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Butterfly Dreams is the second studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim. It was released in 1973 via Milestone Records. Recording sessions took place at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California in December 1973.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
All About Jazz

In a review for AllMusic, Jim Newsom wrote: "Neatly capturing Flora Purim's many vocal strengths, Butterfly Dreams delivered on the great expectations generated by her work with Corea and turned out to be a high point in her recording career."

John Kelman of All About Jazz called the album "a diverse record that in its brief 37 minutes, affirms Purim's position as one of the most important musical voices to emerge from that era."

Writing for New Directions in Music, Marshall Bowden commented: "There is a freshness to voice here that is not always evident in later work... It doesn’t hurt that her collaborators here are among her most sympathetic... For those who enjoy light-sounding (as opposed to light on musical ideas) fusion tinged with Latin elements and airy, roomy vocalization, Butterfly Dreams is the perfect ticket."

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Dr. Jive (Part I)"		Stanley Clarke	2:15
2.	"Butterfly Dreams"	Neville Potter	Stanley Clarke	6:59
3.	"Dindi"	Aloísio de Oliveira	Antônio Carlos Jobim	5:50
4.	"Summer Night"		Harry Warren Al Dubin	6:23
5.	"Love Reborn"	Flora Purim	George Duke	3:40
6.	"Moon Dreams"	Jay Livingston Ray Evans	Egberto Gismonti	4:59
7.	"Dr. Jive (Part II)"		Stanley Clarke	3:41
8.	"Light as a Feather"	Flora Purim	Stanley Clarke	5:44
Total length:				36:45

Personnel

Flora Purim – vocals, arrangement (track 3)
George Duke – electric piano (tracks: 1-3, 5-8), ARP synthesizer (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8), clavinet (tracks: 1, 7), piano (track 4), arrangement (track 5)
David Amaro – electric guitar (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (tracks: 4-6)
Stanley Clarke – Fender electric bass (tracks: 1, 3, 7), acoustic bass (tracks: 2, 4-6, 8), arrangement (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6-8)
Ernie Hood – zither (tracks: 4, 6-8)
Joe Henderson – flute (tracks: 1, 8), tenor saxophone (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 8)
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion

Technical

Orrin Keepnews – producer
Jim Stern – engineering
Eddie Bill Harris – engineering
David Turner – mastering
Anthony Samuel Lane – art direction, design, photography

References

^ Newsom, Jim. "Butterfly Dreams – Flora Purim". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Kelman, John (July 31, 2007). "Flora Purim: Butterfly Dreams". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
Bowden, Marshall. "Flora Purim/Butterfly Dreams". New Directions in Music. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

v t e Flora Purim
Studio albums	Flora e MPM Butterfly Dreams Stories to Tell Open Your Eyes You Can Fly Encounter Nothing Will Be as It Was... Tomorrow Everyday Everynight That's What She Said Carry On The Midnight Sun Queen of the Night Speed of Light Flora Purim sings Milton Nascimento Perpetual Emotion Speak No Evil Flora's Song Nos Dois - Flora Purim Sings Milton Nascimento If You Will
Live albums	500 Miles High
with Airto Moreira	Natural Feelings Seeds on the Ground Free Fingers Virgin Land I'm Fine – How Are You? Three Way Mirror Humble People The Magicians The Colours of Life The Sun Is Out Wings of Imagination
with Fourth World	Live at Ronnie Scott's Fourth World Fourth World Encounters of the Fourth World Last Journey
Guest appearances	How Insensitive It Could Only Happen with You Return to Forever Light as a Feather Welcome Borboletta Feel Slaves Mass Magic Time The Apocalypse Now Sessions A Brazilian Love Affair Live at the Royal Festival Hall Red Hot + Rio Infinita Espirito

External links

Flora Purim – Butterfly Dreams at Discogs (list of releases)
Flora's Recordings on her website
Butterfly Dreams by Flora Purim on iTunes

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