Percussionist
Airto Moreira, his wife, vocalist
Flora Purim, and
Joe Farrell (heard on flute, soprano and tenor) had teamed up several times through the years, most notably in the original version of
Return to Forever.
Farrell passed away just eight months after this album, but is still heard in fine form on the interesting set.
Purim has vocals on three of the seven numbers (only "The Return" actually features
Flora,
Airto, and
Farrell playing together);
Airto plays as drums as much as percussion, and the music ranges from Brazilian jazz which is slightly poppish to unclassifiable post-bop playing. Among the others musicians in the quartet/quintet settings are guitarist
Jose Neto, pianist
Kei Akagi, and bassist
Mark Egan. An atmospheric and at times haunting effort. ~ Scott Yanow