Perpetual Emotion

Flora Purim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B0000589U6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

FLORA PURIM Perpetual Emotion (2001 US Narada Jazz 11-track CD album features Gary Meek Christian Jacob Trey Henry Airto Moreira and Oscar Castro Neves. Total playing time 54 minutes picture sleeve)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Familiar songs in an unfamiliar venue, February 22, 2001

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Dean Monti - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perpetual Emotion (Audio CD)

On the heels of the last few releases from Flora and Airto, you might be surprised to discover Perpetual Emotion is a vocal album very much in the jazz standard tradition.

Flora has recorded at least five of these songs before (it's at least the third time for San Francisco River and Escape), but make no mistake -- you've never heard them like this. Flora relies less on vocal effects (as she has in the past)or on the virtuouso pyrotechnics of her band mates, and more on passionate, flawless renderings of great songs.

Airto is subdued in a way that is appropriate for this venture, but gets to break loose with a burning drum solo on Airto's Jazz Dance. Flora is also backed by Fourth World bandmate Gary Meek on sax and talented newcomers to the Flora/Airto camp, pianist Christian Jacob and bassist Trey Henry. There's enough Brazil in this CD (particularly on Fotografia and Saudade),to satisfy long-time Flora and Airto fans, but with compostions by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill among others, this will also make fans of traditional female jazz vocalists sit up and take notice.

If this is not essential Flora, it is certainly fair to say you haven't heard the full breadth of talent she has until you've heard this CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars In perfect harmony!, November 8, 2001

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M. Sommers (Athens Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perpetual Emotion (Audio CD)

Not much to add to the previous review except to remark on the fantastic sensitivity all the musicians on the wonderful record exhibit towards each other. The more I listen to this, the more I am struck by the fact that whether Flora is singing or someone else is playing a solo, the other musicians are all doing EXACTLY the right thing behind them. Apart from its artistic/inspirational qualities, it is a long time since I heard anything quite this well crafted.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Flora Purim CD in years..., June 14, 2001

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Siegfried P. Duray-Bito (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perpetual Emotion (Audio CD)

...in fact, it may be her best work ever. I love it!

Siegfried