That's What She Said

Flora Purim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B00005J6XA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,418 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flora & Friends..., July 1, 2002

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A. Davis "astandavis" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That's What She Said (Audio CD)

This Fusion gem puts one of the most underated vocalist together with a few 70's fusion heavyweights and out comes a very enjoyable recording. George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Airto and friends put out some of the hippest fusion in the 70' & 80's. Flora uses their musical abilities to the max on "That's What She Said." Using a variety of wordless vocal technics layered over electric keyboards and driving rhythms, these songs capture the fun and freedom that fusion later lost as it grew more commercial. Flora's entire catalog is ripe with music like this. If this grabs your taste-buds, also check out "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly", "Encounter", and "Stories To Tell." Maybe we will all get luckly and Warner Brothers will release "Nothing Will Be As It Was" and "Everyday, Everynight". Also, Chick Corea's "Return To Forever" and "Light As A Feather" started the whole fusion-Jazz-worldbeat vibe. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars JAZZ FUSION MUSIC FROM THE 70'S, October 18, 2007

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COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" (Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: That's What She Said (Audio CD)

I REMEMBER BACK IN THE 70'S THERE ACTUALLY WAS A GENRE OF MUSIC CALLED FUSION, IT WAS MOSTLY A HYBRID BETWEEN JAZZ, FUNK, AND ROCK AND ROLL. BANDS LIKE RETURN TO FOREVER, WEATHER REPORT (WHERE ALPHONSO JOHNSON HUNG HIS HAT BEFORE JACO PASTORIUS), THE ELEVENTH HOUSE, THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (GEORGE DUKE WAS THE KEYBOARD PLAYER), MILES DAVIS (THE GRAND-DADDY OF THEM ALL, HE "INVENTED" FUSION MUSIC), EVEN JEFF BECK AND MANY, MANY OTHERS GOT INTO THE ACT. FLORA PURIM, A SINGER FROM BRAZIL WHOSE PARENTS WERE RUSSIAN JEWISH EMIGRES TO THE COUNTRY, AND HER HUSBAND, THE GREAT PERCUSSIONIST AIRTO MOREIRA (A FOUNDING MEMBER OF WEATHER REPORT) WERE TWO IF THE MAINSTAYS OF THIS KIND OF MUSIC. BESIDES AIRTO, OTHER LUMINARIES OF THAT KIND OF MUSIC GEORGE DUKE, ALPHONSO JOHNSON, AND OTHERS CONTRIBUTE THEIR ARTISTRY TO THIS ALBUM. FLORA WAS REPUTED TO HAVE A FIVE OCTAVE SINGING RANGE (MUCH LIKE YMA SUMAC), AND SHE SANG A LOT OF "SPACED OUT" MUSIC, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE, AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES HER MUSIC GOOD. THE ONLY REASON THIS CD DOES NOT GET FIVE STARS IS BECAUSE TO ME, THIS MUSIC SOUNDS VERY "DATED". A CLASSIC ALBUM IS ONE YOU CAN PUT ON AT ANY TIME AND SAY TO YOURSELF "IF THIS ALBUM CAME OUT TODAY, IT WOULD SELLS MILLIONS". BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE CASE WITH FLORA AND HER MUSIC. BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY AFTER LISTENING TO THIS THAT THE LATE 1970'S MUSIC SCENE WASN'T ALL ABOUT DISCO (WHICH IS EVEN MORE DATED!)!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 70s Jazz Fusion at its finest!, December 6, 2001

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F. Lewis "Jazz" (DownEastNC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: That's What She Said (Audio CD)

This George Duke produced gem was part of a defining era for me in the late 70s. One of Flora's best works of the period, that mixes well with George Duke's "Reach For It", "Follow The Rainbow"; Chick Corea's "Friends"; and a host of other funk filled Jazz Fusioneers! This is a great addition to my remastered CD collection of this, "...the best of times" (wink), era of my experience.