Percussion / Drums / Vocals

Airto Moreira

(1941–)

Brazil

Airto Moreira (b. 1941) — Percussion, Drums. Played on Bitches Brew, Live-Evil, Return to Forever. Worked with Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter.

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

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

Brazilian percussionist Airto MoreiraAirto Moreiraアイアート・モレイラ joined Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's electric band in 1970 and contributed to the Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 sessions, pioneering the incorporation of Brazilian elements into jazz. Together with his wife Flora Purim, he became a central figure in the American jazz-fusion scene.

— Miles: The Autobiography, Miles Davis, 1989

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Miles Davis

Airto Moreira's albums

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis · 1970

Recommended by Joe Zawinul, Airto MoreiraAirto Moreiraアイアート・モレイラ was called to Miles Davis's 1970 sessions surrounding Bitches BrewBitches BrewMiles Davis · 1970 and appeared with Davis's band at the Isle of Wight that year, bringing the cuica and other Brazilian percussion into the American jazz vanguard.

— Airto Moreira, Wikipedia, 2024

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Airto Moreira's albums

Return to Forever album featuring Airto Moreira

Return to Forever

Return to Forever · 1972

In February 1972 Airto MoreiraAirto Moreiraアイアート・モレイラ recorded Chick Corea's ECM album Return to ForeverReturn to ForeverReturn to Forever · 1972 on drums and percussion, joining his wife Flora Purim, Joe Farrell and Stanley Clarke on La Fiesta and Crystal Silence as the band's original lineup.

— Return to Forever (Chick Corea album), Wikipedia, 2024

Airto Moreira's albums