Flora Purim and Airto Moreira Live

[@briane.paulson]

I had the pleasure to play with them in 1982 with my suitcase of crazy percussion. It was a happening. Love these folks.

[@cynthiacoleman3893]

It must have been amazing

[@jamesmichaelfrank]

I wish I'd have had the honor to be there .

[@sex6cult9revolution]

Nice. I was just thinking how much I wish I were there - maybe sitting on a blanket or a lawn chair - enjoying the fresh air, warmth and great music.

[@jorgekunjota...4967]

Honra...de ser brasileiro e ouvir Flora&Airton...!!!❤❤❤❤

[@WalterFerreira-jo9zu]

Maravilha..Parabéns🎉🎉🎉

[@offthegridgreco]

It was my honor to know them personally as their son-in-law. Airto & I had great times. They both reside in Brazil now. I could bore you with stories, but won't. OK, one. They played at our wedding! Great times to be sure.

[@WalterFerreira-jo9zu]

Tóp...🎉

[@ariellagranados6288]

Does she offer mentorship

[@WilFennell]

Wonderful 🎉 I hope that someday soon somehow young people worldwide will open their minds and ears to this miraculous music.

[@anjelooouuu]

@@WilFennell its a dystopian dream but I hope that too! Society is trapped and the only thing the system offers is shit, but there are always artists who make beautiful shit. This music is ART not shit! Love from Mexico.

[@offthegridgreco]

They were my in-laws & I have many stories. My favorite goes like this. Flora rarely cooked, so Airto & I would go to the market, purchase dinner fixings, take them home & lay them on the kitchen counter. Airto would then begin pulling pots & pans, one at a time, & play them like a drum or tamborine. If it didn't have a good sound, it would be put away & out came another until he found the one with sound. He would use that pot or pan to cook with. It always came out delicious. You can't make this stuff up. Today they are both in Brazil.

[@giovanna722]

Great story. Did he keep the ones whose sound he didn't like, or throw them away?

[@VincentGodinez-m7h]

It's artistry !

[@BeverlyHowell]

Airto is an incredible cook. I've been trying to get a recipe of his for years; it was a roast wrapped in a breadlike dough.

[@luisleonelcostarodrigues3028]

Flora and Airto: great music talents, unfortunately little recognized in Brazil among new generations.

[@dr.williambrice24]

The two best musicians at their craft.....Flora, voice.....Airto, drums. What a gift....thanks for publishing.

[@jimdep6542]

I saw Flora and Airto several times around the Bay Area of CA many times in the mid 70's through the mid 80's. The strangest venue I saw them play was at the Saddle Rack in San Jose, (I'm guessing between and including 1983 and 84). which was a country western club, usually packed with fans of the local country bands. This was during the peak of the whole Urban Cowboy thing that was happening at the time. I remember Flora even joked at it from the stage. Certainly not the "normal" atmosphere you'd associate with them. It was a great show of course and they went over very well. I wish there was a recording of that show somewhere.

[@radio.m.i.x]

Recorded live at Paul Masson Winery in Saratoga, California. 1985 Airto - drums, percussion, vocals Flora Purim - vocals Kei Akagi - piano, rhodes, oberheim ob-x Larry Nass - guitar Keith Jones - bass Laudir de Oliveira - percussion 0:00 Misturada 5:22 The road is hard, but we're going to make it 12:28 Nothing will be as it was 21:02 Tombo in 7/4

[@Tedroy]

I would gig well at a winery...

[@emilioribeiro2652]

Valeu pelas informações radiomix!

[@jbatistabr]

Obrigado!!

[@Cybi0]

Thank you @radio.m.i.x for showing respect to the musicians while even the poster of this video didn't do it. Respect for you my friend ♥

[@felipeconcesso9774]

Thank you!

[@frankbullock2046]

I first encountered their Art around 1974...I remember Music performed with Chick Correa... George Duke...and Alphonso Johnson...This Is very Special...Some of the Best to Ever Do It...Sound of my Youth...Duke University Radio...back in the Day...Played this Progressive Jazz Music...Theirs a Mystical Feel for Me...Percussion...Funk and Virtuosity....I feel Blessed watching This...Thank You...

[@TheSskurultay]

Recorded in 1985 at Paul Masson Vineyards in Madera, CA, featuring Flora Purim (vocals) Airto Moreira (drums, percussion), Larry Nass (guitar), Keith Jones (bass), Kei Akagi (keyboards), and Laudir D'Oliveira (percussion).

[@William_sJazzLoft]

Thanks 4 researching this

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

yes.. Paul Masson Mountain Winery in Saratoga CA.

