| Speak No Evil | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Flora Purim |
| Cover: | Album_speak_no_evil_cover.jpg |
| Released: | 2003 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Latin music |
| Length: | 50:23 |
| Label: | Narada |
| Producer: | Gary Meek, Geoff Gillette, Yutaka Yokokura |
Speak No Evil is a 2003 album by the Brazilian singer Flora Purim. The name of the album is a tribute to a 1966 album and song by Wayne Shorter.
The album is a fusion of jazz, samba, and other Latin rhythms, featuring Airto Moreira, Oscar Castro Neves, and her daughter, Diana Booker.[1]
The album reached number fifteen on the jazz album chart at Billboard magazine.[2]
In a review for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran wrote: "Two realities are abundantly clear from listening to this... she swings magnificently with great jazz company... and she's far more emotionally effective singing in her native Portuguese than in her heavily accented English."
Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times stated that Purim and Moreira "hit a new high with Speak No Evil, arguably their most intriguing outing since their Return to Forever days of the early '70s."[3]
Writing for The Washington Post, Mike Joyce acknowledged that Purim is "not in prime form" on the album, but noted that it "has its rewards," and praised the "colorful support from her bandmates."[4]
In an article for All About Jazz, Javier AQ Ortiz called the album "a terrific work that provides a congenial listening experience, very well recorded and mixed, smartly arranged, and produced, with lots of good musical feelings."[5]
Leila Cobo of Billboard commented: "in this collection... there's a steady and exquisite sense of style and good taste."[6]
| Title | Songwriters | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Magic" | Don Grusin, Diana Booker | 5:06 | |
| 2. | "You Go to My Head" | 3:54 | ||
| 3. | "Speak No Evil (All for One)" | 5:13 | ||
| 4. | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | 2:52 | ||
| 5. | "Tamanco No Samba" | Orlan Divo, Helton Menezes | 5:05 | |
| 6. | "Don't Say a Word" | Bill Cantos | 6:28 | |
| 7. | "Primeira Estrela" | 5:01 | ||
| 8. | "It Ain't Necessarily So" | 5:22 | ||
| 9. | "I Feel You" | Bill Cantos | 4:37 | |
| 10. | "O Sonho (Moon Dreams)" | 6:41 |