Gato Barbieri "Euphoria" (1979) -Smooth Jazz / Latin Jazz-

Label : A&M Records

 Side One

01 - Theme From Firepower (Gato Barbieri)

02 - Sophia (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Carnavalito (Gato Barbieri)

04 - Lions Also Cry (Gato Barbieri)

Side Two

01 - Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est) (Jorge Ben)

02 - Secret Fiesta (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Speak Low (Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash)

Produced & Arranged by Jay Chattaway

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Production Coordinator & Contractor : Christine Martin

Recorded & Mixed at The Power Station, New York, March 1979

Recording Engineers : Bob Clearmountain & Neil Dorfsman

Assistant Engineers : Ray Wilhard, Jeff Hendrickson & John Rotondi

Additional Recording at Media Sound, New York

Engineer : Doug Epstein

Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Mastering Engineer : Vlado Meller

Players :

Tenor Sax : Gato Barbieri

Bass : Ron Carter ("Lions Also Cry"), Luico Hopper ("Secret Fiesta"), Anthony Jackson ("Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est)", "Speak Low", "Carnavalito"), Neil Jason ("Theme From Firepower", "Sophia")

Drums : Bill Cobham ("Speak Low", "Secret Fiesta", "Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est)", "Carnavalito"), Idris Muhammad ("Lions Also Cry"), Alan Schwartzberg ("Theme From Firepower", "Sophia")

Guitars : Eric Gale ("Speak Low", "Carnavalito", "Secret Fiesta"), Steve Khan ("Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est)"), Jeff Layton ("Theme From Firepower", "Sophia"), David Spinozza ("Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est)", "Lions Also Cry"), Lance Quinn ("Theme From Firepower", "Sophia")

Keyboards : Eddie Martinez (All Selections except "Speak Low"), Pat Rebillot ("Theme From Firepower", "Sophia"), Richard Tee ("Speak Low"), Gato Barbieri ("Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est)")

Percussion : Jimmy Maelen, Miguel Vaidez-Pomier, Gato Barbieri

Voice : Gato Barbieri

Strings : David Nadien - Concertmaster, Ida Kavafian, Guy Lumia, Barry Finclair, Curtis Macomber, Diana Halprin, Naoko Tanaka, Lucy Stoltzman, Ben Hudson, Lew Eley, Robin Bushman, Masako Yanagita, Guillermo Figueroa

Violas : Alfred Brown, Louise Schulman

Celli : Fred Sherry, Jonathan Abramowitz, Gerry Grossman, Richard Sher

Horns : Jon Faddis, Michael Lawrence, Lew Soloff, Jim Bossy, Ron Tooley, John Frosk

Trombones : Wayne Andre, Paul Faulise, Earl McIntyre

French Horns : Peter Gordon, John Clark, Don Corrado

Woodwinds : Harvey Estrin, Phil Bodner, David Tofani

Gato Barbieri "Caliente!" (1976) -Smooth Jazz / Latin Jazz / Jazz Funk-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Fireflies (Gato Barbieri)

02 - Fiesta (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) (Devadip Carlos Santana & Tom Coster)

04 - Don't Cry Rochelle (Gato Barbieri)

05 - Adios - Part I (Gato Barbieri)

2

01 - I Want You (Leon Ware & Arthur Ross)

02 - Behind The Rain (Herb Alpert)

03 - Los Desperados (Gato Barbieri)

04 - Adios - Part II (Gato Barbieri)

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Gato Barbieri

Orchestrations Arranged & Conducted by Jay Chattaway

Engineer : Don Hahn

Assistant Engineers : Tom Bush & Dave Smith

Recorded at A&R Studios RI, New York

Mastering Engineer : Bernie Grundman, A&M Studios, Hollywood, California

Musicians :

Gato Barbieri : Tenor Sax

Lenny White : Drums

Gary King : Bass

Eric Gale : Guitar

David Spinozza : Guitar

Joe Beck : Guitar

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Don Grolnick : Keyboards & Synthesizer

Ralph MacDonald : Percussion

Cachete Maldonado : Percussion

Mtume : Percussion

Gato Barbieri "Passion And Fire" (1984) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - I Want You (Leon Ware)

02 - Fiesta (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) (Devadip Carlos Santana & Tom Coster)

04 - Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) (Nat Simon & Buddy Bernier)

2

01 - Theme From Firepower (Gato Barbieri)

02 - She Is Michelle (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Ruby (Heinz Roemheld & Mitchell Parish)

04 - Speak Low (Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash)

1

01 - I Want You

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Gato Barbieri

Lenny White : Drums

Gary King : Bass

Eric Gale : Guitar

David Spinozza : Guitar

Joe Beck : Guitar

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Don Grolnick : Keyboards & Synthesizer

