Fénix (Gato Barbieri album)

Fénix
Studio album by Gato Barbieri
Released	1971
Recorded	April 27 & 28, 1971 ; Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:08
Label	Flying Dutchman FD 10144
Producer	Bob Thiele
Gato Barbieri chronology

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[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

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

Personnel

Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone
Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, electric piano
Joe Beck - electric guitar (track 1)
Ron Carter - electric bass
Lenny White - drums
Gene Golden - congas, bongos
Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, bongos

References

Chadbourne, Eugene. Fenix – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
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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[Allmusic-1] Chadbourne, Eugene. Fenix – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[Penguin-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.