Airto
Influential Brazilian drummer Airto Moreira has demonstrated his mastery of many forms of percussion on jazz records since the 1970s with a wide variety of major American artists. He has worked with Miles Davis, Lee Morgan and Chick Corea and his recording of 'Captain Marvel' with Stan Getz has become a classic.
Born in the city of Itaiópolis in Brazil, Airto, who often goes by only his first name, grew up in Curitiba and São Paulo, where he started to make money playing music as a teenager. He played with the Sambalanço Trio samba group and was on Hemeto Pascoal's memorable 1967 recording 'Quarteto Novo'.
After moving to America with his wife (singer Flora Purim), he found work in New York, played on Miles Davis's iconic record 'Bitches Brew' in 1970, had a stint with the group Weather Report with Wayne Shorter and joined Chick Corea's band Return to Forever for their first two albums, 'Return to Forever' and 'Light as a Feather'. Many recordings have followed including several with Flora Purim and besides work with top jazz figures such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond and Keith Jarrett, Airto has branched out to play with Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, Brazilian artist Eumir Deodata and guitar maestro Santana.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Seeds On the Ground - The Natural Sounds of Airto
Jazz - Released by Buddah - Legacy on 1/06/1971
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Free
Jazz - Released by Legacy Recordings on 1/01/1972
Songlines Five-star review16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fingers (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)
Jazz - Released by Masterworks Jazz on 1/01/1973
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Samba De Flora
Latin America - Released by Montuno Records on 1/02/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Wings Of Imagination
World - Released by Concord Vista on 10/07/2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Breakcore, Lust & Massacre
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by MONUMENTAL NETLABEL on 3/11/2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Aqui Se Puede
Latin America - Released by Montuno Records on 1/02/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Cassiopeia
Ambient - Released by Easy Summer Singles on 6/09/2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Thuis
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Roq 'N Rolla Music on 29/05/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Christmas Song
Christmas Music - Released by Entity Music Records on 1/12/2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo