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Speak No Evil (Flora Purim album)

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Released
  
2003

Artist
  
Flora Purim

Label
  
Narada Jazz

Length
  
50:23

Release date
  
2003

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Genres
  
Jazz, Music of Latin America, Latin music

Producers
  
Gary Meek, Yutaka Yokokura

Similar
  
Butterfly Dreams, Nothing Will Be As It WasT, Seeds on the Ground, Live at Ronnie Scott's

Speak no evil


Speak no evil is a 2003 album by the Brazilian singer Flora Purim. The name of the album is a tribute to a 1965 album and song by Wayne Shorter, which was recorded in this CD.

Contents

The album presents a fusion of jazz, samba and other latin rhythms. It counts on contribution of some famous artists, such as Airto Moreira, Flora's husband, and Oscar Castro Neves. It also counts on the participation of Diana Booker, her daughter.

Speak no evil was very acclaimed by the critics as the return of Flora Purim to jazz music. The album reached number fifteen in the Billboard charts of Top Jazz albums.

Flora purim speak no evil


Personnel

  • Flora Purim: vocals.
  • Airto Moreira: drums (except "This magic"), percussion (except "Speak no evil) and vocals (in "Primeira estrela").
  • Michito Sanchez: percussion (in "This magic" and "Speak no evil").
  • Jimmy Branly: drums (in "This magic") and percussion (in "Speak no evil").
  • Gary Meek: flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet.
  • Jimmy Haslip: bass (in "This magic" and "Speak no evil").
  • Trey Henry: bass (in "You go to my head", "Don't say a word", "Ain't necessarily so" and "I feel you").
  • Gary Brown: bass (in "Tamanco no samba", "Primeira estrela" and "O sonho").
  • Russell Ferrante: keyboards (in "This magic" and "Speak no evil").
  • Christian Jacob: keyboards (in "You go to my head" and "Ain't necessarily so").
  • Oscar Castro Neves: keyboards (in "I've got you under my skin") and acoustic guitar.
  • Marcos Silva: keyboards (in "Tamanco no samba" and "O sonho").
  • Bill Cantos: keyboards (in "Don't say a word" and "I feel you").
  • Yutaka Yokokura: keyboards (in "Primeira estrela").
  • Diana Booker: vocals (in "Primeira estrela").

    • Songs

    1This Magic5:06
    2You Go To My Head3:55
    3Speak No Evil (All For One)5:13

    References

    Speak No Evil (Flora Purim album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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