Flora Purim is a Jewish Brazilian jazz singer known mainly for her work in jazz fusion. She received her fame on Chick Corea's 1972 album, Return to Forever and recorded with various artists through that decade, including Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, and her husband, Airto Moreira. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Fusion may refer to: the merging of two or more entities into a single one For the combining of two atomic nuclei into a single nucleus (with possible emission of radioactivity), see nuclear fusion cold fusion refers to a once hypothetical but now largely discredited form of nuclear fusion See... Armando Anthony Chick Corea (born June 12, American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer who is arguably best known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion, although his contributions to straight-ahead jazz have been tremendous. ... Return to Forever was a jazz fusion quartet founded and led by Chick Corea. ... Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is a virtuosic American musician known for his work on double bass and bass guitar. ... Jaco Pastorius (born as: John Francis Pastorius III, December 1, 1951–September 21, 1987) was a jazz bassist who is notable for popularizing the fretless electric bass. ...