Flora Purim & band
Flora Purim- vocals
Joe Farrell- flute and reeds
Kei Akagi- keyboards
Keith Jones- bass
Airto Moreira- drums, percussion and some vocals
Dan Gottlieb- drums
Jonathan Swift's
Harvard Square
Cambridge, Mass. U.S.A.
April 12, 1982 (2 sets)
total runtime: 159:15 (minutes/seconds)
runtime: 1st set (6 songs) 80:52

01: Airto solo and tuning 2:42
02: Lilia (Milton Nascimento) 28:34
03: the road is hard (but we’re going to make it) (Airto) 8:00
04: Partido Alto (end cuts, J.R. Bertrami) 7:50
05: beijo partido (Broken Kiss) (Toninho Horta) 7:31
06: sharp tongue (Hermeto Pascoal) 9:55
07: Airto introduces the band 2:20
08: tambourine solo > tombo in 7/4 (Airto) 13:56

2nd set (7 songs) 78:23

09: ? (Kei Akagi) 15:17
10: 500 miles high (C. Corea) 11:33
11: Fica Mal Con Deus (Airto) 7:30
12: move it on up (Airto) 10:09
13: light as a feather (C. Corea) 16:50
14: Airto percussion solo 5:36
15: tombo in 7/4 > celebration suite (Airto) 11:25

performance quality: A
recording quality: a solid B
source: master audience tapes
lineage: Sony 310 cassette deck
(built in mikes, auto-level) >
Maxell XLII cassettes >
soundforge 4.5 > FLAC 6 >
torrentially yours.
reseeded in 2010 with a flac > wav > flac (sb's aligned)
reconversion to remove the sbe's.
A this and that production.
Do not sell this recording.
share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.
comments:
I have to give credit to the NPR Jazz Alive show for making me aware of Flora Purim
music, especially live. She has a voice like a breath of fresh air. The 1st time I saw
her was 2 years before this (also ready for posting if not already up) and it was a real
nice time so I went again this time. I had seen Joe Farrell once before and wanted to
see him again. I have a couple of her Jazz Alive shows but the quality of one of those
is hurt by FM static and the 2 auds I made of her both came out well so I'm going with
those first. Many may have first heard Flora Purim with Chick Corea and Return to Forever
in 1972. Since (and perhaps also before) that, she has done most of her playing with her
own band, including percussionist Airto, also a former RTF alum. Joe Farrell is too,
sort of, playing in several groups with Chick and other RTF members. Dan Gottlieb is
best known as drummer for the 77-79 era Pat Metheny Group (my favorite time for his music)
All these players are good musicians, the crowd and the band were in a very good spirit
in this show, the recording came out well. Not real high fidelity with 310 mikes, but
all the instruments come through clearly, even Airto's stage talk between songs can be
understood fairly easily, which is usually not true at alot of jazz shows. (auto- levelling
decks are actually good for that). I did some clap reduction of the loudest applause, not
enough to ruin the continuity of sound, just enough so the clapping wouldn't be the loudest
feature in this recording. It is fairly loud, but there's not much audience noise at all
during the songs. Flora has many avid fans in the Cambridge/Boston area, and when she sings,
most of them are very respectful and keep quiet while the music plays. If you wonder why
Flora is so popular here, listen to this and/or the Boston 1980 set, and you'll get an idea.
For one thing, she is the 1st name that comes to mind when thinking, who is the most familiar
Brazilian musician I can name? I would have to say Flora is the best Brazilian musician I've
ever heard. (I haven't heard many, I must admit) She is very talented and seems to love
playing music. Both this and the Boston 1980 1st show were 1st time seeds from my masters,
and even though they're audience recordings, I think most Flora appreciaters will enjoy
hearing both these recordings. One song is cut (track 4), near the end, for a tape flip in
the 1st set. Only a few seconds missing there, the second set is uninterrupted. I balanced
the levels out and reduced a few claps and bumps between songs, no dolby/ noise reduction
or EQ was used in the recording or remastering of this. I don't think it needs any either.
Do not sell this recording.
Trade freely, losslessly and gaplessly.
Keep the Purim pure.