🎷 AotW: Jazz AOTW: Gato Barbieri - EUPHORIA (SP-4774)

[Captain Bacardi]

Gato Barbieri
EUPHORIA
A&M SP-4774

Released 1979
Peaked at #11 on the Jazz Album chart and #116 on the Pop Album chart (1979)

Format: Vinyl/8-Track/Cassette

Produced and Arranged by Jay Chattaway
Associate Producer: Michelle Barbieri

Songs:

• 1. Theme From Firepower (Gato Barbieri) - 6:08
  2. Sophia (Gato Barbieri) - 4:36
  3. Carnavalito (Gato Barbieri) - 5:17
  4. Lions Also Cry (Gato Barbieri) - 4:12
  5. Gods And Astronauts (Errare Humanum Est) (Jorge Ben) - 6:59
  6. Secret Fiesta (Gato Barbieri) - 7:05
  7. Speak Low (Weill/Nash) - 6:32

Musicians:
Gato Barbieri - Tenor Sax, Keyboards (5), Percussion, Voice
Neil Jason - Bass (1, 2)
Anthony Jackson - Bass (3, 5, 7)
Ron Carter - Bass (4)
Luico Hopper - Bass (6)
Alan Schartzberg - Drums (1, 2)
Billy Cobham - Drums (3, 5, 6, 7)
Idris Muhammad - Drums (4)
Jeff Layton - Guitar (1, 2)
Lance Quinn - Guitar (1, 2)
Eric Gale - Guitar (3, 6, 7)
David Spinozza - Guitar (4, 5)
Eddie Martinez - Keyboards
Pat Rebillot - Keyboards (1, 2)
Richard Tee - Keyboards (7)
Jimmy Maelen - Percussion
Miguel Valdez-Pomier - Percussion
David Nadien - Concertmaster
Violins: 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
Trumpets: 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

Production Coordinator and Contractor: Christine Martin

Recorded and Mixed at The Power Station, New York, March 1979.
Recording Engineers: Bob Clearmountain and Neil Dorfsman
Assistant Engineers: Ray Wilhard, Jeff Hendrickson and John Rotondi
Additional Recording at Media Sound, New York.
Engineer: Doug Epstein
Mastered at CBS Recording Studios, New York
Mastering Engineer: Vlado Meller

Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: Amy Nagasawa
Photography: Bill King



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Still the worst album Gato ever released. I always thought this should be renamed Nausea. Only "Gods And Astronauts" and "Speak Low" have some redeeming moments but the rest is pure fluff. This is not what Gato was about.

 

[LPJim]

...moving forward to SP 4775 .....

 

[Dave]

Ahhh, here's Gato w/ the New York City music world's toughest cops!

Sadly, the production is thin, the formula is worn out, and both, individually & collectively Gato, and the band don't quite have that punch...!


-- Dave