Married to the Music

I was thinking this weekend about jazz artists who are married to other jazz artists, some even performing together in the same band. Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Brown (briefly), Toshiko Akiyoshi and Lew Tabackin (there's a great crossword puzzle solution for you) -- but beginning in the '70s, Flora Purim and Airto was the couple that seemed to be everywhere. Flora worked with Chick Corea in various formats, and Airto was the go-to percussionist for just about everybody. Flora's album "Butterfly Dreams" is certainly of its era (the synthesizer doesn't wear well to my ears), and Airto's is kinda all over the map, stylistically. Still, both introduced a new way of hearing Brazilian music, and for my money, Flora's version of "Dindi" is definitive.