Fénix (Gato Barbieri album)

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Fénix
Fenix (album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedApril 27 & 28, 1971
Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:08
LabelFlying Dutchman FD 10144
ProducerBob Thiele
Gato Barbieri chronology
The Third World
(1969)
Fénix
(1971)
El Pampero
(1971)

Fénix is an album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating "at this point in 1971, well before the Muppets would create a caricature out of him, Barbieri was absolutely smoking, and for a certain style of rhythmic free jazz, this is a captivating album indeed".[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Tupac Amaru" (Gato Barbieri) - 4:14
  2. "Carnavalito" (Unknown) - 9:08
  3. "Falsa Bahiana" (Geraldo Pereira) - 5:50 Amazon
  4. "El Día Que Me Quieras" (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera) - 6:12
  5. "El Arriero" (Atahualpa Yupanqui) - 7:22
  6. "Bahia" (Unknown) - 6:22

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Fenix – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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