Ralph MacDonald : Percussion

Cachete Maldonado : Percussion

Mtume : Percussion

02 - Fiesta

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Gato Barbieri

Lenny White : Drums

Gary King : Bass

Eric Gale : Guitar

David Spinozza : Guitar

Joe Beck : Guitar

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Don Grolnick : Keyboards & Synthesizer

Ralph MacDonald : Percussion

Cachete Maldonado : Percussion

Mtume : Percussion

03 - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Gato Barbieri

Lenny White : Drums

Gary King : Bass

Eric Gale : Guitar

David Spinozza : Guitar

Joe Beck : Guitar

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Don Grolnick : Keyboards & Synthesizer

Ralph MacDonald : Percussion

Cachete Maldonado : Percussion

Mtume : Percussion

04 - Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)

Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by David Rubinson

Eddie Watkins : Bass

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

John Barnes : Keyboards

Greg Poree : Guitar

Melvin 'Wah Wah' Watson : Guitar

Bill Summers : Percussion & Congas

Armando Peraza : Bongos

Jose 'Chepito' Areas : Timbales

The Waters : Background vocals

2

01 - Theme From Firepower

Produced & Arranged by Jay Chattaway

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Neil Jason : Bass

Alan Schwartzberg : Drums

Jeff Layton : Guitar

Lance Quinn : Guitar

Pat Rebillot : Keyboards

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Jimmy Maelen : Percussion

Miguel Vaidez-Pomier : Percussion

02 - She Is Michelle

Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Gato Barbieri

Eddie Watkins : Bass

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

John Barnes : Keyboards

Greg Poree : Guitar

Melvin 'Wah Wah' Watson : Guitar

Bill Summers : Percussion & Congas

Armando Peraza : Bongos

Jose 'Chepito' Areas : Timbales

The Waters : Background vocals

03 - Ruby

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Jay Chattaway, Gato Barbieri & Herb Alpert

Bernard Purdie : Drums

Gary King : Bass

David Spinozza : Guitar

Eddy Martinez : Keyboards

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Don Grolnick : Piano

Lee Ritenour : Guitar

04 - Speak Low

Produced & Arranged by Jay Chattaway

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Anthony Jackson : Bass

Billy Cobham : Drums

Eric Gale : Guitar

Richard Tee : Keyboards

Jimmy Maelen : Percussion

Miguel Vaidez-Pomier : Percussion

Tom Scott / John Klemmer / Gato Barbieri "Foundations" (1978) -Jazz Rock / Jazz Fusion-

Label : ABC Impulse! / ABC Records

 

 Side A

01 - Song #1 (Tom Scott)

02 - Freak-In (Tom Scott)

03 - With Respect To Coltrane (Tom Scott)

Side B

01 - Just Messin' Around (Mike Barone)

02 - Body And Soul (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman & Robert Sour)

03 - Encuentros (Gato Barbieri)

Side C

01 - Encuentros (Parts One And Two) (Gato Barbieri)

02 - Man Alone (John Klemmer)

03 - Prelude I (John Klemmer)

04 - Waterfall I (John Klemmer)

Side D

01 - Free Love (John Klemmer)

02 - Twentieth Century Blues (John Klemmer)

Produced for Release by Michael Cuscuna

Tape Transfers : Al Schmitt 

All Selections Previously Released on ABC Impulse except C-2 & D-2 which are Previously Unreleased & were Mixed by Michael Cuscuna & Al Schmitt

ABC Recording Studios, Los Angeles

Personnel on Side A & B-1, B-2

Tom Scott : Tenor Saxophone, Reeds

Mike Lang : Piano

Chuck Domanico : Bass

John Guerin : Drums

Recorded in Los Angeles on April 22 & 23, 1968

Original Session Produced by Bob Thiele

Engineer : Eddie Brackett

Personnel on B-3

Gato Barbieri : Tenor Saxophone

Raul Mercado : Quena (Wood Flute)

Amadeo Monges : Arpa India (Harp)

John Abercrombie : Guitar

Isola Fumero : Charango (Small 10 String Guitar)

Adalberto Cevasco : Electric Bass

Paul Motian : Drums

Domingo Cura : Bombo India (Indian Drums)

Jorge : Percussion

Recorded Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 6, 1973

Original Session Produced by Ed Michel

Recording & Remix Engineer : Baker Bigsby

Personnel on C-1

Gato Barbieri : Tenor Saxophone

Helio Delmiro : Guitar

Daudeth De Azevado (Neco) : Cavaco (Small 4 String Guitar)

Novelli : Electric Bass

Paulo Antonio Braga : Drums

Members of the Drum Section of the Escola Do Samba of Niteroi

Original Session Produced by Ed Michel

Mix Engineer : Baker Bigsby

Personnel on C-2

John Klemmer : Tenor Saxophone

Mike Wofford : Electric Piano (Left)

