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Tropic Appetites is a jazz album by Carla Bley released in 1974, following her debut Escalator over the Hill. The lyrics are contributed by Bley's friend Paul Haines, based on his journeys to Southeast Asia in the preceding years.
Apr 18, 2020 · Joining them are tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri, multi-reedist Howard Johnson, Dave (credited as David) Holland, Michael Mantler on trumpet, Paul Motian on drums, and Toni Marcus on violin and viola.
Using just a relatively small core of musicians (Paul Motian, Gato Barbieri, Dave Holland, Michael Mantler, Bley herself, and Julie Tippets and Howard Johnson on vocals) and filling up a single LP instead of three, Bley's compositions are nevertheless dense, complex, and very much in the style (if not the scope) of what she had composed for ...
Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spanish for "cat".
Tropic Appetites, an Album by Carla Bley. Released in 1974 on Watt (catalog no. WATT 1; Vinyl LP). Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz. Rated #238 in the best albums of 1974. Featured peformers: Julie Tippetts (voice), Gato Barbieri (tenor saxophone, percussion), Howard Johnson (voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass ...
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Aug 22, 2021 · This review will likely be half gushing over Carla Bley's compositional and organizational genius, and half gushing over the undersung talent of tenor saxophonist Gato Barbieri. Besides, those are the album's two greatest strengths.
Jan 6, 1998 · A challenging work with a jumpy, eccentric surface and murky depths." – The New York Times. Very hip band: Julie (Driscoll) Tippetts, Gato Barbieri, Howard Johnson, Dave Holland, Paul Motian…
