Open Your Eyes You Can Fly

Open Your Eyes You Can Fly is the fifth solo studio album by Brazilian jazz singer Flora Purim. It was released in 1976 via Milestone Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. The album features contributions from Airto Moreira on percussion and vocals, David Amaro and Egberto Gismonti on guitars, George Duke on keyboards, Hermeto Pascoal on electric piano and flute, Alphonso Johnson and Ron Carter on bass, Robertinho Silva and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler on drums, and Laudir de Oliveira on congas.

Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
Studio album by Flora Purim
Released	1976
Studio	Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Latin jazz jazz fusion
Length	37:16
Label	Milestone
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Flora Purim chronology
Stories to Tell (1974) Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (1976) Encounter (1977)
Singles from Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
"Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly" Released: 1976

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The album peaked at number 59 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its title track, a cover version of the Chick Corea/Neville Potter song "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly", was released as the only album's single.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly"	Neville Potter	Chick Corea	4:29
2.	"Time's Lie"	Neville Potter	Chick Corea	5:09
3.	"Sometime Ago"	Neville Potter	Chick Corea	4:44
4.	"San Francisco River"	Neville Potter	Flora Purim	4:06
5.	"Andei (I Walked)" (featuring Airto Moreira)		Hermeto Pascoal	6:11
6.	"Ina's Song (Trip to Bahia)"	Flora Purim	Flora Purim George Duke Airto Moreira	3:40
7.	"Conversation"		Hermeto Pascoal	2:34
8.	"White Wing/Blank Wing" (featuring Airto Moreira)	Flora Purim	Hermeto Pascoal	5:50
Total length:				37:16

Notes[4]

• Track 1 is a cover of "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly", which was performed in 1973 by Gary Burton from The New Quartet
• Track 3 is a cover of "Sometime Ago/La Fiesta", which was performed in 1972 by Chick Corea from Return to Forever

Personnel

• Flora Purim – vocals
• Airto Guimorvan Moreira – vocals (tracks: 5, 8), congas (track 5), drums (tracks: 7, 8), berimbau (track 8), percussion
• David Amaro – backing vocals (track 1), electric guitar (tracks: 1, 3-7), acoustic guitar (track 2), acoustic 12-string guitar (track 8)
• George Duke – backing vocals (track 1), electric piano (tracks: 1-3, 6), Moog synthesizer (tracks: 4-7), ARP String Ensemble (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7), clavinet (track 5), ARP Odyssey (track 6)
• Hermeto Pascoal – backing vocals (track 1), flute (tracks: 1-5, 8), electric piano (tracks: 4-8), harpsichord & percussion (track 8)
• Egberto Amin Gismonti – acoustic guitar (tracks: 4, 8)
• Alphonso Johnson – electric bass (tracks: 1-6, 8), acoustic bass (tracks: 2, 6, 7)
• Ron Carter – acoustic bass (tracks: 4, 8)
• Robertinho Silva – drums (tracks: 4-6), berimbau (tracks: 5, 8), percussion (tracks: 6, 8)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (tracks: 1-3)
• Laudir de Oliveira – congas (tracks: 3, 6)
• Orrin Keepnews – producer, sleeve notes
• Kerry McNabb – engineering
• John Golden – mastering
• Jimmy Wachtel – art direction
• Lorrie Sullivan – photography
• Bruce W. Talamon – photograph

Chart history

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	59
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	38

References

1. Elias, Jason. "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly – Flora Purim". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 164. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. "Covers by Flora Purim". WhoSampled. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
5. "Flora Purim Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
6. "Flora Purim Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

External links

• Flora Purim – Open Your Eyes You Can Fly at Discogs (list of releases)
• Flora's Recordings on her website
• Open Your Eyes You Can Fly by Flora Purim on iTunes