Butterfly Dream

Flora Purim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YHO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,102 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dr. Jive (Part 1)

2. Butterfly Dreams

3. Dindi

4. Summer Night

5. Love Reborn

6. Moon Dreams

7. Dr. Jive (Part 2)

8. Light As A Feather

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamy, indeed, October 26, 2002

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nyasb (the Southland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterfly Dream (Audio CD)

Two summers ago I was looking for a new CD to buy. Although I was intrigued by "new/neo" soul, I wasn't in the mood for hip-hop based music. I did want to hear something soulful, but whose fundamental component was jazz... and I wanted something that drew on a wider base than the American tradition. The music on "Butterfly Dreams" was exactly the type of music I was looking for. I guess I was really in a retro/nostalgic mood - my description of the music (though uninformed) is that it's similar to some of Stevie Wonder's 70's music, only authentically (as opposed to ostensibly) rooted in jazz. It has all of the elements of an enjoyable jazz or popular album - the solos are fun, and the melodies range from joyful to melancholic. The musicians are all jazz legends in their own right, and Flora herself is a refreshingly unique and inspirational vocalist. Much of what I said above applies to "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" as well (though it's much more energetic and varied), but I prefer "Butterfly Dreams" - the mood is more consistent (mellow - even the more up-tempo songs are light and "dreamy") and the songs are more haunting.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good News for 'A music fan from Chicagoland ' on this page!, January 23, 2003

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Jean Cocteau (space) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterfly Dream (Audio CD)

"still trying to figure out if there's a CD that includes her rendition of "You're Everything" - yes!! - it's on Return to Forever's Light As A Feather, a fantastic latin jazz album with beautiful Fender Rhodes electric piano playing from Chick Corea among other luminaries, and, as on this Flora's in fine voice on a few tracks - buy it if you like this, or latin-influenced jazz!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great!, April 14, 2005

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L. C. B. Hart "Leo" (Amsterdam, NH Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butterfly Dream (Audio CD)

This is a very great set, and great performances.
This album is one of the finest brasil-psycho-jazz-fusion albums ever made.

The switch from Dr.Jive to Light as a feather is amazing, the performance of the band with light as a feather (a real Jazz classic) is superb, never heard this song so good as on this album. A wannahave!