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".[ AllMusic Review] accessed 3 November 2009
Track listing "Encuentros" 12:28 "India" 8:58 "La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud" 13:33 Part 1 2:28 Part 2 2:45 Part 3 4:32 Part 4 3:53 "Nunca Mas" 5:25 "To Be Continued" 2:27
All songs by Gato Barbieri, except India by J. Asunción Flores / M. Ortiz Guerrero.
Personnel Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone (1–5) Raul Mercado - quena (1, 2, 3) Amadeo Monges - Indian harp (1, 2, 3) Ricardo Lew - Electric guitar (1, 3) Quelo Palacios - acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3) Isoca Fumero - charango (1, 3) Antonio Pantoja - anapa, erke, siku, quena, erkencho (1, 2, 3) Adalberto Cevasco - Fender bass (1, 2, 3, 4) Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon (4) Domingo Cura - bombo legüero (Argentinian drums) (1, 2, 3) Pocho Lapouble - drums (1, 3) Jorge Padin - percussion (1, 3) El Zurdo Roizner - percussion (1, 2, 3) Osvaldo Bellingieri - piano (4)
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