Mike Lang : Electric Piano (Right)

Wilton Felder : Bass

Shelly Manne : Drums (Left)

Jim Keltner : Drums (Right)

Mark Stevens : Percussion

Recorded at Western Recorders, Los Angeles on August 19, 1971

Original Session Produced by Ed Michel

Personnel on C-3 & C-4

John Klemmer : Tenor Saxophone

Mike Nock : Electric Piano

Wilton Felder : Electric Bass

Eddie Marshall : Drums

Victor Feldman : Percussion

Recorded Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles on June 17, 1972

Original Session Produced by Ed Michel

Engineer : Baker Bigsby

Personnel on Side D

John Klemmer : Tenor Saxophone

Tom Canning : Electric Piano

Cecil McBee : Bass

Alphonse Mouzon : Drums

Recorded Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 6, 1973

Original Session Produced by Ed Michel

Recording Engineer : Baker Bigsby

Gato Barbieri "Tropico" (1978) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Pop-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) (Nat Simon & Buddy Bernier)

02 - Latin Lady (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Odara (Caetano Veloso)

2

01 - She Is Michelle (Gato Barbieri)

02 - Where Is The Love (Ralph MacDonald & William Salter)

03 - Evil Eyes (Gato Barbieri)

04 - Bolero (Ravel - P.D. - Arrg & Adapted by David Rubinson)

Produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Recorded & Mastered at The Automatt, San Francisco, May, 1978

A Production of Catero Sound, Co., San Francisco

Engineered by Fred Catero & David Rubinson

Assistant Enginers : Chris Minto & Cheryl Ward

Mastering Engineer : Phil Brown

Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Dale O. Warren, PhD.

Brass Arranged & Conducted by Eddie Martinez

Copyist : Tony Kaye, Vicki Gray, KVG Enterprises

Gato Barbieri : Tenor Sax

Eddie Watkins : Bass

Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums

Eddie Martinez & John Barnes : Keyboards

Greg Poree & Melvin 'Wah Wah' Watson : Guitars

Carlos Santana : Guitar on "Latin Lady"

Bill Summers : Percussion & Congas

Jose 'Chepito' Areas : Timbales

The Waters - Oren Waters, Luther Waters, Julia Tillman Waters & Maxine Willard Waters : Background vocals

Lani Hall : Vocals on "Odara

Gato Barbieri "Ruby, Ruby" (1977) -Smooth Jazz / Latin Jazz-

Label : A&M Records

 1

01 - Ruby (Heinz Roemheld & Mitchell Parish)

02 - Nostalgia (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Latin Reaction (Marvin Gaye)

04 - Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing (Stevie Wonder)

2

01 - Sunride (Gato Barbieri)

02 - Adios (Gato Barbieri)

03 - Blue Angel (Gato Barbieri)

04 - Midnight Tango (Herb Alpert)

Musicians :

Gato Barbieri / Tenor Sax

Lenny White / Drums

Gary King / Bass

Joe Caro / Guitar

David Spinozza / Guitar

Eddy Martinez / Keyboards

Cachete Maldonado / Percussion

Additional Musicians :

Herb Alpert / Trumpet on "Nostalgia"

Bernard Purdie / Drums on "Ruby"

Paulinho Da Costa / Percussion on "Ruby", "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing", "Nostalgia", "Sunride", "Adios" & "Blue Angel"

Lee Ritenour / Guitar on "Nostalgia", "Sunride" & "Ruby"

Joe Clayton / Conga on "Latin Reaction"

Don Grolnick / Organ on "Latin Reaction" & Piano on "Ruby"

Steve Gadd / Drums on "Sunride"

Steve Jordan / Drums on "Adios"

Eddie Guagua / Bass on "Adios"

Chuck Domanico / Bass on "Blue Angel"

Ian Underwood / Synthesizer on "Nostalgia, "Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing" & "Latin Reaction"

Portinho / Percussion on "Adios"

Trumpet & Flugel Horn / Alan Rubin, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Marvin Stamm

Trombone / Wayne Andre, David Taylor, Paul Faulise

French Horn / Peter Gordon, Tom Malone, John Gale

String Contrator / David Nadien

Produced by Herb Alpert

Associate Producer : Michelle Barbieri

Arranged by Jay Chattaway, Garo Barbieri & Herb Alpert

Orchestration : Jay Chattaway

Recorded at :

A&R Recording Studios, New York

Media Sound, New York

A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Engineered by Don Hahn

Assistant Engineers :

Jim Boyer - A&R Recording Studios

John Beverly Jones - A&M Recording Studios

Remixed at The Record Plant, New York & A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M Recording Studios