Now in his eighties, Brazil's Hermeto Pascoal continues to delight and surprise. Earlier in 2017 he released the universally acclaimed double-length No Mundo Dos Sons, the first album in 15 years to feature his longstanding performing band. Now, a few months later and just in time for the holiday season, Viajando Com o Som: The Lost '76 Vice-Versa Studio Sessions emerges from the ether of history as Far Out's 200th release. These recordings, captured at the peak of Pascoal's most experimental period, are the stuff of Brazilian music legend. The original recording sessions were the result of trying to capture the sound of a hybrid band that featured his "Paulista" rhythm section of the time -- Zé Eduardo Nazario (drums), Zeca Assumpção (bass), and Lelo Nazario (electric piano) -- with saxophonists Mauro Senise, Raul Mascarenhas, and Nivaldo Ornelas; guitarist Toninho Horta; and vocalist Aleuda Chaves, who had made musical magic live in concert at Teatro Bandeirantes. Pascoal booked two days at Rogério Duprat's Vice-Versa Studios in São Paulo with engineer Renato Viola, in an attempt to capture the "spiritual connection" the musicians experienced on tape. These four tunes were recorded live in the studio. This is raw, inspired electric jazz. Most of the first-take material remained in the final mixdown. After completing it, Nazario asked Viola to make him a machine-to-machine copy of the collected sessions. Pascoal's restlessness and prolific activity dictated that he move on to other projects -- the classic Slaves Mass would appear in 1977. The session was shelved and the master eventually lost. However, Nazario retained his copy; it languished on his studio shelves for more than 40 years. Have no fear, though; it has been painstakingly restored, and thoroughly remixed and remastered.

1		Dança do Pajé
2		Mavumvavumpefoco
3		Natal (Tema Das Flutas)
4		Casinha Pequenina

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