Gato Barbieri - Under Fire (1973 Japanese Flying Dutchman LP Gatefold)

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Gato Barbieri - Under Fire | Vinyl LP - 1973 Japanese Flying Dutchman Gatefold (SR-3160, King Record Co. Ltd.)

Gato Barbieri recorded Under Fire in New York in autumn 1971, the same year he had arrived in the US from Europe. Born in Rosario, Argentina in 1932, he had worked in Buenos Aires and Rome before settling in New York, and the music on this album sits precisely at the intersection of his Argentinian formation and his New York arrival. Bob Thiele produced for Flying Dutchman. The session assembled an ensemble drawn from two overlapping circles: the Latin jazz world and the Miles Davis periphery. Roy Haynes, who plays on the opening "El Paraná" only, and Airto Moreira, who takes over drums and percussion for the remaining four tracks, both brought different rhythmic languages. James Mtume — then still primarily known as a percussionist with Miles Davis's electric band — played congas. Moulay "Ali" Hafid added a North African layer on dumbek. Stanley Clarke was 20 years old. John Abercrombie was beginning his transition from session work to major recognition as a leader. Lonnie Liston Smith had been playing with Pharoah Sanders.

The five tracks draw their material entirely from South American composers. "El Paraná" and the closing "El Sertão" are Barbieri originals — the latter co-written with Brazilian filmmaker and musician Sérgio Ricardo. "Yo Le Canto a la Luna" is by Atahualpa Yupanqui, the Argentine folk singer-songwriter whose songs have become standards of the South American oral tradition. "Antonico" is a samba by Ismael Silva, one of the founders of the genre in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s. "Maria Domingas" is by Jorge Ben, recorded at the height of his tropical phase. The album was released in 1973, by which time Barbieri had already appeared on the Last Tango in Paris soundtrack and his profile had shifted considerably; Under Fire documents an earlier and rawer moment. This Japanese pressing is manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd. in a gatefold sleeve with insert.