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    Gato Barbieri RIP

    Another jazz great has died. I loved his fiery solos:

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    Geriatric Anomaly progeezer's Avatar
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    RIP to a man responsible for many jazz converts.
    "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"

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    I tried on numerous occasions to get into his stuff (even earlier this week)...but just never worked for me. --Peter

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    Fuuuuck. Damn it.


    RIP, Cat Man, you flew under the musical radar .
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    Pure magic. It doesn't get any more progressive than this .

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    I love that early '70s stuff. RIP.

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    It's getting depressing even logging on here lately....WAY too many musical greats leaving us in droves.


    RIP Cat man

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    RIP

    Never bought any of his albums but I heard some of his stuff back in the 70s.

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    I know him mostly from Carla Bley albums. He was one of a kind. RIP.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    I know him mostly from Carla Bley albums. He was one of a kind. RIP.

    Same here, but what a great sideman:

    Escalator over the hill
    Tropic apetites
    A genuine tong funeral
    Liberation music orchestra
    The jazz composers orchestra

    All of these are musts IMHO
    Also know and love his Chapter One - guess I should dig deeper...

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    Rest in peace.

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    Will spin The Third World

    RIP
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    Loved his Fenix album. RIP!
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    His cover of Santana's "Europa" was ubiquitous on Philly radio in the 80's and 90s, as several stations featured smooth jazz segments and eventually the all-smooth-jazz formatted station.


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    Quote Originally Posted by progeezer View Post
    RIP to a man responsible for many jazz converts.
    Yup, his Impulse! and CTI days were really classic years.


    RIP, Gato
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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    What a shame. An old pal of mine was a big fan. I was just listening to some of his newer tunes. So sad...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    I know him mostly from Carla Bley albums. He was one of a kind. RIP.
    Same thing here. I know him mostly from Escalator over the Hill, where he solos over quite a large portion of the first track. Carla seemed to need somebody with that over-the-top sound in her band - after Gato moved on, she found and hired Gary Valente, whose trombone was even more so.

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