Gato Barbieri R.I.P.

[ghost of miles]

AP report:

Gato Barbieri obituary

[rostasi]

This one got constant play at our house back then:

[Teasing the Korean]

Just picked up the expanded "Last Tango in Paris," which includes both the LP and film versions.  Great stuff.  

RIP. 

[felser]

The 'El Pampero' album was a landmark listening experience for me.  It was the first thing I ever heard by him, and it has remained my Barbieri go-to album.  I saw him at the Tower Theatre in Philly in the 70's,  and maybe one other time at a smaller venue.  RIP. 

[rostasi]

Gato, Pharoah, and Braxton - were the ultimate triumvirate of players for me in those days.
You could always hear that searing sax out of my bedroom or out of my "workshop" that I
used for practice in the early 70's.

A favorite thing I used to do as a DJ then was play Gato's Tupac Amaru and 
immediately follow it with Astral Traveling from Pharoah's album Thembi - 
one ending and the other beginning with those suspended Rhodes chords.
You start Astral Traveling up (on the video) as soon as the last note is played
by Gato and it works together in a lovely way.

 

 

 

Edited April 3, 2016 by rostasi

[sidewinder]

Sad news and my condolences. Reading through that tribute it sounds as though he had a very happy second marriage over the past 20 years. Will be spinning the album recorded with Alan Shorter later today - RIP.

[A Lark Ascending]

Don't know a lot of his music but his incendiary playing on 'Escalator Over the Hill' and 'Tropic Appetites' were one of the things that got me interested in exploring jazz c. 1975 when I first heard those records. 

RIP  

[BillF]

Up very early today. There was a brief but accurate obituary on the 6 a.m. BBC news summary - Latin American and avant-garde jazz influences mentioned. This is the one I've always listened to:

[soulpope]

 

Gato Barbieri R.I.P

[Balladeer]

Barbieri was a true inidividual expressive voice in the jazz world.

The vibrant latin fusion of "Under Fire" (Flying Dutchman) was one of my first Jazz LPs. 

RIP, Gato

[mikeweil]

I must admit he never was among my favourites (he was one for my best friend who passed last year, who had all of his Impulse recordings), but I always respected his contributions. The first albums where I really liked his playing were the two Hip Bop Essence All Stars' Afrocubano Chant CDs - he fits in perfectly with is muscular style and sawblade tone. 

R.I.P., Gato.

[paul secor]

My favorite Barbieri recordings are the ones he made with Don Cherry. After that, he went his way and I went mine.

[jazzbo]

So long Cat in the Hat! I'll keep playing the music you left us. I like all the Impulse, the ESP, the Flying Dutchman and the Cherrys. And more. Such a distinctive sound.

[Teasing the Korean]

The recent expanded version of Last Tango, which includes the film tracks as well as the album, is a revelation.  Some film score albums really do a great job of presenting the music cohesively and fairly comprehensively.  In this case, I will never listen to the LP version again save for a couple of key tracks.  The film version is really definitive, and you get much more of the collaboration between Oliver Nelson and Gato.  

RIP.

[Jason Bivins]

RIP.

[manfred]

10 hours ago, A Lark Ascending said:

Don't know a lot of his music but his incendiary playing on 'Escalator Over the Hill' and 'Tropic Appetites' were one of the things that got me interested in exploring jazz c. 1975 when I first heard those records. 

RIP  

yes, the same with me....rest in peace....unidentified cat......

[A Lark Ascending]

30 minutes ago, manfred said:

yes, the same with me....rest in peace....unidentified cat......

I'd forgotten about the unidentified cat! 

[manfred]

33 minutes ago, A Lark Ascending said:

I'd forgotten about the unidentified cat! 

..his contributions on the wonderful suite  "a genuine tong funeral" of Carla Bley and Gary Burton are also worth mentioning i think........

[skeith]

5 hours ago, jazzbo said:

So long Cat in the Hat! I'll keep playing the music you left us. I like all the Impulse, the ESP, the Flying Dutchman and the Cherrys. And more. Such a distinctive sound.

what Lon said.....I will miss Gato!!!!

[danasgoodstuff]

"'I do not scream' said Gato, 'for the same reasons Pharaoh Sanders screams'".  Some liner note verbiage that stuck in my head.  He certainly had his own voice.  Last Tango (expanded), Latin America (expanded), and the duets with Dollar Brand are my go-to selections.  And the first side of Yesterdays on Flying Dutchman with "Yesterdays" and "A John Coltrane Blues" (even if it sounds more like King Curtis goes latin).

[clifford_thornton]

Love the early stuff on up through the first couple of Impulse LPs. The rest was never anything I got into but he did what he did and with commitment. RIP.

[Hardbopjazz]

R.I.P. Gato

[JSngry]

I've come to respect the hell out of his "commercial" work. Coming to terms with the exact nuances of his reading of "Europa" was a fucking head trip. He was feeling that stuff in a way that not may other attempters of the same thing were.

RIP, El Apasionado

[HutchFan]

I'm sad that Gato's gone. But I'm GRATEFUL for the wonderful music that he made. So much fire, so much life!

R.I.P.

[bluenoter]

My man. R.I.P.  

On YouTube (audio only): "Milonga Triste" from Chapter Four: Alive in New York