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Some artists totally change directions; some reinvent their personalities. It is hard to know exactly what to make of the case of this Argentinian tenor saxophonist, who first appeared as a sideman on several extremely important Don Cherry projects, making such an essential contribution to the overall feel of these records that listeners expected great things. After a few attempts at finding a meeting place between the energy and harshness of free jazz and the his own rhythmic roots, he created this album in which everything seemed to come together perfectly. If a judgement is to be made based on Barbieri's overall career, then a lot of credit would be given to his accompanying musicians here, who are strictly the cream of the crop. A horn player certainly couldn't complain about a rhythm section featuring bassist Ron Carter, drummer Lenny White, and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, the last fresh out of the band of Pharoah Sanders, where he had established himself as the absolute king of modal, vaguely Latin or African sounding vamps. Smith was able to fit right in here, and he of course knew just what to do when the saxophonist went into his screaming fits, because he surely had plenty of practice with this kind of stuff playing with Sanders. The leader adds a nice touch of ethnic percussion with some congas and bongos and Na Na on berimbau; in fact, this was the first time many American listeners heard this instrument. From here, Barbieri continued to build, reaching a height with a series of collaborations with Latin American musicians playing traditional instruments. He would then switch gears, tone down the energy, and become kind of a romantic image with a saxophone in his mouth, producing music that brought on insults from reviewers, many of whom would have bit their tongues if they'd known much worse sax playing was to come via later artists such as Kenny G. But at this point in 1971, well before the Muppets would create a caricature out of him, Barbieri was absolutely smoking, and for a certain style of rhythmic free jazz, this is a captivating album indeed.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
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Gato Barbieri, Composer, MainArtist - Carlin Music Corp, MusicPublisher - Bienstock Publishing Company, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Gato Barbieri, Composer, MainArtist - Irving Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Imagem Songs Ltd, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Gato Barbieri, MainArtist - Gerardo Pereira, Composer - Editora Litero Musical Corcovado Ltda, MusicPublisher - Stan Getz Associates LLC, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Carlos Gardel, Composer - Gato Barbieri, MainArtist - ALFREDO LEPERA, Composer - Sadaic Latin Copyrights, Inc., MusicPublisher - RIGHTSONG MUSIC OBO EDITORIAL MUS. KORN INTERSONG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Atahualpa Yupanqui, Composer - Gato Barbieri, MainArtist - Sadaic Latin Copyrights, Inc., MusicPublisher - Tierra-Linda Editorial Musical, MusicPublisher - WB MUSIC CORP OBO EDITORAL MUSICAL TIERRA LINDA, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Ary Barroso, Composer - Gato Barbieri, MainArtist - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Peer International Corp, MusicPublisher
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 1971 Flying Dutchman Records
Album review
Some artists totally change directions; some reinvent their personalities. It is hard to know exactly what to make of the case of this Argentinian tenor saxophonist, who first appeared as a sideman on several extremely important Don Cherry projects, making such an essential contribution to the overall feel of these records that listeners expected great things. After a few attempts at finding a meeting place between the energy and harshness of free jazz and the his own rhythmic roots, he created this album in which everything seemed to come together perfectly. If a judgement is to be made based on Barbieri's overall career, then a lot of credit would be given to his accompanying musicians here, who are strictly the cream of the crop. A horn player certainly couldn't complain about a rhythm section featuring bassist Ron Carter, drummer Lenny White, and pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, the last fresh out of the band of Pharoah Sanders, where he had established himself as the absolute king of modal, vaguely Latin or African sounding vamps. Smith was able to fit right in here, and he of course knew just what to do when the saxophonist went into his screaming fits, because he surely had plenty of practice with this kind of stuff playing with Sanders. The leader adds a nice touch of ethnic percussion with some congas and bongos and Na Na on berimbau; in fact, this was the first time many American listeners heard this instrument. From here, Barbieri continued to build, reaching a height with a series of collaborations with Latin American musicians playing traditional instruments. He would then switch gears, tone down the energy, and become kind of a romantic image with a saxophone in his mouth, producing music that brought on insults from reviewers, many of whom would have bit their tongues if they'd known much worse sax playing was to come via later artists such as Kenny G. But at this point in 1971, well before the Muppets would create a caricature out of him, Barbieri was absolutely smoking, and for a certain style of rhythmic free jazz, this is a captivating album indeed.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:19
- Main artists: Gato Barbieri
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: World Latin America
(C) 2013 Ace Records (P) 2013 Ace Records
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