Airto Moreira's albums
Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira
— Miles: The Autobiography, Miles Davis, 1989
Percussion / Drums / Vocals
Airto Moreira
(1941–)
Brazil
Airto Moreira (b. 1941) — Percussion, Drums. Led Fingers, Identity, Struck By Lightning. Worked with Ron Carter, Chick Corea, Billy Cobham.
The Brazilian percussionist who introduced Afro-Brazilian rhythms to American jazz-fusion, a pivotal presence on Miles Davis's electric recordings and the early Weather Report.
Airto Moreira's albums
Recommended by Joe Zawinul, Airto Moreira
Return to Forever album featuring Airto Moreira
In February 1972 Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira's albums
Chick Corea started from a single wish: to have Stanley Clarke — then a young, unknown bassist — play his tunes. After trying several drummers he ended up with percussionist Airto Moreira, and the lineup that fell together almost by accident became the first Return to Forever (1972), the record that launched Clarke.
— Statement stmt-chick-corea-on-stanley-clarke
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In 1970, Airto Moreira laid down polyrhythmic percussion on Miles Davis's fusion landmark Bitches Brew — and that same year turned up on one of the era's gentlest folk-pop albums, built on little more than acoustic guitar and voice.
About Airto Moreira
So I wanted Stanley to come and play my music with me, and we experimented with a few drummers until we found Airto. To make a long story short, that was the first version of Return to Forever.
Corea on assembling the first version of Return to Forever with Stanley Clarke and Airto Moreira.
↗ Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program
Chick Corea NEA Jazz Master Interview
2012-11-05