![]() ![]() Equally strong is the Latin jazz instrumental, ‘Romance of Death’, while the album as a whole comes across as a hybrid of the then in-vogue Santana Latin rock sound. Pride of place goes to the epic rendition of what would become a regular number on the Moreira live performances, ‘Tombo in 7/4’, which would later on a Warners album morph into ‘Celebration Suite’. The slightly earlier outing, ‘Fingers’ (1973), is the stronger and grittier of the two albums, with a stellar cast that included vocalist and life partner of Moreira, Flora Purim, Hugo Fattoruso on keyboards (with brother Jorge on drums and vocals) with David Amaro on guitar. ![]() ![]() In fact, by the early 1970s Airto Moreira had rapidly become one of the most in-demand session percussionists, participating on such memorable albums as Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew’, the self-titled Weather Report debut, and not forgetting Chick Corea and Return to Forever, for whom both ‘La Fiesta’ and ‘Spain’ remain staples of the Latin-jazz songbook. This pairing of mid-1970s CTI productions by Creed Taylor places the emphasis firmly on Brazilian jazz, with Moreira featured on both recordings and in his prime.
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