Gato Barbieri

The jazz critics' appraisal of Barbieri -- that his talent has decayed woefully under Herb
Alpert's direction -- is overstated but to the point. Such a vulgar Hollywood sharpie as
Alpert, former leader of the Tijuana Brass, is hardly the man to be producing Barbieri.
Believing, apparently, that he has a new Stan Getz in this Argentine tenor saxophonist,
Alpert has set Barbieri up as a purveyor of disco-cum-make-out music. Lavish stri... More >