''Fénix'' is an album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.

Reception

Writing in 1971 for '' The Village Voice'',

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...

referred to ''Fénix'' as "the first jazz I've played frequently for pleasure since '' In a Silent Way''" (1969) by Miles Davis. The AllMusic site awarded the album 4½ stars, stating that "at this point in 1971, well before the Muppets would create a caricature out of him, Barbieri was absolutely smoking, and for a certain style of rhythmic free jazz, this is a captivating album indeed".

Track listing

# "Tupac Amaru" (Gato Barbieri) - 4:14 # "Carnavalito" (Edmundo Zaldivar) - 9:08 # "Falsa Bahiana" (Geraldo Pereira) - 5:50 # " El Día Que Me Quieras" (

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...

, Alfredo Le Pera) - 6:12 # "El Arriero" ( Atahualpa Yupanqui) - 7:22 # "Bahia" ( Ary Barroso) - 6:22

Personnel

* Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone * Lonnie Liston Smith - piano,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

* Joe Beck - electric guitar (track 1) *

Ron Carter Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...

- electric bass *

Lenny White Leonard "Lenny" White III (born December 19, 1949) is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion". He has won ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Gene Golden -

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

, bongos * Naná Vasconcelos - berimbau, bongos

References

{{Authority control 1971 albums Albums produced by Bob Thiele Flying Dutchman Records albums Gato Barbieri albums