Gato Barbieri - Chapter One: Latin America (1973)

Posted By: Juma

Date: May 3, 2011

When Gato Barbieri signed to Impulse! Records in 1973 for a series of critically lauded albums, he had already enjoyed a celebrated career as a vanguard musician who had worked with Don Cherry and Abdullah Ibrahim (then known as Dollar Brand), recorded for three labels as a leader, and scored and performed the soundtrack to director Bernardo Bertolucci's film Last Tango in Paris. Chapter One: Latin America was a huge step forward musically for the Argentinean-born saxophonist, even as it looked to the music of his heritage. This turned out to be the first of four chapters in his series on Latin America, and for it he teamed not with established jazz musicians, but instead folk and traditional musicians from his native country, and recorded four of the album's five cuts in Buenos Aires – the final track, a multi-tracked solo piece, was recorded in Rio de Janeiro. The music found here doesn't walk a line between the two worlds, but freely indulges them. The enormous host of musicians on the date played everything from wooden flutes to electric and acoustic guitars, bomba drums and quenas, and Indian harps and charangos, creating a passionate and deeply emotive sound that echoed across not only miles but also centuries. At the helm was Barbieri, playing in his rawest and most melodic style to date, offering these melodies, harmonies, and rhythms as a singular moment in the history of jazz. While the entire album flows seamlessly from beginning to end, the A-side, comprised of Barbieri's own "Encuentros" and J. Asunción Flores and M. Ortiz Guerrero's classic "India," is the clear standout. That said, the four-part suite that commences side two – "La China Leoncia Arreo la Correntinada Trajo Entre la Muchachada la Flor de la Juventud" – is a work of such staggering drama and raw beauty that it is perhaps the single highest achievement in Barbieri's recorded catalog as an artist. Simply put, this album, like its remaining chapters, makes up one of the great all but forgotten masterpieces in 1970s jazz. Thankfully, Verve has brought this set back into print on CD as part of its wonderfully mastered, budget-priced Originals series. ~Thom Jurek, All Music

Tracks
01 - Encuentros (Gato Barbieri) [12:29]
02 - India (J. Asunción Flores, M. Ortiz Guerrero) [08:58]
03 - La China Leoncia Arreo
03 - La Correntinada Trajo
03 - Entre La Muchachada
03 - La Flor de la Juventud (Gato Barbieri) [13:30*]
04 - Nunca Más (Gato Barbieri) [05:27]
05 - To Be Continued (Gato Barbieri) [02:26]

(*) On the back of the CD cover track 03 is listed as one continuous title. The CD itself has a list of Part One to Part Four with the time for each part. During the rip EAC decided to give each part its own track number and to increase the track numbers of the following songs accordingly. As far as playing the music is concerned it makes no difference as there is no gap between the parts of track 03.

Personnel
Gato Barbieri - Arranger, Tenor Sax, Vocals
Osvaldo Berlingieri - Piano
Adalberto Cevasco - Bass, Guitar
Domingo Cura - Drums, Bombo
Isoca Fumero - Guitar, Charango
Pocho Lapouble - Drums
Ricardo Lew - Guitar (Electric)
Raul Mercado - Flute, Quena
Amadeo Monges - Harp, Indian Harp
Jorge Padin - Percussion
Quelo Palacios - Guitar (Acoustic)
Antonio Pantoja - Quena, Erkencho, Sikus
Eduardo Zurdo Roizner - Percussion
Dino Saluzzi - Accordion, Bandoneon

Recorded at Music Hall, S.A.C.I.S.I., Buenos Aires, Argentina and Odeon Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in April 1973.

AMG Rating: 4.5 Stars

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EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 30. April 2011, 18:51

Gato Barbieri / Chapter 1: Latin America

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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Track 6

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