Fenix [Import]

Gato Barbieri | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000007TW7
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tupac Amaru

2. Carnavalito

3. Falsa Bahiana

4. El Dia Que Me Quieras

5. El Arriero

6. Bahia

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Gato Soars, February 23, 2000

By 

michael johnson (mill valley, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fenix (Audio CD)

This CD from the early 70's is unlike anything most Gato lovers are familiar with - it's way heavier. These are not top 40 pieces, nor are they the discordant and rambling wailings of late Coltrane or Gato's "Third World" album. Each cut on Fenix is unique & rhythmic. These cuts together are a tour de force of Gato's range and debth - haunting melodies with emotional force that grab you in the most hidden areas of your felt sense of musicality. Fenix is in the same genre as "Under Fire" - another early 70's masterpiece. If you listen to all of Fenix in one sitting, the last note of the last piece leaves you spent, moved - like a good session of yoga .. or other pleasant encounters. This is Gato's greatest accomplisment - and with Gato, that's saying alot!

5.0 out of 5 stars The undiluted, untammed Gato!!!, August 28, 2003

By 

Ramon Melendez (Anaheim, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Fenix (Audio CD)

This and "Bolivia" are my favorite Gato records. I have been listening to this one since it came out in the early 70's. It doesn't age, is a classic. Here you find the loud, untammed "gato" with a lot of drive. The sidemen are awesome: Lonnie Liston Smith, Ron Carter, Joe Beck, Lennie White, Gene Golden and Nana Vasconcelos. All tracks are great and cover a wide spectrum of Latin American stuff: Brazilian, Argentinian and Caribbean. My favorite is "Carnavalito". A must for early Gato fans.