Under Fire (album) explained

Under Fire
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gato Barbieri
Cover:	Under Fire (album).jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	1971 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:19
Label:	Flying Dutchman FD 10156
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Gato Barbieri
Prev Title:	El Pampero
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Last Tango in Paris
Next Year:	1972

Under Fire is an album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded in New York in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label in 1973.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Under Fire is Gato Barbieri in his early-'70s prime, when the Argentinean tenorman's transition from the avant-garde to exploring his South American continental routes still hadn't passed beyond the pale into flaccid fusion".

Track listing

1. "El Parana" (Gato Barbieri) – 8:58
2. " Yo le Canto a la Luna" (Atahualpa Yupanqui) – 4:49
3. "Antonico" (Ismael Silva) – 3:48
4. "Maria Domingas" (Jorge Ben) – 9:28
5. "El Sertao" (Gato Barbieri, Sérgio Ricardo) – 8:16

Personnel

• Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Lonnie Liston Smith – piano, electric piano
• John Abercrombie – guitar, electric guitar
  • Stanley Clarke – bass Roy Haynes – drums
• James Mtume – congas
• Airto Moreira – percussion, drums
• Moulay Ali Hafid – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/flyingdutchman.pdf Flying Dutchman Label Discography
2. http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/G/GatoBarbieri/UnderFire_x.html Gato Barbieri discography