Chapter 3

Spyro Gyra, Gato Barbieri | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B000003N6A
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Milonga Triste

2. LLuvia Azul

3. El Sublime

4. La Podrida

5. Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado (What A Difference A Day Makes)

6. Viva Emiliano Zapata

Editorial Reviews

The third of Gato's four Chapter LPs employing his favorite Latin American musicians, this 1974 LP also features American compadres Grady Tate, Randy Brecker and Ron Carter. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gato in rare big band setting and at his smokin' best, August 30, 2000

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Lois Roe "jazzsleuth" (Neptune, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chapter 3 (Audio CD)

Apart from Gato's Two Pictures: 1965-68 recording of Piero Umiliani soundtracks, Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata is the only album I know of where Gato played in a big band as a leader. And it's a smokin' big band album at that. Like many Latin Jazz albums, this release is intensely rhythmic and percussive. Latin Jazz does not emphasize solos the way other styles of Jazz do; as Gato himself once explained in an interview, when solos happen, they tend to happen at the same time the rest of the band is playing. Notice that Gato himself does not take the kind of solos in which everyone else stops. Nevertheless, Gato's special brand of combined fire and lyricism comes through loud and clear. This album will definitely make you want to dance, but it is no salsa album. Even the ballad Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado (What a Difference a Day Makes) is intense in its beauty. And Chico O'Farrill's arrangements are superb. If you love Gato's passsion but aren't not quite ready to experience Gato in the full fury of his free jazz/semi-free jazz recordings of the late 60's and early 70's, try this. It's a really wonderful album and one that you're not likely to find in a used CD bin. I can't think of a better endorsement than that!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The musical equivalent of Liberation Theology., January 18, 2000

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DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chapter 3 (Audio CD)

El Gato arrived in the United States as a screamin' disciple of John Coltrane. His early recordings with Don Cherry, Carla Bley & The Liberation Music Orchestra are free & committed to the musical equivalent of Liberation Theology. That spiritual quest took The Cat back to South America for several collaborations on the themes of political & romantic revolution via music. This & the two preceding LPs are probably the peak of Barbieri's art, as he weaves, yells & moans like an Argentine cat in heat. Never a particularly generous bandleader, the other musicians have to get their two cents in where they can. But here Gato holds his place under the spotlight.

Barbieri apparently became weary of this kind of preaching, so when Herb Alpert finally appeared waving bags of catnip, Gato leaped.

Bob Rixon, WFMU

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mistergato, January 20, 2001

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David M. Doyle (El Monte, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chapter 3 (Audio CD)

Wake up and smell the coffee.This is the REAL Gato Barbieri at his best in his best day.Anyone who wants to hear this musical GENIUS at his best need only cue up "ZAPATA".His tone rivals Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders his brothers in arms.Shows you what the man can really do with great material and great musicians.With the exception of "Europa",this material is no comparision to the thin veneered,commercial crud the man has been advised,cadjoled,conned into playing today. Hey,don't get me wrong,,,I still luv the guy.Even after a major heart surgery,,,The Gato still kicks major booty.Go see him live in your lifetime,,,Yes,GO SEEM HIM LIVE!!!You will never forget it.Wail on Gato.