105: Airto Moreira (Miles Davis, Return To Forever, Jobim, Flora Purim, etc.)

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Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Throughout a career that has spanned over five decades, Airto Moreira has distinguished himself as an exceptionally innovative percussionist, singer, and composer. He tells Joe about his upbringing in rural Brazil, his early gigs on horseback, arriving in New York, recording the landmark Bitches Brew record with Miles Davis, collaborating with his wife--singer Flora Purim, and his sense of spirituality. A great conversation with one of the greatest musicians of our time.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
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0:09.2	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
0:27.6	Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:32.7	I want to play something for you.
0:59.5	Oh! something for you. You're hearing fingers by my guest Ayrto Moriera.
1:04.7	Born the son of a barber in rural Brazil, Ayrto wanted to be a truck driver until he discovered an aptitude for music early on.
1:08.2	His monumental 50-plus year career has seen him collaborate with Titans like
1:13.3	Dizzy Gillespie, Irmeto Pascual, Weather Report, Milton Nassimento, and Miles Davis,
1:19.8	who hired him to play on his iconic Bitches Brew album. Ierto has released dozens of exceptional
1:26.5	albums as a singer and band leader,
1:28.3	often in collaboration with his wife, singer Flora Purim, and more recently with his daughter Diana.
1:35.3	Ayrto and I spent almost two hours together, and I was struck by his warmth, generosity, and wisdom,
1:42.3	all of which are reflected in his open-hearted style of playing.
1:54.3	And now our conversation with another of the all-time greats Ayrto.
2:11.7	There was not a lot of music around anyways, you know, to be played.
2:15.1	I mean, because we had the radio.
2:16.9	That was the main thing.
2:19.7	I mean, the only thing, actually, was the radio.
2:23.7	There was no TV yet in, actually, in Brazil.
2:29.8	And in some of the places, there was no electricity.
2:35.0	When we, you know, places that we're leaving. There was not electricity.
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