Chapter One: Latin America

Chapter One: Latin America
Studio album by
Gato Barbieri
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedApril 1973
Music Hall, S.A.C.I.S.I, Buenos Aires (#1–4)
Odeon Studios, Rio de Janeiro (#5)
GenresFree jazz, Latin jazz, world music
Length42:51
LabelsImpulse!
AS-9248
ProducerEd Michel
Gato Barbieri chronology
Bolivia
(1973)		 Chapter One: Latin America
(1973)		 Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre
(1973)

Chapter One: Latin America is a 1973 album by Gato Barbieri. It was recorded and issued in 1973 on Impulse! Records as AS-9248. The album was re-released in 1997 as part of Latino America, a double CD that also included the album Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre along with unreleased tracks.

Reception

In Creem magazine, Robert Christgau said like Barbieri's previous album Bolivia, Chapter One: Latin America is a "recommended introduction to the only jazzman this side of Miles Davis to translate avant-garde into semi-popular without sounding venal". The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating that "this album, like its remaining chapters, makes up one of the great all but forgotten masterpieces in 1970s jazz".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar

Track listing

  1. "Encuentros" 12:28
  2. "India" 8:58
  3. "La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud" 13:33
  2. "Nunca Mas" 5:25
  3. "To Be Continued" 2:27
All songs by Gato Barbieri, except India by J. Asunción Flores / M. Ortiz Guerrero.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Oct 13, 1973
  2. ↑ Latino America at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  4. 1 2 AllMusic Review accessed 3 November 2009
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 19. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.