Gato barbieri biography of michael

Born Leandro Barbieri, November 28, 1934, Rosario, Argentina; wife Michelle' nicknamed "Gato", Spanish for cat. Considered a political activist for the Latin American albums on Impulse! Records. Resided in Argentina, New York and Rome.

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Education: Studied clarinet at age 12; private lessons for alto sax, composition and clarinet for five years before switching to tenor sax. Addresses: Record company--Columbia Records, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10019.

By combining the experimental jazz styles of the 1960s and his own Latin roots, Gato Barbieri has etched a place for himself in the music world as an individual character well known in Europe and the Americas.

Critics have compared Barbieri with both John Coltrane and his contemporary Pharoah Sanders; but the tenorman would prefer to be likened to the rock group Santana and Motown R&B singer Marvin Gaye instead. "When I play, I try to sing without words," says the man made internationally famous for his score on the con