Speak No Evil (Flora Purim Album)

''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.

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

The album reached number fifteen on the jazz album chart at ''Billboard'' magazine.

Reception

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."

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."

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."

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."

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

Track listing

Personnel

* Flora Purim – vocals
* Gary Meek – flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
* Bill Cantos – keyboards ("Don't Say a Word" and "I Feel You")
* Oscar Castro-Neves – keyboards ("I've Got You Under My Skin") and acoustic guitar
* Russell Ferrante – keyboards ("This Magic" and "Speak No Evil")
* Christian Jacob – keyboards ("You Go to My Head" and "Ain't Necessarily So")
* Marcos Silva – keyboards (in "Tamanco no samba" and "O Sonho")
* Yutaka Yokokura – keyboards ("Primeira Estrela")
* Gary Brown – bass ("Tamanco No Samba", "Primeira Estrela" and "O Sonho"
* Jimmy Haslip – bass ("This Magic" and "Speak No Evil")
* Trey Henry – bass ("You Go to My Head", "Don't Say a Word", "Ain't Necessarily So" and "I Feel You")
* Jimmy Branly – drums ("This Magic") and percussion ("Speak No Evil")
* Airto Moreira – drums (except "This Magic"), percussion (except "Speak No Evil) and vocals (in "Primeira Estrela")
* Michito Sanchez – percussion ("This Magic" and "Speak No Evil")
* Diana Booker – vocals ("Primeira Estrela")

Chart performance

References

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Flora Purim albums
2003 albums