Seeds on the Ground
by Airto Moreira
- Type: Album
- Released: July 1971
- Label: Buddah
- Country: Brazil
- Length: 39:47
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A meeting of Brazilian musical titans, Airto Moreira's 'Seeds on the Ground' features Hermeto Pascoal, Flora Purim, and Sivuca, creating a potent blend of jazz, psychedelia, and Brazilian folk traditions. Ron Carter, the sole American contributor, provides bass lines that anchor the album's often ecstatic explorations, as heard on tracks like "Uri (Wind)". This album marks a transitional period for Airto, bridging his time with Weather Report and his future work with Return to Forever, prefiguring the latter with Purim's distinctive vocals.
Genres
Descriptors: percussive, rhythmic, party, organic, Portuguese language
Tracklist
Credits
- Airto Moreira - primary artist, producer, vocals, percussion, berimbau, drums, percussion, vocals, drums, percussion, voice, vocals, percussion, voice
- Sid Maurer - art direction, photography by
- Tony May - co-producer, engineer
- Flora Purim - coordinator, vocals, voice, vocals, written by, vocals
- Milton Sincoff - creative director [director of creative packaging & merchandising]
- Michael Mandel - design
- Hal Wilson - photography by [back & inside covers]
- Ron Carter - bass, bass, cello, bass, voice
- Hermeto Pascoal - written by, harpsichord, flute, keyboards, acoustic guitar, voice, written-by, flute [bass flute], written by, acoustic guitar, voice, written by, flute [bass flute], piano, keyboards, written by, written by, keyboards
- Livingston & Evans - written by
- Sivuca - accordion
- Severino Dias de Oliveira - viola, acoustic guitar, voice, organ, acoustic guitar, accordion
- Googie Coppola - voice, written by
- Dom Um Romao - percussion, voice