Airto Moreira

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Airto Moreira; 2007

Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941 in Itaiópolis , Brazil ) is a Brazilian percussionist who became known worldwide as a jazz musician . His merit with others is that in 1972 the renowned music magazine Down Beat introduced the new category Percussion . It established itself internationally as the name for this use of smaller percussion instruments, which was strongly influenced by Moreira at the time.

Live and act

Moreira grew up in Curitiba . He first learned the guitar and piano; at the age of six he appeared on the radio, at twelve he played in small bands. At the age of sixteen he went to São Paulo , where he formed the Trio Sambalanço with César Camargo Mariano and Humberto Clayber , then to Rio de Janeiro . In 1966 he was a member of the Trio Novo , accompanying Geraldo Vandré , among others . When Hermeto Pascoal joined in 1967 , it became the Quarteto Novo . In 1968 he left Brazil for political reasons , which had been a military dictatorship since 1964, and went to the United States with his wife, the singer Flora Purim .

Moreira played with some jazz musicians in New York. One of them, Joe Zawinul , introduced him to Miles Davis . Moreira then took part in a few sessions for his album Bitches Brew and also played live in the Davis Band in 1970 and early 1971, to be heard a. a. in the album Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West . Subsequently, he was one of Weather Report and Chick Corea's group Return to Forever . He has also worked on music recordings by Gato Barbieri , Herbie Hancock , George Duke , John McLaughlin , Joni Mitchell ( Don Juan's Reckless Daught , 1977), Carlos Santana , Mickey Hart and Billy Cobham . Together with his wife Flora Purim , he has mainly formed his own formations since 1990, the band "Fourth World" with José Neto and Gary Meek since 1990 .

Discography

  • 1970: Natural Feelings - Flora Purim, Hermeto Pascoal , Ron Carter and Sivuca
  • 1971: Seeds on the Ground One Way - Flora Purim, Hermeto Pascoal, Carter, Sivuca, Dom Um Romão , Severino de Oliveira
  • 1972: Fingers ( CTI Records ) - Flora Purim, David Amaro, Hugo Fattoruso, Jorge Fattoruso, Ringo Thielmann
  • 1972: Free (CTI Records) - featuring Purim, Chick Corea , Keith Jarrett , Stanley Clarke
  • 1972: Return to Forever (ECM Records) - featuring Flora Purim, Chick Corea, Joe Farrell , Stanley Clarke
  • 1973: Light as a Feather (Polydor Records) - featuring Flora Purim, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke
  • 1974: Virgin Land (CTI Records) - Flora Purim, Amaro, Stanley Clarke, Alex Blake , Eddie Daniels , Gabriel DeLorme, George Duke , George Marge, Jane Taylor, Kenny Ascher , Milcho Leviev
  • 1975: Identity - Flora Purim, Amaro, Egberto Gismonti , Herbie Hancock , John Heard, John Williams , Luis Johnson, Raúl de Souza , Roberto, Ted Lo , Wayne Shorter
  • 1976: Promises of the Sun Arista - Purim, de Souza, Hugo Fattoruso, Milton Nascimento , Novelli , Toninho Horta
  • 1977: I'm Fine, How Are You? Warner Music Japan - with the participation of Fattoruso, de Souza, Rubén Rada
  • 1979: Touching You… Touching Me Warner Music Japan - Purim, Fatturoso, Al Ciner, Alphonso Johnson , Bayette, George Duke , George Sopuch, Herb Alpert , Joe Farrell , Jose Bertrami, Laudir de Oliveira, Manolo Badrena, Marcos Valle, Michael Boddicker , Nivaldo Ornellas, Peter Bunetta, Richard Feldman, The Sweet Inspirations
  • 1984: Misa Espiritual: Airto's Brazilian Mass Harmonia Mundi - Gil Evans , WDR Big Band , WDR Strings, Marcos Silva
  • 1985: Three-Way Mirror with the contribution of Purim and Joe Farrell
  • 1985: Flora Purim / Airto Moreira Humble People ( Concord Records ) with David Sandborn, Joe Farrell, Jose Neto u. a.
  • 1986: Latino: Aqui Se Puede Montuno - Purim, Alphonso Johnson, Cachete Maldonado, Donaldo Alias, Frank Colon, Geni da Silva, Giovanni Hidalgo , Jeff Elliot, Farrell, Jorge Dalto, Kei Akagi, Keith Jones, Larry Nass, Laudir de Oliveira , Neves, Rafael Jose, de Souza, Tite Curet Alonso, Tony Moreno .
  • 1988: Samba De Flora Montuno - Purim, Johnson, Angel Maldonado, Bruce Bigenho, David Tolegian, Dom Camardella, Alias, Colon, Hidalgo, Eliot, Jill Avery, Farrell, Dalto, Akagi, Jones, Nass, de Oliveira, Luiz Munoz, Michael Shapiro, Jose, Randy Tico, de Souza, Roland Bautista, Rolando Gingras, Moreno
  • 1989: Struck by Lightning Venture Records - Purim, Bob Harrison, Chick Corea , Gary Meek, Herbie Hancock , Jose Neto, Junior Homrich, Marcos Silva, Mark Egan , Mike Shapiro, Randy Tico, Stanley Clarke
  • 1989: Killer Bees B&W - Purim, Corea, Meek, Hancock, Hiram Bullock , Mark Egan, Clarke
  • 1992: The Other Side of This Rykodisc - for Mickey Hart 's The World (TV series)
  • 1993: Revenge of the Killer Bees (remix of Killer Bees ) Electric Melt
  • 1999: Homeless Melt 2000.
  • 1999: Code: Brasil Target: Recife Melt 2000.
  • 2003: Life After That
  • 2017: Aluê

Lexigraphic entries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Airto Moreira on drummerworld.com
personal data
SURNAME Moreira, Airto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moreira, Airto Guimorvan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian percussionist
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Itaiópolis , Brazil