Nelson Jacobina is best known as a guitarist, songwriter and artistic partner of musician/poet Jorge Mautner. His first great success came with "Maracatú Atômico", a song that he co-wrote with Mautner and which became a hit for Gilberto Gil in 1974. Considered one of the great songs of the Tropicalist era (and of MPB in general), Maracatu Atomico was a hit for Chico Science & Nação Zumbi in 1996 and was re-recorded in 2002 by Mautner and Caetano Veloso.Around the time Gil recorded Maracatu Atômico, Jacobina 1970s form the rock trio ICCA alongside Vinícius Cantuária (drums) and Arnaldo Brandão (bass); the group backed Mautner from 1975-1976.Since leaving ICCA, Jacobina has continued to work both independently and with Jorge Mautner as a musician, teacher and songwriter. He is the father of musician Rubinho Jacobina.