Chapter One: Latin America

Chapter One: Latin America is a 1973 album by Gato Barbieri. It was recorded and issued in 1973 on Impulse! Records as AS-9248. The album was re-released in 1997 as part of Latino America, a double CD that also included the album Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre along with unreleased tracks.

Reception
In Creem magazine, Robert Christgau said like Barbieri's previous album Bolivia, Chapter One: Latin America is a "recommended introduction to the only jazzman this side of Miles Davis to translate avant-garde into semi-popular without sounding venal". The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating that "this album, like its remaining chapters, makes up one of the great all but forgotten masterpieces in 1970s jazz".

Track listing

 * 1) "Encuentros" 12:28
 * 2) "India" 8:58
 * 3) "La China Leoncia Arreo La Correntinada Trajo Entre La Muchachada La Flor De La Juventud" 13:33
 * Part 1 2:28
 * Part 2 2:45
 * Part 3 4:32
 * Part 4 3:53
 * 1) "Nunca Mas" 5:25
 * 2) "To Be Continued" 2:27


 * All songs by Gato Barbieri, except India by J. Asunción Flores / M. Ortiz Guerrero.

Personnel

 * Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone (1-5)
 * Raul Mercado - quena (1, 2, 3)
 * Amadeo Monges - Indian harp (1, 2, 3)
 * Ricardo Lew - Electric guitar (1, 3)
 * Quelo Palacios - acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3)
 * Isoca Fumero - charango (1, 3)
 * Antonio Pantoja - anapa, erke, siku, quena, erkencho (1, 2, 3)
 * Adalberto Cevasco - Fender bass (1, 2, 3, 4)
 * Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon (4)
 * Domingo Cura - bombo indio (Indian drums) (1, 2, 3)
 * Pocho Lapouble - drums (1, 3)
 * Jorge Padin - percussion (1, 3)
 * El Zurdo Roizner - percussion (1, 2, 3)
 * Osvaldo Bellingieri - piano (4)