Stories to Tell (Flora Purim album)

1974 studio album by Flora Purim

Stories to Tell

Studio album by Flora Purim

Released

1974 (1974)

Recorded

May to July, 1974

Studio

Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)

Genre

Length

40:17

Flora Purim chronology

500 Miles High
(1974)

Stories to Tell
(1974)

Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Stories to Tell is the fourth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim that was released in 1974 on Milestone Records.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Jim Newsom states: "Assisted by a cast of jazz/fusion all-stars led by husband Airto Moreira, Purim shows off the wide range of her abilities: from wordless vocal soaring to songs with lyrics in English and Portuguese, from up tempo percussion-driven workouts to beautiful ballads".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stories to Tell"	Miroslav Vitouš, Flora Purim, Mario Capolla	3:42
2.	"Search for Peace"	Purim, McCoy Tyner	5:55
3.	"Casa Forte"	Edu Lobo	3:54
4.	"Insensatez"	Vinicius de Moraes, Antônio Carlos Jobim	2:46
5.	"Mountain Train"	Purim, Ernest Hood	3:16
6.	"To Say Goodbye"	Lani Hall, Lobo, Neto De Aruajo	4:05
7.	"Silver Sword" (featuring Carlos Santana)	Vitouš	5:40
8.	"Vera Cruz (Empty Faces)"	Milton Nascimento	5:50
9.	"O Cantador / I Just Want to Be Here"	Filho Motta, Dori Caymmi / Purim, Airto Moreira, King Errison, George Duke, Vitouš	6:42
Total length:			40:17

Personnel

Flora Purim – vocals
George Duke – keyboards, ARP synthesizer
Earl Klugh – guitar
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
King Errisson – conga drums
Carlos Santana – guitar (track: 7)
Miroslav Vitouš – bass and Moog synthesizer (track: 1), ARP synthesizer (track: 7)
Ron Carter – bass (tracks: 2, 3 and 8)
Raul de Souza – trombone solo (tracks: 3, 6 and 8)
Oscar Brashear – flugelhorn (tracks: 3 and 8)
George Bohanon – trombone (tracks: 3 and 8)
Hadley Caliman – flute, alto flute (tracks: 3 and 8)
Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (tracks: 4, 5, 6 and 8)
Ernie Hood – zithers, vocals (track: 5)
Larry Dunlap – piano (track: 5)

References

Newson, Jim. "Stories to Tell – Flora Purim". AllMusic. Retrieved Jan 26, 2019.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Newsom, Jim Allmusic Review: Flora Purim - Stories to Tell AllMusic, accessed 25 Jan 2019

v t e Flora Purim
Studio albums	Flora e MPM Butterfly Dreams Stories to Tell Open Your Eyes You Can Fly Encounter Nothing Will Be as It Was... Tomorrow Everyday Everynight That's What She Said Carry On The Midnight Sun Queen of the Night Speed of Light Flora Purim sings Milton Nascimento Perpetual Emotion Speak No Evil Flora's Song Nos Dois - Flora Purim Sings Milton Nascimento If You Will
Live albums	500 Miles High
with Airto Moreira	Natural Feelings Seeds on the Ground Free Fingers Virgin Land I'm Fine – How Are You? Three Way Mirror Humble People The Magicians The Colours of Life The Sun Is Out Wings of Imagination
with Fourth World	Live at Ronnie Scott's Fourth World Fourth World Encounters of the Fourth World Last Journey
Guest appearances	How Insensitive It Could Only Happen with You Return to Forever Light as a Feather Welcome Borboletta Feel Slaves Mass Magic Time The Apocalypse Now Sessions A Brazilian Love Affair Live at the Royal Festival Hall Red Hot + Rio Infinita Espirito

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