Slaves Mass

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

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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

• Hermeto Pascoal: piano, keyboards, clavinet, melodica, soprano sax, flutes, acoustic guitar, twelve strings guitar and vocals (in "Cannon").
• Flora Purim: vocals (in "Slaves mass" and "Cannon").
• Airto Moreira: drums (all tracks except "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap"), percussion and vocals (in "Cannon").
• Chester Thompson: drums (in "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").
• Ron Carter: acoustic bass (all tracks except "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").
• Alphonso Johnson: electric bass (in "Mixing pot", "Pica pau" and "Star trap").
• Raul de Souza: trombone and vocals (in "Cannon")
• David Amaro: electric guitar, acoustic guitar and twelve strings guitar.
• Hugo Fattoruso: vocals (in "Cannon").
• Laudir de Oliveira: vocals (in "Cannon").