Speak No Evil (Flora Purim album)

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Speak No Evil
Album speak no evil cover.jpg
Studio album by
Flora Purim
Released2003
Genre Jazz, Latin music
Length50:23
Label Narada
Producer Gary Meek, Geoff Gillette, Yutaka Yokokura

Speak No Evil is a 2003 album by the Brazilian singer Flora Purim. The name of the album is a tribute to a 1965 album and song by Wayne Shorter.

Contents

The album is a fusion of jazz, samba, and other Latin rhythms, featuring Airto Moreira, Oscar Castro Neves, and her daughter, Diana Booker. [1]

The album reached number fifteen on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine. [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In a review for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran wrote: "Two realities are abundantly clear from listening to this... she swings magnificently with great jazz company... and she's far more emotionally effective singing in her native Portuguese than in her heavily accented English." [3]

Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times stated that Purim and Moreira "hit a new high with Speak No Evil, arguably their most intriguing outing since their Return to Forever days of the early '70s." [4]

Writing for The Washington Post, Mike Joyce acknowledged that Purim is "not in prime form" on the album, but noted that it "has its rewards," and praised the "colorful support from her bandmates." [5]

In an article for All About Jazz, Javier AQ Ortiz called the album "a terrific work that provides a congenial listening experience, very well recorded and mixed, smartly arranged, and produced, with lots of good musical feelings." [6]

Leila Cobo of Billboard commented: "in this collection... there's a steady and exquisite sense of style and good taste." [7]

Track listing

#TitleSongwritersLength
1."This Magic" Don Grusin, Diana Booker5:06
2."You Go to My Head" Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots 3:54
3."Speak No Evil (All for One)" Vanessa Rubin, Wayne Shorter 5:13
4."I've Got You Under My Skin" Cole Porter 2:52
5."Tamanco No Samba"Orlan Divo, Helton Menezes5:05
6."Don't Say a Word"Bill Cantos6:28
7."Primeira Estrela" Airto Moreira, Yutaka Yokokura 5:01
8."It Ain't Necessarily So" Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin 5:22
9."I Feel You"Bill Cantos4:37
10."O Sonho (Moon Dreams)" Egberto Gismonti 6:41

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Personnel

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
2003Billboard Top Jazz Albums15 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Almeida Filho, Luciano (23 April 2003). "Para redescobrir Flora Purim". O Povo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Speak No Evil - Flora Purim | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 Widran, Jonathan. "Flora Purim: Speak No Evil". AllMusic. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. ↑ Loudon, Christopher (April 1, 2003). "Flora Purim: Speak No Evil". Jazz Times. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  5. ↑ Joyce, Mike (May 9, 2003). "Flora Purim: Speak No Evil". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  6. ↑ Ortiz, Javier AQ (February 24, 2003). "Flora Purim: Speak No Evil". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ Cobo, Leila (February 1, 2003). "Reviews and Previews". Billboard. p. 43.
  8. ↑ Widran, Jonathan. "Speak no evil". All music. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
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