[@reverendbryan]

Thanks for the info. I was wondering who the keyboardist was. He may no be Hermeto Pascoal, but he's obviously no slouch either! The who group is impressive, eh?

[@jeffhero4683]

@kiloscott Thanks!

[@daleford9606]

@rev.b, why even compare him to the genius of Hermeto? No one plays or conceives music like Hermeto Pascoal

[@annalisa14]

1975 I first heard Flora. Bought her album with chick corea light as a feather 🪶 bought many other albums until I realized her husband was Aierto. Then bought Virgin Land. 1981 met both of them at San Francisco club Tod Barkans Keystone Korner. This performance at the Masson Mountain Winery happened in 1997 or 98. That’s Keith Jones on bass, my friend who always had a kind word for me. Keith, i miss you 🥰 Anisa in Portland 2024❤

Great band! Larry Nass on guitar, Keith Jones on bass, Kai Akage on keyboards, and Laudir D'Oliveira on percussion! YES!!! :-)

[@OmerSabban]

wow

[@Jellybeantiger]

do not forget Airto and Flora Purim! I remember watching this on Australian TV long ago and fell in love with Flora on this performance.

[@brianhammer5107]

it's an 'ok' band - the great bands were the ones Airto/Flora used on their Seventies albums

[@jerryvivanco4352]

AND...... her husband Airto on drums!

[@rictuty01]

Thanks for the line up. Amazing stuff!

[@wygakyl]

Flora has been an influence on my Latin Music understanding and playing since I was 17 in 1974. This is great RIP Larry Nass....

[@allangarwood9931]

Came home from the pub one night and found this concert on tv late night, amazing band.

[@AlmostEthical]

Airto's grooves are sublime.

[@bedfordsanchez-navarro854]

Me encanta, y a tengo 62.8 años y desde que tengo uso de razón siempre los he seguido, la primera vez que vino a Puerto Rico en el Teatro Tapia, inolvidable......

[@geo97691]

One the greatest jazz fusion guitarists the United States ever produced. It's a fucking shame that he died so young at age 47.

[@daleford9606]

@Grace Reyna, one of greatest? I wouldn’t go that far...

[@William_sJazzLoft]

Flora and Airto are such amazing talents. Is it any wonder they get gifted musicians around them?!

[@janizbeejanizbee]

Was just messin' around and I remember how much I love Flora Purim. I hit search and !!!

[@hectortapia3034]

I met your son at Lawai Dicken’s home in Lawai back in 2006. We were looking at seashell collections. Your son didn’t know I came from Detroit where my friends love your music.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

I remember this showing on UK TV, on a Sunday night, at midnight as part of the Harvest Jazz Festival. Hugely inspiring!

[@rswhitney8ify]

Love it ,I’ve been listen to Flora since the late 70s.Thank heaven for KZbin now I can see artist I know will never come to my area if they do decide to do a few gigs

[@dansullivan1246]

Seen 'em live 3 times, been a fan since 1973!!!

[@fusionfan6883]

Just wanted to add my thanks for uploading this musical jem. I am a lifelong Flora Purim fan but, as you can imagine living in the UK, I have had very little chance to see her and Airto live. But I did have the privilege of catching them at Ronnie Scott's club in the 80's and treasure that memory. I'm also a guitarist and for years have followed and loved all the great sophisticated fusion guys such as Carlton and Ritenour, but must confess to never having heard of Larry Nass until discovering this video. What a beautiful and fiery player, he reminds me of Carlos Rios, another great, and I am so sad to hear of Larry's untimely passing at such a young age. Larry simply burns on this video demonstrating that perfect balance of technical mastery, jazz sophistication, and fiery emotion. Can anyone tell me if he was ever featured on any albums, either solo or as a sideman? Surely he should be regarded up there with the fusion greats based on this evidence! Respect too for the band and Kei in particular, who I had the privilege of seeing with Miles back in the day. Latin music is the rhythm of life - peace all.

[@arnaudfaugas2760]

Music so cool

[@robertklouse3868]

Peace in all the houses LOVE ❤️ SOUND MIND

[@janizbeejanizbee]

❤

[@STRENGTHSKATEBOARDS]

Does Flora sing on natural feelings album from Airto?

[@markmusich1774]

The Harvest Jazz series was broadcast on the A&E network in the early-mid '80's. This episode really blew me away, as I had at the time got into the Light as a Feather album and it was so cool to see Airto and Flora perform. Beautiful and timeless music.

