EPECTACULAR RECUERDO...."europa"...SANTANA & GATO BARBIERI | Baúl del Tiempo

Remembering Argentinian-born saxophonist Gato Barbieri on his birthday (Nov 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016). In the late 1960s, he was fusing music from South America into his playing. His score for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris" earned him a Grammy®. Barbieri was the inspiration for the character Zoot in the fictional Muppet band "Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem." He recorded "Europa" on his own record, as well as live with its composer, Carlos Santana in 1977. | JazzCorner

RIP Gato Barbieri He earned the nickname El Gato, which means “the cat,” in the 1950s because of the way he scampered between clubs in Buenos Aires with his saxophone to make it to his next gig. The Argentine-born musician recorded some 35 albums between 1967 and 1982. Last year, Barbieri received a Latin Grammy lifetime achievement award for a career that covered "virtually the entire jazz landscape." The citation from the Latin Recording Academy credited Barbieri with creating "a rebellious bu