Every time I look at you I see that the world was made for you and me.
Flora Purim - That's What She Said
Although Milestone label owner Orrin Keepnews is named as producer of this album, its sound is so permeated by George Duke's influence that it sounds like a work-up for his A Brazillian Love Affair album, which came out a year or two later, albeit with Flora's vocals front and centre.
It's got Flora's reply to hubby Airto's Flora OnMy Mind
Every time I look at you I see that the world was made for you and me.
Airto - Identity
So, we've got Herbie Hancock producing and playing synth, and Wayne Shorter on sax, and the result is a more acoustic Brazilian-fusion and less jazz-fusion than you might expect, although it does have its moments.
Airto is a percussionist of such extraordinary musicality and lightness of touch. So clever.
I count myself lucky to have seen him (and, of course, Flora - the old trouble and strife) twice; once at the Hammersmith Palais and once at Ronnie Scott's in Brum. At the former, the band were really late arriving and it was a Tuesday night or something and we had to leave before the end to catch the last District Line train home. Some mates stayed to the end and came running onto the train just before the doors closed, singing Celebration Suite - the encore. Bastards. The Ronnie Scott's gig was intimate and wonderful.
I picked this album up at Mr V's in Semaphore a few years ago for $20 and haven't played it much. On tonight's playing, I've decided that it's worth committing a bit of time to getting into, so will be playing it more.
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