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El Pampero is a live album by Argentinian jazz composer and saxophonist Gato Barbieri featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 and first released on the Flying Dutchman label.

The Allmusic review by Shawn M. Haney awarded the album 4 stars and stated: “Gato Barbieri leads his fantastic group of musical friends with hurricane-like flair on his tenor sax. At times surreal and mind-boggling, Barbieri shows just how far one can let the music go to break the borders of jazz, sending his music into fresh and uncharted territory”.

Track listing:
“El Pampero” – 13:44
“Mi Buenos Aires Querido” (Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera) – 6:21
“Brasil” (Aldo Cabral, Benedito Lacerda, Pedro Berrios) – 9:36
“El Arriero” (Atahualpa Yupanqui) – 11:59

Personnel:
Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone, arranger
Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
Chuck Rainey – electric bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Sonny Morgan – congas
Naná Vasconcelos – berimbau, percussion

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Released: 1971
Recorded: June 1971
Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Length: 41:40
Label: Flying Dutchman FD 10151
Producer: Bob Thiele