Butterfly Dreams

Studio album by Flora Purim

Released

1973

Recorded

December 1973

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

36:45

Flora Purim chronology

Flora e MPM
(1964)

Butterfly Dreams
(1973)

500 Miles High
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic -	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Butterfly Dreams is the second album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim. It was released on Milestone in 1973. The album peaked at number 36 on the Billboard jazz album charts.^[3]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars. Its review by Jim Newsom states: "This is the album that launched Flora Purim's solo career with great promise following her magnificent stint with Chick Corea's first incarnation of Return to Forever."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Dr. Jive (Part I)"		Clarke	2:15
2.	"Butterfly Dreams"	Potter	Clarke	6:59
3.	"Dindi"	De Oliveira	Jobim	5:50
4.	"Summer Night"		Warren, Dubin	6:23
5.	"Love Reborn"	Purim	Duke	3:40
6.	"Moon Dreams"	Livingston, Evans	Gismonti	4:59
7.	"Dr. Jive (Part II)"		Clarke	3:41
8.	"Light as a Feather"	Purim	Clarke	5:44

Personnel

Flora Purim – vocals, arranger
Joe Henderson – flute, tenor saxophone
George Duke – electric and acoustic piano, clavinet, synthesizer
David Amaro – electric and acoustic guitar
Ernie Hood – zither
Stanley Clarke – electric and acoustic bass
Airto Moreira – drums, percussion

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Billboard Jazz Albums	6^[3]

References

↑ Newsom, Jeff. Butterfly Dreams at AllMusic
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
1 2 "Butterfly Dreams – Flora Purim | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
↑ Newsom, J. Allmusic Review: Butterfly Dreams accessed 12 May 2010

Stanley Clarke
Studio albums	Children of Forever (1973) Stanley Clarke (1974) Journey to Love (1975) School Days (1976) Modern Man (1978) Rocks, Pebbles and Sand (1980) Time Exposure (1984) If This Bass Could Only Talk (1988) East River Drive (1993) The Rite of Strings (1995) At the Movies (1995) The Toys of Men (2007) Jazz in the Garden (2009) The Stanley Clarke Band (2010)
Live albums	Live 1976–1977 (1991)
Compilation albums	The Bass-ic Collection (1997)
Collaboration albums	Butterfly Dreams with Flora Purim (1973) Fuse One (1980) The Manhattan Project (1989) Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland, Deborah Holland (1989) Thunder as SMV (with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten (2008)
Related	List of works Animal Logic

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