Bolivia (Gato Barbieri album)

Bolivia
Live album by Gato Barbieri
Released	1973
Recorded	1973 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:01
Label	Flying Dutchman FD 10158
Producer	Bob Thiele
Gato Barbieri chronology
Last Tango in Paris (1972) Bolivia (1973) Chapter One: Latin America (1973)

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 Chapter One: Latin America "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".^[4]

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

References

1. Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed February 8, 2016
2. Gato Barbieri discography accessed February 8, 2016
3. Christgau, Robert (March 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
4. Jurek, Thom. Bolivia – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.