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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[4]

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."[5] 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".[6]

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. 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.
4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
5. Christgau, Robert (March 1974). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
6. Jurek, Thom. Bolivia – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2016.