Fénix (Gato Barbieri album)

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Fénix
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedApril 27 and 28, 1971
StudioAtlantic (New York)
GenreJazz
Length39:08
LabelFlying Dutchman
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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Writing in 1971 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau referred to Fénix as "the first jazz I've played frequently for pleasure since In a Silent Way" (1969) by Miles Davis.[3] The AllMusic site awarded the album 4½ stars, stating that "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[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (November 25, 1971). "When You Consider Your Condition . . ". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via robertchristgau.com.