An artist as imaginative and unique as Ana Mazzotti doesn’t come around often. Dubbed a “super-musician” by fellow Brazilian virtuoso Hermeto Pascoal, Mazzotti’s short but rich musical career culminated in just two studio albums: Ninguem Vai Me Segurar (1974), and Ana Mazzotti (1977). Outside circles of Brazilian funk aficionados, these two gems of spellbinding samba-jazz, lysergic funk and trippy bossa have remained relatively obscure. This was partly as a result of Mazzotti’s premature death (she lost her battle with cancer in her mid-thirties), but also due to financial restraints and the prejudice she faced as a female songwriter in a fundamentally sexist society.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Agora Ou Nunca Mais
• A4. Roda Mundo
• A3. Acalanto
• A4. Cordao
• A5. De Um Jeito Só

• SIDE B
• B1. Eu Sou Mais Eu
• B2. Canto De Meditaçao
• B3. Feel Like Making Love
• B4. Bairro Negro
• B5. Sou