Samba de Flora

by Airto Moreira

Samba de Flora cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1989
  • Label: Montuno
  • Country: Brazil
  • Length: 43:08
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A percussion-led session named for his wife Flora Purim, who sings on the record, its eight tracks feature trombonist Raul de Souza, bassist Alphonso Johnson, percussionist Don Alias and pianist Jorge Dalto. Long unavailable, the album received its first ever reissue decades later from Soul Jazz Records.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, percussive, dance, virtuosic, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Parana (4:26)
  2. Samba De Flora (6:16)
  3. La Puerta (5:39)
  4. Dedos (5:22)
  5. Yanah Amina (3:32)
  6. El Fiasco (5:56)
  7. Mulambo (6:30)
  8. Latin Woman (5:24)

Credits

  • Jeff Elliott - arranged by, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jorge Dalto - arranged by, piano, electric piano, keyboards
  • Daniel Protheroe - co-producer
  • Mike Shapiro - co-producer
  • Enrique Fern谩ndez - liner notes

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