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Title: Gato Barbieri - El Gato
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1975, Jazz, Latin Jazz and Free Jazz, Rosario, Argentina 8/26
Matrix #: BDL1-1147
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Gato B (32' - 16') | Producer: Bob Thiele
Cultural Facts:

1. Release History: El Gato collects Barbieri’s explosive early-1970s Flying Dutchman recordings, with the previously unreleased title piece joining material drawn from his intensely creative modal-jazz period.
2. Personal Struggle: Barbieri went through a profound creative crisis as he became dissatisfied with simply following the American free-jazz movement, eventually reconnecting his music with his Argentine and broader Latin American identity.
3. Player Spotlight: The sessions feature an extraordinary rotating cast including Stanley Clarke, Ron Carter, Lonnie Liston Smith, John Abercrombie, Airto Moreira, Mtume, and Bernard “Pretty” Purdie.

8/19/26 LM