Slaves Mass Explained

Slaves mass
Type:Studio album
Artist:Hermeto Pascoal
Cover:Album_Slaves_Mass_cover.jpg
Released:1977
Genre:Jazz, Experimental music
Length:42:43
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Airto Moreira, Flora Purim

Slaves Mass is a 1977 album by Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal. Recorded for Warner Bros. Records, the album featured some of the most beloved Brazilian musicians of the time.

Track listing

Title Songwriters Length
1. "Mixing Pot" ("Tacho") Hermeto Pascoal 9:18
2. "Slaves Mass" ("Missa Dos Escravos") Hermeto Pascoal 4:19
3. "Little Cry For Him" ("Chorinho Para Ele") Hermeto Pascoal 2:11
4. "Cannon (Dedicated To Cannonball Adderley)" Hermeto Pascoal 5:20
5. "Just Listen" ("Escuta Meu Piano") Hermeto Pascoal 7:08
6. "That Waltz" ("Aquela Valsa") Hermeto Pascoal 2:46
7. "Cherry Jam" ("Geléia De Cereja") Hermeto Pascoal 11:45
Bonus tracks
8. "Open Field" ("Campo Aberto") Hermeto Pascoal 4:25
9. "Pica Pau (Take 1)" Hermeto Pascoal 14:20
10. "Star Trap (Part 2)" Hermeto Pascoal 15:45

The bonus tracks were included in 2004, when the album was released on CD.

Personnel

piano, keyboards, clavinet, melodica, soprano sax, flutes, acoustic guitar, twelve strings guitar and vocals (in "Cannon").

vocals (in "Slaves mass" and "Cannon").

drums (all tracks except "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap"), percussion and vocals (in "Cannon").

drums (in "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").

acoustic bass (all tracks except "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").

electric bass (in "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").

trombone and vocals (in "Cannon")

electric guitar, acoustic guitar and twelve strings guitar.

vocals (in "Cannon").

vocals (in "Cannon").