Slaves Mass
Context
Title track ("Missa dos Escravos") of the album released in 1977 by Warner Bros., written, like the whole record, by Hermeto Pascoal. The liner notes credit the multi-instrumentalist with "live pigs" on this track, on which Flora Purim sings; Airto Moreira and Ron Carter are among the musicians on the album.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Brazilian instrumental music, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Brazilian instrumental music: Bossa nova, jazz samba, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).