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.

Reception

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".

El Pampero

Track listing

"El Pampero" - 13:44

"Mi Buenos Aires Querido" (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera) - 6:21

"Brasil" (Aldo Cabral, Benedito Lacerda, Pedro Berrios) - 9:36

"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

1971 live albums

Albums produced by Bob Thiele

Flying Dutchman Records live albums

Gato Barbieri live albums

El Pampero