Gato Barbieri

Gato Barbieri (1932-2016) was an Argentine tenor saxophonist born in Rosario. After early work with Lalo Schifrin and with Don Cherry's free jazz groups in the 1960s, he developed a big tenor sound and turned to Latin American rhythms. He is best known for his Grammy-winning score for Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972). Barbieri played on Don Cherry's Blue Note albums Complete Communion and Symphony for Improvisers (both 1966).