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. by Eugene Chadbourne
Tracklist :
1 Tupac Amaru 4:14
Gato Barbieri
2 Carnavalito 9:08
Gato Barbieri
3 Falsa Bahiana 5:50
Geraldo Pereira
4 El Dia Que Me Quieras 6:12
Carlos Gardel / Alfredo Le Pera
5 El Arriero 7:22
Atahualpa Yupanqui
6 Bahia 6:22
Ary Barroso
Credits :
Berimbau, Congas – Naná Vasconcelos
Congas, Bongos – Gene Golden
Drums – Lenny White
Electric Bass – Ron Carter
Piano, Electric Piano – Lonnie Liston Smith
Tenor Saxophone – Gato Barbieri
22.6.21
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