Bolivia (Gato Barbieri album) explained

Bolivia is a live album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded in New York in 1973 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

In Creem magazine, Robert Christgau gave Bolivia an "A−" and said he liked it slightly better than Barbieri's other 1973 album "because I prefer Lonnie Liston Smith and Barbieri's other Afro-American sidemen to his less disciplined all-South American band."^[3] The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Ultimately, Bolivia is a sensual, musically adept, and groundbreaking recording, which offered Barbieri a chance to come in from the avant-garde before heading back to the fringes with the Latin America series. A fine effort that is finally getting the notoriety it deserves".

Track listing

All compositions by Gato Barbieri except as indicated

1. "Merceditas" – 9:07
2. "Eclypse/Michellina" (Traditional/Barbieri) – 6:24
3. "Bolivia" – 7:46
4. "Niños" – 7:14
5. "Vidala Triste" (Barbieri, Michelle Barbieri) – 5:30

Personnel

• Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
• Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, electric piano
• John Abercrombie – guitar, electric guitar
  • Jean-François Jenny-Clark – bass Stanley Clarke – electric bass
• Bernard Purdie – drums
• Airto Moreira, Gene Golden, James Mtume, Moulay "Ali" Hafid – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/flyingdutchman.pdf Flying Dutchman Label Discography
2. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/G/GatoBarbieri/Bolivia_x.html Gato Barbieri discography
3. Christgau. Robert. Robert Christgau. March 1974. The Christgau Consumer Guide. Creem. May 29, 2016.