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Hermeto Pascoal - Slaves Mass (1977/2006) [Latin Jazz, Fusion]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Hermeto Pascoal - Slaves Mass (1977/2006) [Latin Jazz, Fusion]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Hermeto Pascoal
Album: Slaves Mass
Genre: Latin Jazz, Fusion
Label: Warner Bros./WEA/Victor Entertainment/JVC
Released: 1977/2006
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
  1. Mixing Pot (Tacho) (Pascoal) - 9:18
  2. Slaves Mass (Missa dos Escravos) (Pascoal) - 4:19
  3. Little Cry for Him (Chorinho pra Ele) (Pascoal) - 2:11
  4. Cannon (Dedicated to Cannonball Adderley) (Pascoal) - 5:23
  5. Just Listen (Escuta Meu Piano) (Pascoal) - 7:08
  6. That Waltz (Aquela Valsa) (Pascoal) - 2:47
  7. Cherry Jam (Geleia de Cereja) (Pascoal) - 11:46
  8. Open Field (Campo Aberto) (Pascoal) - 4:26
  9. Pica Pau (take 1) (Pascoal) - 14:21
  10. Star Trap (Part 2) (Pascoal) - 15:45

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    Personnel:
  • Hermeto Pascoal - acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, recorder, clavinet, soprano saxophone, flutes, acoustic guitar, vocals (#4)
  • Ron Carter - acoustic bass (#2-8)
  • Alphonso Johnson - electric bass (#1,9,10)
  • Airto Moreira - drums (#2-8), percussion (#2), vocals (#4)
  • Chester Thompson - drums (#1,9,10)
  • Raul de Souza - trombone, vocals (#4)
  • David Amaro - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, twelve strings guitar
  • Flora Purim (#2,4), Hugo Fattoruso (#4), Laudir de Oliveira (#4) - vocals

Not strictly a jazz album in the strict sense (it was originally issued as part of the Masters of MPB on LP in 1977), Slaves Mass has strong compositional themes among its seven tracks. The maestro Hermeto Pascoal plays everything from flutes, soprano saxophone, guitar, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano and clavinet on this set, and enlists help from Ron Carter, Airto, Flora Purim, Raul DeSouza, David Maro and others. "Mixing Pot," is the opener and an anomaly in that it is a vanguard fusion tune where Pascoal really digs in and improvises. It also features the only appearance on this set of Alphonso Johnson on electric bass. In "Missa Dos Escravos," the title track, Pascoal's emblematic pig gives his first growls in a song dominated by Brazilian Indian references. Wonderfully and intricately composed, it centers around folk tropes. "Chorinho Para Ele" is a beautiful and modern choro with a somewhat challenging glissando bridge that really proposed new directions for the traditional genre. "Aquela Valsa" is a beautiful six/eight theme that turns into a samba with a beautiful trombone solo by DeSouza. "Cannon" is an utterly improvisational piece that meanders and winds around Pascoal's flute solo. Atonalism dominates the piano solo in "Escuta Meu Piano," which also presents bits and pieces of different styles (like baião) and folk songs. Hot samba improvisation is found in "Geléia de Cereja," that slips and slides through a variety of schema and dynamic changes without much internal focus, but it is a compelling bit of creative anarchy nonetheless in that it displays Pascoal's full range of restless musical and textural impulses -- as well as a beautiful soprano solo. Slaves Mass was finally issued on CD by Collectables in the United States in 2005.
Review by Alvaro Neder

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