Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri was an Argentinian jazz saxophonist who recorded more
than 35 albums between 1967 and 1982 and straddled jazz genres from smooth jazz
to experimental free jazz.
Born in Rosario in 1932, Barbieri moved to Buenos Aires in 1947 where he became
part of Lalo Schifrin's orchestra. As the 1950s unfolded, Barbieri started his
own band and moved between Rome, Buenos Aires and New York.
It was in New York in the 1960s that he teamed up with Don Cherry while both
were under the influence of the new free jazz movement, and Cherry was playing
in Ornette Coleman...