[@jeffjazzwraight]

Thanks for posting this. I remember having it on VHS back in the '80's. If my memory serves me right it was part of a series called 'Harvest Jazz' from a jazzfest at the Paul Masson Vinyards in California. My guess is around 1982. I see the personnel is given further in the comments. If anyone has anything else from this series it would be interesting to see the Sonny Rollins segment where he tried to jump off the stage, broke his leg, and continued playing!! Happy Jazzing folks.

[@simonespanu7768]

Thank you for putting this into perspective. Amazing music.

[@janizbeejanizbee]

Just makes me want to dance! It reminds me of that jazz club near Lincoln Park that was in the basement and they regularly played Brazilian jazz. I loved it!

[@dabr5467]

I saw them around 1976 at "my fathers place" in Roslyn NY of all places. They were great, just great. I felt frustrated though, because it was the WRONG crowd - did not know how to "let go". And so neither could I. But they were still incredible. I would love to see them again.

[@raymondbridgeford]

I grew up with Larry seeing him play guitar and I followed his footsteps. Awesome guitar player. Always puts the right notes in the right place. It was a Awesome listening to him play with these awesome musicians.

[@evertvanderhik5774]

Amazing guy, I didn't know him, a very tasteful player.

[@bigdave2930]

Blast from the past. I remember you from the 70's around Oxnard/Ventura. Seeing/hearing you (and Larry) convinced me to get my first ES-335. Great to see your comment on here. RIP Larry Nass 😒

[@carrieherrera3912]

Larry Nass awesome guitar player was leader of R&B Bombers and will never forget him giving newcomers like myself a break forever a Montalvo legend.

[@Delfidash]

It is so interesting that in the jazz of Airto Moreira and Flora Purim all the sounds of Brazil are collected, Bahia and the Amazon can be traced. I love this creative union. Thanks everyone. Super guitarist!!! Muito bom, obrigada🎧🎤🎸

[@HalifaxSax]

Great guitar from the sadly departed and under appreciated Larry Nass.One of my all time favourites.

[@sheltoncaldwell7950]

Thanks for knowing that.

[@ianroberts3948]

Being able to uplift is very special talent and floras band absolutely nailed it. Magnificent

[@AmilcarBaxo]

A Flora é de outro planeta cantora incomparável!

[@STRENGTHSKATEBOARDS]

Miss her❤️

[@Delfidash]

Always for me favorite Airto Moreira and his wife Flora Purim , Brasil !!

[@thanasisKrispis]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Delfidash]

***** i',m happy if you love it my favorite , thanks Thanasis ....

[@m.entera3196]

I saw them the first time around 1981 in San Diego, at a fancy hotel there. I saw them again at the Santa Barbara Bowl in 1985. It was before the big remodel, and they still had grass seating. The warm up band was Hiroshima.

[@michaelalderete9622]

Oh yes, Hiroshima. Used to see them at a tiny club near school, when I attended USC, '74 to '77.

[@SneakyKestrel]

I saw Flora and Airto in Milan in the mid80s. They were fantastic!!! I love you Flora❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@NotiFawkes]

absolute life changing is how to describe when first discovering music of other worlds such as this

[@ilovetomorrow]

Welcome.

[@senLuno]

it always is thats why its a blessing to find something so expressive and fresh while at least yknow she pioneered some of the more acidy sounds

[@diegomarcelomoreira]

Airto, Flora e o grande Laudir de Oliveira, ex-membro do Chicago. Sensacional!

[@TheLbachtschin]

Tive uma experiência parecida. A primeira vez que ouvi Flora e Airto foi em 1998. Por acaso estava dirigindo em São Francisco e sintonizei, sem querer, o rádio em uma estação que tinha um programa de Jazz/Fusion. Fiquei impressionado! Pena o Brasil não os conhecer.

[@MrDonaldmusika]

It is a pity!

[@TheCazuzo]

Sim, Eu les tenia discoberto por el disco ''Identity''. Fue para o Brasil descumbriendo grandes gruppos como ''O Rappa'', adorei MPB. Preguntei conosce Airto? No, ninguen escuta esso no Brasil...

[@joseailtonalveslopes3484]

NOSSOS MUSICOS MARAVILHOSOS,FAZENDO HISTORIA LA FORA UMA PENA QUE O BRASIL NAO VALORIZA OS BONS

[@marciomelins6707]

exatamente aqui só musica lixo tem valor!

[@joelcamposbarrios5394]

Fantásticos

[@joelcamposbarrios5394]

DESDE la ciudad de México

[@joelcamposbarrios5394]

WELCOME your Is THE night flora y Carlos

[@JAHenry]

Larry Nass on guitar, Keith Jones on bass, Kai Akage on keyboards, and Laudir D'Oliveira on percussion -- My girl Flora & Airto too look like they have a new lease on life here... and they are on FIRE! Muito bem!

