Everyone loves a great comeback, and, after a lengthy hiatus, Flora Purim obliges with If You Will, the Brazilian's first studio album since Flora's Song (Narada, 2005). Released to coincide with her ...

Once ubiquitous in the territory where jazz traditionalists and questing rockers would meet to tap their feet, the husband-and-wife team of Airto Moriera and Flora Purim hasn't been heard from all ...

One of the all-time greats of Brazilian jazz fusion, Flora Purim, returns with her first studio album in over 15 years, 'If You Will', released on Strut on 29th April. Conceived as a celebration of ...

I discovered the work of Flora Purim and Airto Moreira when I was very young and have followed their careers with admiration ever since. I was introduced to them by Jom Tob Azulay, who invited me to ...

Thanks to Narada, Milwaukee now has a connection with one of Brazil's greatest living performers. Flora Purim, who appears at Jazz in the Park, Thurs., July 25 for a free concert, recently released a ...

Given the title of singer Flora Purim's latest album, one hesitates to point out the obvious: She's not in prime form here. Her range is diminished, her tone occasionally frayed. The spirit may be ...

Iconic singer Flora Purim says this album could have been titled The Two of Us, in honor of her long-lasting friendship and musical relationship with Brazilian singer/songwriter Milton Nascimento. By ...

Flora Purim, 80, is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who pioneered world music and tonal jazz vocals in Chick Corea’s Return to Forever fusion band in the early 1970s. Her new album is “If You ...

The musician, now 80, looks back at her time with Chick Corea and Carlos Santana as she prepares to release her first album in 17 years. By Brad Farberman Once, at a Miles Davis concert, Flora Purim ...

Tribute albums only work if they provide a new take on the original songs. Gilberto Gil did himself few favours with his unadventurous cover versions of Bob Marley classics. Now another ...

Flora Purim burst onto the scene in the early 70s as a member of Chick Corea’s original Return to Forever. With her fleshy good looks, a husky voice buoyed by the crisp rhythms of her native Brazil ...

The partnership of master percussionist Airto Moreira and singer Flora Purim is the best-known and longest-running collaboration in Brazilian jazz. Theirs is also a duo with a deep sentimental ...