Live at Ronnie Scott's (Fourth World album)

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Live at Ronnie Scott's
Fourth World Live at Ronnie Scotts.jpg
Live album by
Released1992
RecordedAugust 1992
Genre Jazz fusion
Length78:11
Label Ronnie Scott's Jazz House
Producer Fourth World, Chris Lewis
Fourth World chronology
Live at Ronnie Scott's
(1992)
Fourth World
(1993)

Live at Ronnie Scott's is a live album by the Brazilian jazz group Fourth World, that was released by the Ronnie Scott's Jazz House record label in 1992.

Contents

The album was recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and features Airto Moreira and Flora Purim with José Neto, Gary Meek and Diana Moreira. [1]

Airto Moreira Brazilian musician

Airto Moreira is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer.

Flora Purim Brazilian jazz singer

Flora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband Airto Moreira.

José Pires de Almeida Neto, born in 1954 in São Paulo, Brazil, is a Brazilian guitarist known for playing jazz. In addition to acoustic and electric guitars, he plays an electric nylon string guitar with polysubbass strings.

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Fourth World" Gary Meek, Airto Moreira, José Neto 7:34
2."São Felipe"Neto15:59
3."Lua Flora"Neto, Flora Purim 11:01
4."Time One"Meek, Purim8:19
5."Step Seven"Neto9:08
6."Rainha da Noite"DeSouza, Filió, Filo6:57
7."Sea Horse"Moreira, Neto14:24
8."Africa"Moreira, Neto4:49

Personnel

Gary Meek

Gary Meek is an American jazz and fusion saxophone and keyboard artist. As a featured artist or session musician he has contributed to more than 150 albums.

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References

  1. Allmusic: Fourth World accessed 7 June 2010