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Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Opa
Opa
American jazz fusion band made up of Uruguayan members
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal
Brazilian composer, arranger, multi-instumentalist
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Chick Corea
Chick Corea
American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell
American saxophonist
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Romero Lubambo
Romero Lubambo
Brazilian musician
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Raul de Souza
Raul de Souza
Brazilian musician
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Gary Meek
Gary Meek
American musician
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Toninho Horta
Toninho Horta
Brazilian musician
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke
American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever
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Robertinho Silva
Robertinho Silva
Brazilian musician
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Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor
American record producer
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Don Grusin
Don Grusin
American musician
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Mark Egan
Mark Egan
American jazz musician
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Ithamara Koorax
Ithamara Koorax
Brazilian singer
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Mike Miller
Mike Miller
American musician
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Laudir de Oliveira
Laudir de Oliveira
Brazilian musician
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Helio Alves
Helio Alves
Jazz pianist
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The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Danny Gottlieb
Danny Gottlieb
American drummer
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Janek Gwizdala
Janek Gwizdala
American musician
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Sonny Lester
Sonny Lester
American record producer
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Steve Gadd
Steve Gadd
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and session musician
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi Uehara
Japanese-born jazz composer and pianist (1979-)
Flora Purim
Brazilian jazz singer

Flora Purim

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Brazilian jazz singer
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Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, George Duke, Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband Airto Moreira.

In 2002, Purim was the recipient of one of Brazil's highest awards, the 2002 Ordem do Rio Branco for Lifetime Achievement. She has been called "The Queen of Brazilian Jazz".