Airto – Seeds On The Ground - The Natural Sounds Of Airto - NEW/SEALED LIMITED EDITION 1000 BLUE OCEAN COLORED VINYL

Label:  Real Gone Music – RGM-1043

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Blue Ocean

Country:  US

Released:  Jul 31, 2020

Genre:  Jazz, Latin, Funk / Soul

Style:  Fusion, Jazz-Funk

Airto’s second album, and second and last release for the Buddah label, brought back largely the same crew that appeared on his debut record Natural Feelings (also reissued by Real Gone): vocalist (and wife) Flora Purim, composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, and bassist Ron Carter, with contributions from Dom Um Ramão (who later replaced Airto in Weather Report) and Severino De Oliveira a.k.a. Sivuca. Given Airto’s connections to Miles Davis, Weather Report, and Return to Forever, Seeds on the Ground could easily get lumped into the jazz fusion category. But that would be a mistake. This totally unclassifiable (and, by the way, exceedingly rare) album was no mere blend of rock and jazz influences. Instead, Seeds on the Ground was truly a fusion, an ecstatic melding of bossa nova, psychedelic rock, Brazilian folk, Latin jazz, free jazz, and what we call nowadays “world music.” If that sounds a bit calculated or intimidating, it’s not; what makes this album so compelling is how organic and intimate it all sounds. Airto played with probably the three most legendary fusion groups in jazz history, and later released a bunch of albums, many for the CTI label. But it would be hard not to label this beautiful record as his crowning achievement. Our proud Real Gone reissue features the original gatefold cover art, and comes in an ocean blue vinyl pressing limited to 1000 copies.

Tracklist

A1

Andei (I Walked)

Bass – Ron Carter

Vocals, Percussion, Berimbau – Airto*

Written By, Harpsichord, Flute – Hermeto Pascoal

Bass – Ron Carter

Vocals, Percussion, Berimbau – Airto*

Written By, Harpsichord, Flute – Hermeto Pascoal

A2

O Sonho (Moon Dreams)

Bass – Ron Carter

Drums, Percussion – Airto*

Keyboards – Hermeto Pascoal

Vocals – Flora Purim

Written By – J. Livingston & R. Evans*

Bass – Ron Carter

Drums, Percussion – Airto*

Keyboards – Hermeto Pascoal

Vocals – Flora Purim

Written By – J. Livingston & R. Evans*

A3

Uri (Wind)

Accordion – Sivuca

Acoustic Guitar, Voice, Written-By, Flute [Bass Flute] – Hermeto Pascoal

Bass, Cello – Ron Carter

Viola – Severino De Oliveira*

Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Voice – Airto*

Voice, Vocals – Flora Purim

Voice, Written By – Googie*

Accordion – Sivuca

Acoustic Guitar, Voice, Written-By, Flute [Bass Flute] – Hermeto Pascoal

Bass, Cello – Ron Carter

Viola – Severino De Oliveira*

Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Voice – Airto*

Voice, Vocals – Flora Purim

Voice, Written By – Googie*

A4

Papo Furado (Jive Talking)

Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass, Voice – Ron Carter

Percussion, Voice – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals, Percussion, Voice – Airto*

Written By, Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Hermeto Pascoal

Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass, Voice – Ron Carter

Percussion, Voice – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals, Percussion, Voice – Airto*

Written By, Acoustic Guitar, Voice – Hermeto Pascoal

B1

Juntos (We Love)

Bass – Ron Carter

Drums, Percussion – Airto*

Organ – Severino De Oliveira*

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Written By, Flute [Bass Flute], Piano – Hermeto Pascoal

Written By, Vocals – Flora Purim

Bass – Ron Carter

Drums, Percussion – Airto*

Organ – Severino De Oliveira*

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Written By, Flute [Bass Flute], Piano – Hermeto Pascoal

Written By, Vocals – Flora Purim

B2

O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree)

Acoustic Guitar, Accordion – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass – Ron Carter

Keyboards, Written By – Hermeto Pascoal

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals – Flora Purim

Acoustic Guitar, Accordion – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass – Ron Carter

Keyboards, Written By – Hermeto Pascoal

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals – Flora Purim

B3

O Galho Da Roseira (The Branches Of The Rose Tree) Part II

Acoustic Guitar, Accordion – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass – Ron Carter

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals – Flora Purim

Written By, Keyboards – Hermeto Pascoal

Acoustic Guitar, Accordion – Severino De Oliveira*

Bass – Ron Carter

Percussion – Dom Um Romod*

Vocals – Flora Purim

Written By, Keyboards – Hermeto Pascoal

Credits

Art Direction, Photography By – Sid Maurer Co-producer, Engineer – Tony May Coordinator – Flora Purim Creative Director [Director Of Creative Packaging & Merchandising] – Milton Sincoff Design – Michael Mandel Photography By [Back & Inside Covers] – Hal Wilson Producer – Airto Moreira

Notes

Limited to 1000 copies

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned (Stickered)): 848064010432