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Airto Moreira
percussionist
Itaiópolis, Brazil • b. 1941-08-05
Airto Moreira is credited on 3,580 releases across 622 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
3,580
Pressings credited
622
Albums
7
Decades active
695
In collections
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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
3,580 releases · 622 albums · active 1963–2026
- Performance · 6,620
- Other credits · 561
- Production · 170
- Engineering · 50
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Hollywood Bowl
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Bitches Brew
1970
Paul Simon
1972
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
1973
Greatest Hits, Etc.
1977
Live-Evil
1971
The George Benson Collection
1981
Exciter
2001
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
1977
Prelude
1973
Return To Forever
1972
Pretty Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1990
Inner City Blues
1971
Stanley Clarke
1974
Light As A Feather
1973
Get Up With It
1974
Borboletta
1974
Native Dancer
1975
Weather Report
1971
Sugar
1971
Miles Davis At Fillmore
1970
Negotiations And Love Songs (1971-1986)
1988
That's Why I'm Here
1985
Hearts And Bones
1983
White Rabbit
1972
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