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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
GENIUS!!!!!
3 May 2006
Format:Audio CD
This was the first Flora album I bought,and I haven't been the same since.The first time I listened to it,I didn't know what the heck was going on,it was a strange ENCOUNTER indeed!
I'm telling you,you haven't lived until you heard this album,especially the title track.Along with the awesome,interplanetary vocals of Ms.Purim,you have some of the most gifted musicians playing on this,including bassist extraordinare,Ron Carter.
Don't you dare miss out!
I'm telling you,you haven't lived until you heard this album,especially the title track.Along with the awesome,interplanetary vocals of Ms.Purim,you have some of the most gifted musicians playing on this,including bassist extraordinare,Ron Carter.
Don't you dare miss out!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"Encounter" by Flora Purim
23 Aug 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Flora Purim
One of my all time favorite female vocalists....A fan since I first heard her with "Return To Forever"....Her enchanting and often melodic voice is soothing to the soul....Flora will take me to places I could only dream of....When you hear her voice she'll transport you from Earth to the stars and beyond....In my book, She easily earns five stars....
When it comes to the musicians, the deck is stacked heavily in your favor....They are all extremely talented professionals who could easily have their own bands if they do not already....
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One of my all time favorite female vocalists....A fan since I first heard her with "Return To Forever"....Her enchanting and often melodic voice is soothing to the soul....Flora will take me to places I could only dream of....When you hear her voice she'll transport you from Earth to the stars and beyond....In my book, She easily earns five stars....
When it comes to the musicians, the deck is stacked heavily in your favor....They are all extremely talented professionals who could easily have their own bands if they do not already....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A very odd move for Flora at the time, but cool
18 April 2008
Format:Audio CD
In the mid-1970s, Flora Purim became the Queen of Fusion Jazz. She, along with Urszula Dudziak, were the major jazz vocalists to embrace new sounds and ways of thinking. Flora's albums "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" and "That's What She Said" showed that creative vocals had a place within the mostly instrumental genre of fusion. Recorded and released between those two fusion masterpieces in 1976, however, is "Encounter", which was a very mellow, very jazzy album that isn't going to excite too many fusion-heads.
Despite that, the quality of this album is undeniable, and represents a big leap from her earlier straight-jazz leanings on 1973's "Butterfly Dreams." All of the pieces on offer are well-played, well thought-out, and beautifully sung. The roster of musicians includes first-rate guys like Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, as well as dueling vocals with Urszula Dudziak and Googie Coppola on the title track. In fact, the two pieces featuring Tyner (including a duet) are some of the most unusual work that either McCoy or Flora have done. And Henderson's solos are just as lush and wonderful as always--did that guy have tone, or what?
The highlight of the album, for me, is a version of Henderson's "Black Narcissus" that I rate considerably higher than the original version on Joe's "Power to the People" album. Flora's take on "Black Narcissus" puts so much into what is already a wonderful composition. Joe himself even puts in a good solo. You should buy the album for this track alone.
I find this to be a great chill-out album when I need to decompress. It doesn't get the blood pumping, but it adds something worthwhile to my life, and what more could one ask?
Despite that, the quality of this album is undeniable, and represents a big leap from her earlier straight-jazz leanings on 1973's "Butterfly Dreams." All of the pieces on offer are well-played, well thought-out, and beautifully sung. The roster of musicians includes first-rate guys like Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner, as well as dueling vocals with Urszula Dudziak and Googie Coppola on the title track. In fact, the two pieces featuring Tyner (including a duet) are some of the most unusual work that either McCoy or Flora have done. And Henderson's solos are just as lush and wonderful as always--did that guy have tone, or what?
The highlight of the album, for me, is a version of Henderson's "Black Narcissus" that I rate considerably higher than the original version on Joe's "Power to the People" album. Flora's take on "Black Narcissus" puts so much into what is already a wonderful composition. Joe himself even puts in a good solo. You should buy the album for this track alone.
I find this to be a great chill-out album when I need to decompress. It doesn't get the blood pumping, but it adds something worthwhile to my life, and what more could one ask?
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