Multi-instrumentalist and composer Ana Mazzotti was born in 1950, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul. A talented young musician, she played accordion, piano and conducted the local choir, all before the age of twenty.
Moving to Sao Paulo, she recorded two albums – Niguem Vai Me Segura in 1974, and the self-titled Ana Mazzotti three years later – alongside members of jazz-funk trio Azymuth.
Despite little commercial success, Mazzotti was once dubbed a “super musician” by the polymath Hermeto Pascoal, with whom she became friends. Battling institutional sexism within the industry, Mazzotti’s recordings never reached the audience their sophistication deserved, and her career was tragically cut short as she lost her battle with cancer at just 37 years old.
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