Bolivia/Under Fire [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Gato Barbieri

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0000C8AP3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #171,757 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The two complete albums contained on this CD, Bolivia (recorded in 1973) and Under Fire (recorded in 1971), both released in 1973, are the most successful from his Flying Dutchman years. Created upon the solid grooves created by an exceptional band led by Lonnie Liston Smith. Features 10 remastered tracks packaged in digipak format. Includes original cover art & rare photographs along with original & newly commissioned liner notes. Bluebird. 2003.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soaring Melodies and Dense Rhythms, December 15, 2004

By	Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I remember the days when Gato Barbieri became the toast of jazz. Caliente had recently been issued and the song Europa was all over jukeboxes and FM radio. It was at long last a North American breakthrough to the mainstream for a man who had toiled in relative obscurity for the better part of two decades. Caliente is today still a best seller for him, but what about his other work?
Old-time cognoscenti and early-adopters of Gato Barbieri can be thankful now that his pre-Caliente solo work on the Flying Dutchman label is being reissued and made available to those of us who are second or third-generation Barbieri fans. I remember listening to more knowledgeable jazz fans talk of Barbieri when I was a young teenager but I never got to hear what they were talking about until Caliente swept the airwaves. I did eventually obtain Bolivia on cassette, but it certainly didn't have the rich fullness of sound as does this CD.
Gato Barbieri is perhaps the best tenor saxophonist of my lifetime and starting with the fabulous Merceditas, he wastes little time living up to that accolade. Soaring melodies and dense rhythms envelop the listener in a state of entrancement as the music progresses.
The entire CD is good, but I particularly enjoy Merceditas, Bolivia, Ninos, the frenetic El Parana, the smooth, flowing Antonico and Maria Domingas. Barbieri's rendition of Atahualpa Yupanqui's Yo Le Canto a La Luna demonstrates his rarely presented vocal ability.
If you are a Barbieri fan who came to his music upon the release of Caliente or later, you owe it to yourself to get this and hear where he came from. If you are an early fan, well you just need to get the CD and give your scratched up LPs a rest. Double your pleasure and order this today!

5.0 out of 5 stars Joltin' Jazz (not fusion fluff), January 28, 2009

By	D. Moore (NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I like a little fusion maybe when it's Larry Coryell, but I prefer my Gato straight - like this great cd of 2 1970's disks or like El Pampero. Antonico plays a bit too soft, but the majority of these sets hit the mark. Definitely worth having if you like Gato's jazzier work.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic, November 23, 2003

By	johnsouto "johnsouto" (planet earth) - See all my reviews

the soul of latin america in this album .
great ! innovator !
pioneer !
see also SUDAKA, by Ramiro Musotto , to check out one of the last Gato's recording in the track "Antonio das Mortes".
Gato is an icon in modern Latin America fussion music .