![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after leaving Davis, Moreira joined other Davis alumni Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Miroslav Vitous in their group Weather Report, playing percussion on their first album (1971). He stayed with Davis for about two years. ![]() ![]() Moreira was to participate in several of the most important projects of this emerging musical form. At this time Davis was experimenting with electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms, a form which would soon come to be called jazz fusion. Through Booker, Moreira began playing with Joe Zawinul, who in turn introduced him to Miles Davis. He then moved to New York where he began playing regularly with jazz musicians, including the bassist Walter Booker. Shortly after, he followed his wife Flora Purim to the United States.Īfter moving to the US, Moreira studied with Moacir Santos in Los Angeles. Showing an extraordinary talent for music at a young age, he became a professional musician at age 13, noticed first as a member of the samba jazz pioneers Sambalanço Trio and for his landmark recording with Hermeto Pascoal in Quarteto Novo in 1967. Airto Moreira at Paul Masson Harvest Jazz Festival, Saratoga CA 10/3/81w/Flora PurimĪirto Moreira was born in Itaiópolis, Brazil, into a family of folk healers, and raised in Curitiba and São Paulo. ![]()
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