Gato Barbieri, a fiery tenor saxophonist born in Argentina whose Latin-jazz approach on albums and in film could stir up moods ranging from steamy seduction to frenzied passion, died on April 2. He was 83.
Influenced by the spiritual free-jazz of John Coltrane and Coltrane's disciples in the 1960s and hard-charging abandon of Sonny Rollins in the 1970s, …
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