[@adilsonribeiro3802]

Orgulho de ter dois brasileiros como esses divulgando MUSICA de boa qualidade no mundo!!!!!!! Amo Flora Purim.......

[@ricvossen]

Tive a felicidade de ver os dois num show numa Virada Cultural em Sampa. O show foi inesquecível. Foi bem no Vale do Anhagabaú.

[@HelioPisca]

Show maravilhoso do eterno Mestre Airto Moreira e da eterna Diva Flora Purim!!!

[@thebreathalyzer]

Man, coming out of the vamp into the chord changes on the first tune that guitar solo was SMOKIN"!!!! Woot! Great video, I remember seeing this years ago and it's pretty awesome. Great band too.

[@ledaros6383]

Great performance! Amazing solos over brazilian swinging rhythms and harmonies...

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Airto is a driving force. Those guys would get lost in their dreams without Airto gently kicking them on the arse. Unbeliavably good musicians by the way. Not just Flora. The istrumentalists are magis.

[@giovanna722]

They are! Love Airto's singing, too.

[@JustforFun-ki6fk]

I have been following flora since the early 70s incredible voice !

[@marcoscesargasparmartins7814]

Linda, maravilhosa. Senhora de todas as canções.

[@Tashismmedia]

I 1st found Airto in my parents record collection. I was literally jumping around my bedroom memorising riffs and magic

[@robertcamilleri8613]

I saw them perform live in San Francisco in 1985. Consummate performers. I love their music. Thank you You Tube.

[@jeffbrown6517]

LOVE TO FLORA AND AIRTO!!!!!JEFFREY W BROWN

[@nilsonmano70]

Airto Moreira forever...

[@azurite6452]

I came across this by chance and watched from start to finish. Terrific stuff! Thank you for sharing this with us xx

[@babacartrim3748]

Oh my God! C'est magnifique,Flora is Great!! and The band Just Rock!!

[@johnreese7590]

Flora and Airto every year back then at the Baltimore Artscape for free. I have since paid hundreds, but most recently saw her in 2005 and 2007, in Wilmington and D.C. respectively, again for free. " Eye, Ear, Toe".....never gets old

[@aldobada9167]

graaaande Airto...maravilhosa Flora...

[@warrenbrigg66]

I saw them Twice, they were Great!! Thank you Chick Corea and the Original Return to Forever!!!

[@RonaldPetrin]

Such a pure delight.😊 A true celebration of life. Larry Carltons magic here too…Magnifique!Stanley on bass, it just doesn’t get any better than this.. live! “Tell me what do I hear!?” Been an Airto Flora fan fir years snd feel blessed for it, join in. Percussions just don’t get much better than this. Riding the Flora notes…with two gifted microphones receiving and amplifying the gifts, then when…there was/is such a thing. Hard to catch let alone match. Catch the feeling! Is that Stanley Clarke? Need the lineup to give the right credit due…

[@farideguedes3856]

Amazing! Love them! Flora e Airto: vcs são demais! Queridosss! 💎💕💎🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@tiagocantalice2772]

Airto é foda!!!! Brasileiro incrível, músico fantástico!!!

[@scottmoyer1357]

Loving the pieces written in 7/8 and also how they slip a brief series of measures of 4, 4, 4 & 3 or simply 8 and 7 into the Samba Flora is singing. love Larry's guitar playing and keen awareness of the time signatures being used.

[@ickedette5326]

The Fender E Piano makes me feel somewhere, somehow...incredible

[@sarahelizabethasher]

I saw them live - amazing, of course...

[@marcoscesargasparmartins7685]

Maravilhosa ... Flora Purim fez a mais internacional das carreiras.

[@loungelizardsounds]

Whoever uploaded this-take a bow.

[@superchema]

Great music! Thanks for share it!

[@miguelvalerio6939]

sólo un poco de tiempo para escuchar toda esta hermosa música.

[@dagostinoification]

thank you ! MAGNIFICENT !

[@cubananitabell8141]

Wowww, Sambaaaaa, love this, thanks for sharing, I'm dancing yeahhh

[@eduardochades]

Along with Hermeto Pascoal, Airto is one of the greatest music magicians from Brazil.

[@ArthurDhaeyerMusic]

I miss a live moment like this !!

[@pottedrodenttube]

Que coisa beleza, eu estava procurando isso por alguns meses, adoro a música deles. Muitíssimo obrigado!

