Fenix

Remastered reissue of 1971 album. Packaged in a digipak reproduction of the original artwork. The manic album that won him fame on college campuses in the early 70s. 8 tracks. Featuring Nana Vasconcelos, Lonnie Liston Smith & Ron Carter and others.

24bit Digitally remastered with restored original artwork.

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From: Amazon
Posted: Mar-04-2007

First Love

After thirty years without Gato, I've returned to my first love. "Fenix" was all the rage on college campuses in 1972. It's the first jazz album I ever listened to. I'm not sure why Gato has been shut out of the jazz canon. I find very few written sources mentioning his music. I gather that the...

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Posted: Feb-20-2007

The Cat, before he went "smooth"!

Gato's first US recordings were with leaders of the N.Y. "free jazz" avant garde in the late '60's, (Don Cherry, Carla Bley) and his use of "screech" tones in the high end of his horn's range concealed an essentially romantic conception. By "Phenix" he had gotten more comfortable in bringing...