Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro“Gato”Barbieri passed away recently at 83. When I heard the news, I rummaged through my old tapes and pulled out a cassette of my interview with him, which I did in a ...

To say that I knew Gato Barbieri in a personal way would be an exaggeration—I spent some time with him one afternoon, poolside in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We were both there to perform at the Heineken ...

Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro “Gato” Barbieri, who composed the Grammy-winning music for the steamy Marlon Brando film Last Tango in Paris and recorded dozens of albums over a career spanning more ...

Gato Barbieri, an Argentine-born tenor saxophonist who became one of the first major Latin jazz stars with his steamy, Grammy Award-winning score to the 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris,” died April 2 ...

Mystical yet fiery, passionately romantic yet supremely cool…You hear those first few notes from that instantly recognizable tenor and know you’re in the unique musical world of Gato Barbieri.

Latin jazz saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri has died. He was 83. Barbieri won a Latin Grammy lifetime achievement award last year for his career, which the Latin Recording Academy described as ...

Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, known for his ever-present black fedora, was 83 when he died Saturday. