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Airto Moreira

percussionist

Brazil • b. 1941-08-05

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Biography

Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer, composer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the Brazilian ensemble Quarteto Novo, he moved to the United States and worked in jazz fusion with Miles Davis, Return to Forever, Weather Report and Santana.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

6,264 releases · 619 albums · active 1963–2026

  • Performance · 12,822
  • Other credits · 1,973
  • Production · 387
  • Engineering · 82

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Fantasy Studios

Frequent collaborators

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