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Sep 1, 2024 · Chick Corea, “Return To Forever,” from Return to Forever (ECM) Percussionist Airto Moreira, whose invigorating rhythms added depth and texture to a host of classic recordings through the 1960s to today, was born on this day (August 5) in Itaíopolis, Brazil, in 1941. He turns 78.
Sep 9, 2024 · Airto Moreira’s 1977 “Celebration Suite,” which first appeared on his album I’m Fine, How Are You?, follows in this tradition. It’s an explosive dancefloor filler, much of which is formed by an adrenalinic percussive pattern building up to a melody line played on trombone by Raul de Souza.
Sep 13, 2024 · It's different from the "Eumir Deodato / Airto Moreira - In Concert" LP released by CTI, back in 1974, which included 3 tracks performed by Deodato ("Do It Again," "Spirit of Summer" and "Tropea" aka "Whirlwinds") and 2 tracks performed by Airto Moreira ("Parana" and "Branches").
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Sep 22, 2024 · After working with Miles Davis in the 1970s — most notably on Davis’ game-changing fusion album Filles de Kilimanjaro — Corea went on to form his own fusion band, Return To Forever, with Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass, Joe Farrell on soprano sax and flute, Airto Moreira on drums and percussion and Moreira’s wife Flora Purim on vocals ...
2 days ago · We are delighted to premiere the first single from Phil Dawson ٤-tet ’s forthcoming ‘Don’t Waste Your Ancestors’ Time’ album on Funkiwala . ‘Ilé (Iyesa)’ is an absorbing, funky and spiritually charged number that stands up tall next to Airto’s Afro-Brazilian experiments in the 70s and features
4 days ago · The superb new UK-based Echo Chamber Recordings has released a white-label 7″inch” release of a brilliant cover of Airto Moreira’s jazz dancefloor classic “Samba de Flora” by the North Argentinian group Romero Bros.
3 days ago · Recruited by Chick Corea to join the seminal fusion band Return to Forever, he joined the first iteration of the band with Corea, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and Joe Farrell, creating a sound that connected with younger audiences in an otherwise moribund time on the jazz scene.
