Prisoner 2775
Purim was arrested and imprisoned at TERMINAL ISLAND FEDERAL PRISON, SAN PEDRO, CA, USA in 1975 for Cocaine possession. During her year and a half imprisonment, she organized a concert on March 3th, which brought in some famous musicians from the outside: Cannonball Adderley, George Duke, Airto, Miroslav Vitous, Raul De Souza, and Ndugu. Flora, who was at the time a prisoner (Prisoner 2775,) sang her heart out with the group - having little or no rehearsal time, for about an hour. The performance was broadcast on KBCA FM (105.1), an L.A. based jazz station - now defunct. Some of the tunes they performed were Chick Corea's, "Light as a Feather," "500 Miles High", and "Celebration Suite". This was the first time such a co-operation between civilians and inmates ever took place.
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