commercial breakthrough, and has the artist again supplemented by adventurous players and top-notch songwriting. The best of the three Chick Corea tracks is the title song. With it's emotive and stinging guitar solo from David Amaro, it features Purim at her most accessible and charming. The remake of "Sometime Ago" has one of Corea's more accessible melodies, as Purim turns in one of her more sweet and fulfilling vocals. The melodic and soothing "San Francisco River" has the artist writing solely with frequent Corea collaborator Neville Potter on the evocative track. Despite the great work here, Open Your Eyes You Can Fly, lacks consistency. But with the great talents assembled and great voice, it's easy to overlook that fact. Hermeto Pascoal's "Andei (I Walked)" has a great synthesizer solo from George Duke and a flute solo from Pascoal. "Ina's Song (Trip to Bahia)" features Purim singing in Portuguese, starting off slow but then enlivened by her passion filled vocalizations. Produced by jazz producer Orrin Keepnews, this features the artist more lucid and joyful than some of her other work. For the reason it is recommended.

Flora Purim - vocals
George Duke - electric piano (on 1); electric piano, ARP string ensemble synthesizer (2, 3); Moog synthesizer (4); Moog synthesizer, clavinet (5); Moog, ARP Odyssey, and ARP string ensemble synthesizers (6); electric piano and string ensemble synthesizer on "Transition"; ARP string ensemble and Moog synthesizers (7)
Hermeto Pascoal - flute (2-5); electric piano (4-5, 7); electric piano, flute, harpsichord, whistling, percussion (7-UP bottles) on 8
David Amaro - electric guitar (on 1-2, 4-7); electric and acoustic guitar (2); 12-string acoustic guitar (8)
Egberto Gismonti - acoustic guitar (4, 8)
Alphonso Johnson - electric bass (1-6, 8); acousdc bass (2, 6-7)
Ron Carter - acoustic bass (4, 8)
Ndugu (Leon Chancler) - drums (1-3)
Laudir De Oliveira - conga drums (3,6)
Robertinho Silva - drums (4); drums and berimbau (5); drums and percussion (6); percussion and berimbau (8)
Airto Moreira - percussion (1-6); conga drums (6); drums and percussion (7); drums, berimbau, and percussion (8)
Flora, David Amaro, George Duke, Hermeto Pascoal - background vocals (1); Flora and Airto - vocal duet (8)
Instrumental solos: Amaro (1); Pascoal, Ndugu (2); Pascoal, Amaro (3); Pascoal - flute, Duke - synthesizer (duet on 4); Duke - synthesizer, Amaro, Pascoal - flute (5); Duke - ARP Odyssey synthesizer (6); Pascoal - harpsichord, whistling (8).
Arrangements by Hermeto (5, 7, 8) with Egberto Gismonti (4); Flora (6). These versions of the Chick Corea compositions were shaped by Flora and the musicians performing them.
Produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Recorded in 1976.