Gato Barbieri - Standards Lost and Found 2

Previously unreleased 1968 recording by cult Argentinian saxophonist Gato Barbieri for Record Store Day 2025. Limited edition 2LP set pressed on 180g premium vinyl - cut and pressed by Pallas Group, Germany. Gatefold sleeve with 12 size booklet, each copy hand-numbered + hand-glued photo on cover.

A rare and little-known previously unreleased session by Gato Barbieri playing standards as opposed to his widely known work within Latin and free form jazz. Recorded in Rome during Spring 1968, together with Franco D'Andrea on piano, Giovanni Tommaso on bass, and Pepito Pignatelli on drums.

This release fills a gap in Barbieri's discography. The artist we met in his first work as a leader, In Search Of The Mystery (1967), moved in the realm of pure improvisation, going in the direction of the spirituality of Albert Ayler and Pharoah Sanders. In the Roman sessions presented here, however, Barbieri recovers his original matrix deeply rooted in the language of John Coltrane and, in part, in that of early Ornette Coleman. To some extent it is a completely new Barbieri that emerges from these recordings. - Marco Giorgi

These tunes are magnificent. 'Round Midnight gives me the chills! I feel as though Gato has never left us. - Laura Barbieri

Gato Barbieri: saxophone
Franco D'Andrea: piano
Giovanni Tommaso: bass
Pepito Pignatelli: drums