[@davestephens6421]

Always loved the guitar player...so sad to hear he passed!!!

[@annalisa14]

Name?

[@paulallen5462]

saw them live at Ronnie Scotts on her birthday..she sang like and angel that night. Unforgettable!

FANTÁSTICO! INACREDITÁVEL!

[@jeffreybusch9619]

Airto! Que maravilha!! Obrigado - X:)

[@kauaibel]

Just amazing!!!

[@michaelalderete9622]

Thanks, I think I've rediscovered pianist Kei Akagi via this video post. Pretty sure I saw Kei's excellent playing, with Airto, at the now closed venue Concerts by the Sea (Redondo Beach, California). He really made an impression on me that evening.

[@bobcardone7437]

Airto is the best..

[@gaylenhalbert4391]

Wow! Thank you so much. I love Flora and the entire band.

[@jameskennedy721]

Jazz fans who lived in the Bay Area in the early 1980's remember this band . The shows they did in small clubs were impossible to over praise . Always about the music , no ego baloney .

[@simontownsend3050]

flora and airto gave us the wonderful world of brasil and jazz

[@RonaldPetrin]

A natural flow with a positive energy tapped into our nature a feeling felt intrinsically that is truly😊 palatable. Tasty keys to boot us into a delightful place…based in beauty. “Yaah!”. Tasty licks indeed.

[@kennmiller3278]

One of my favorite Flora and Airto performances ever. Remember too...what awesome collaborators they were...Chick (RTF), Weayher Report, George Duke (Brazilian Love Affair. Someone please remind me the name of the opening song! I knew it once, and I’ve performed it with various bands. Just can’t remember the name.

[@jbatistabr]

The road is hard, but we are going to make it

[@WG161]

Incredible great music & musicians & voice by Flora Purim : heaven

[@robertklouse3868]

Very tight ..A "Splendid" Virility!!! Larry Ness a true great.. is new to me,also.

[@anjelooouuu]

Flora & Airto are the essence of JAZZFUSION, Return to Forever`s first album is special for having them

[@jansengil6166]

Vim conhecer estes artistas maravilhosos hoje 1 de outubro de 2020 por sugestão do KZbin, antes disto, nunca tinha ouvido nem falar.

[@elmoredneal5382]

Very fascinating! 😍 I was brought here because the latest Jazz Dispensary series has a track by Flora Purim. I've never seen a singer use that dual microphone technique before (What the hell is she doing there? 🤔) But it actually makes a lot of sense! 😮💡 Each microphone could running through different effects processors. This would give Flora Purim amazing control over vocal effects just by movin each microphone closer and further away as she was singing. At one point it seemed like the silver microphone had a lot of reverb and echo... But the black microphone was more "clean" (meaning it had a lot less reverb and or other effects) 🤔 It would take a lot of practice to get it figured out, but her technique is pure genius! 😍👌 I'm super impressed by Flora Purim and the whole band! And I think I'm going to have to track down some of her records 🙏

[@WilliamBrown-on6yq]

Recalling a Pearl Street visit in the mid 70s in Boulder, Colorado. It doesn't get any better than an Airto y Flora combo....

[@richee10]

Airto a percussionist GENIUS! Saw him in Chicago Navy Pier 78...❤❤❤

[@Vwjl1207]

They are so awesome live!

[@cicloviArgy]

Já tava foda até que me arrepiei toda nesses 20 minutos em diante quando metem o sambão fritação aaaaffff coisa maravilhosa essa apresentação 😱😲😍🖤

[@EricSlingerland]

Sounded like David A. I think whom played on the studio albums back then ? Saw Flora and Airto back in the 80's at San Diego State..Sweet voice and Airto was covering all Rhytms what a great concert...Thanks for the post ,great concert !

[@TorstenFelder-bn2ez]

Wow! More of this, please!

[@WilliamBrown-on6yq]

Pura excelencia brasileira

[@davechronister4029]

Fantastic! What a great band!

[@robsonmendes9001]

Sensacional!!!

[@JeanMarieAudrain]

Wonderfull guitar player Larry Nass !

[@Libnibone]

Foram incríveis, talentosíssima, os conhecí através do Jazz na América de onde passaram a viver e trabalhar, agora depois de Vcs assistirem como eles eram saibam que o tempo passou suas juventude se esgotaram, estão atualmente em 2024 vivendo de volta ao Brasil ambos com mais de 80 anos e com sequelas na saúde ( debilitados) estão no Retiro dos Artistas no Rio de Janeiro.....Fica no Ar um pergunta, estão bem remunerados com aposentadoria ou não?