The Third World
is the initial session that mixed
Gato Barbieri
's
free jazz
tenor playing with
Latin
and Brazilian influences. It's also the album that brought
Barbieri
positive attention from the college crowds of the late '60s. He would expand on this musical combination with his next few
Flying Dutchman
releases as well as his first recordings for the
Impulse!
label. The records made between 1969 through 1974 find
creating a danceable yet fiery combination of South American rhythms and
forcefulness. Strangely, once
signed with
A&M
, he began making commercial records geared to fans of
Herb Alpert
, sounding nothing like his earlier albums. ~ Al Campbell