Mandala

Mandala is a Brazilian jazz-fusion ensemble whose self-titled LP was pressed by the Morisom label in 1976 and reissued in 2020. In the databases, the identified member is drummer and percussionist Zé Eduardo Nazário, and his career helps place the album in context: with his brother Lelo, Nazário was a member of Grupo Um, which recorded three LPs between 1979 and 1982, and accompanied Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Joe Zawinul, and John McLaughlin. The reference sources consulted provide no details about Mandala’s other musicians or the circumstances of the recording.