El Pampero

El Pampero
Live album by Gato Barbieri
Released	1971
Recorded	June 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:40
Label	Flying Dutchman FD 10151
Producer	Bob Thiele
Gato Barbieri chronology
Fenix (1971) El Pampero (1971) Under Fire (1971)

El Pampero is a live album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Gato Barbieri leads his fantastic group of musical friends with hurricane-like flair on his tenor sax. At times surreal and mind-boggling, Barbieri shows just how far one can let the music go to break the borders of jazz, sending his music into fresh and uncharted territory".[2]

Track listing

1. "El Pampero" - 13:44
2. "Mi Buenos Aires Querido" (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera) - 6:21
3. "Brasil" (Aldo Cabral, Benedito Lacerda, Pedro Berrios) - 9:36
4. "El Arriero" (Atahualpa Yupanqui) - 11:59

Personnel

• Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone, arranger
• Lonnie Liston Smith - piano
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Sonny Morgan - congas
• Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, percussion

References

1. Flying Dutchman Label Discography accessed February 8, 2016
2. Haney, Shawn M.. El Pampero – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 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.