Gato Barbieri

[eddie]

I am a big fan of gato. Particularly of the work he did in the 1970's. I like Miles Davis, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Coltrane and a few others. I want to know who is as wild or heavy a player as the ones I have mentioned. I am looking for people who are alive and young enough to enjoy live and for some time in the future.

[clifton]

Check out James Carter and David Murray.

[merlin]

Gato is for me the jazz :) really i started listening jazz because i heard Coltrane`s in a sentimental mood,but then when i heard Gato-oh my god he was great and still is ! Always was always will be the Argentinean sax master and his robust saxophone sound and soulful phrasing are unmistakable for me-Love him :)

[Jack Good]

** Merlin, check out Gato's newsletter, El Pampero, at www.gatobarbierinewsletter.com for all you ever wanted to know. The delightful Lois Roe is more than glad to help with anything. Click on "promotion" for free poster downloads. Just had the 18x24 Billboard award one framed - now hangs in my living below one of Poncho Sanchez, primero congero. Straight ahead, man ...

[senorblues]

I always dug Gato!

[Midnight Blue]

I am a big fan of gato. Particularly of the work he did in the 1970's. I like Miles Davis, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Coltrane and a few others. I want to know who is as wild or heavy a player as the ones I have mentioned. I am looking for people who are alive and young enough to enjoy live and for some time in the future.

You might find this odd but when I listen to John Zorn (particularly with Electric Masada but also the regular Masada group) I hear the successor to Gato's ferocious tone (albeit on an Alto) - perhaps this is a slightly odd conclusion to come to but I believe that anyone who enjoys Gato's Impulse and Flying Dutchman output will enjoy Electric Masada.

And I'm sure that Zorn is going to be around for a long time to come.