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Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
Studio album by
Flora Purim
Released1976 (1976)
StudioParamount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length37:16
LabelMilestone
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Flora Purim chronology
Stories to Tell
(1974) 		Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
(1976) 		Encounter
(1977)
Singles from Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
  1. "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Open Your Eyes You Can Fly is the fifth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim. It was released in 1976 via Milestone Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album features contributions from Airto Moreira on percussion and vocals, David Amaro and Egberto Gismonti on guitars, George Duke on keyboards, Hermeto Pascoal on electric piano and flute, Alphonso Johnson and Ron Carter on bass, Robertinho Silva and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on drums, and Laudir de Oliveira on congas. One of the songs featured here, Sometime Ago, was composed by Chick Corea with lyrics by Neville Potter and was featured on the eponymous album by Return to Forever produced in 1972, Flora Purim and her husband Airto Guimorvan Moreira also played on that album.

The album peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its title track, a cover version of the Chick Corea/Neville Potter song "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly", was released as the only album's single.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly"Neville PotterChick Corea4:29
2."Time's Lie"Neville PotterChick Corea5:09
3."Sometime Ago"Neville PotterChick Corea4:44
4."San Francisco River"Neville PotterFlora Purim4:06
5."Andei (I Walked)" (featuring Airto Moreira) Hermeto Pascoal6:11
6."Ina's Song (Trip to Bahia)"Flora Purim
3:40
7."Conversation" Hermeto Pascoal2:34
8."White Wing/Blank Wing" (featuring Airto Moreira)Flora PurimHermeto Pascoal5:50
Total length:37:16
Notes[4]

Personnel

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Chart history

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 59
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 38

References

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  1. ^ Elias, Jason. "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly – Flora Purim". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ "Covers by Flora Purim". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "Flora Purim Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ "Flora Purim Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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