500 Miles High

1. O Cantador

2. Bridge

3. 500 Miles High

4. Cravo E Canela (Cinnamon and Cloves)

5. Bahia

6. Uri (The Wind)

7. Jive Talk

500 Miles High,Flora Purim,Fantasy,Brazilian Jazz,Fusion,Jazz

Average customer rating:

Jazz fusion vocalist at her peak
Ron Carter is Far From Dead!
A Beautiful and exotic musical Performance.
THE 'FIRST LADY OF BRAZIL' SOARS WITH THIS CLASSIC SET!!!
First time to hear a voice go so far beyond "just singing."

500 Miles High
Flora Purim
Manufacturer: Ojc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00000I8ZP
Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

O Cantador
Bridge
500 Miles High
Cravo E Canela
Bahia
Uri (The Wind)
Jive Talk

Customer Reviews:

Jazz fusion vocalist at her peak.......2006-05-14

I checked out the actual LP of this record because I'd heard Purim's vocals on one of my all-time favorite fusion discs, Chick Corea's "Return to Forever." "500 Miles High" is a Corea track from his Return to Forever line-up's "Light as a Feather" double-album, which also features Airto and Purim.

So, call this Brazil via Corea, and throw in Brazilian soft pop croomer Milton Nascimento on one track, "Cravo e Canela" (Cinnamon and Cloves)." I remember Nascimento from the CD that introduced me to Tropicalia and Brazilian music in general, the David Byrne-compiled "Brazil Classics: Vol. 1."

Purim is a bit of an acquired taste. I think she sounds a bit screechy in that early 70s kitschy sort of way, but she employs it well on this album, able to scat jive with the driving Latin rhythm, her voice a complement to the groove, especially on the roasting last track, "Jive Talk."

I love live albums, especially live fusion, and even more if it's Brazilian and from the early 70s. Purim's "500 Miles High" fits the bill. It also benefits from a highly percussive sound and the use of berimbaus, a uniquely Brazilian instrument (it looks like a bow and arrow) used in the Afro-Brazilian martial art, capoeira.

Ron Carter is Far From Dead!.......2005-06-23

I saw him @ Catalina's in H'wood. It was magnificent. Purim soars on this live recording. The Fender Rhodes is a wonderful compliment to her unique vocals.

A Beautiful and exotic musical Performance........2004-01-16

Flora Purim, with the aid of husband Aierto, and players like the late Ron Carter on Bass, produced an album that had one foot in the world of Jazz, and the other in Brazil. At times contimplative as in the opening, "O Cantador", Ms. Purim quickly switches gears, she moans and scats Flora style into a set that includes Her most famous collaboration with Chick Corea, "500 Miles High", as well as other mood songs like "Bahia(The Wind)", a meditation that contains such beautiful lyrics that you almost forget yourself and you are transformed to some breezy evening in Brazil. As an earlier reviewer noted, I had the album when I was 17, growing up in New York, and cannot name a more ingaging,intimate yet wild, exotic fruit of an album to get aquainted with what Flora Purim is really about.

THE 'FIRST LADY OF BRAZIL' SOARS WITH THIS CLASSIC SET!!!.......2001-08-07

Brazil's national treasure Flora Purim has never sounded more beautiful than in this incredible concert CD!!! With her flashback from her 'Return to Forever' days, she delivers the goods on the dizzyingly beautiful song '500 Miles High'!!! The effects that Flora produces with that voice are astonishing. It transcends that of other live performers by miles - (500 miles, to be exact!!!) FINALLY - this is available on CD!!! It's a rare classic!!!!!! Fly high with Flora Purim by adding this amazing classic to your collection!!!!!!!

First time to hear a voice go so far beyond "just singing.".......1999-04-29

This collection offers a fascinating extrapolation of Flora Purim from her "Return to Forever" days. I was simultaneously thrilled, curious, and convinced. I've since heard other voice artists, but none have compared to the original. Her range, expression, and inventiveness are truly aparadigmatic--then and still.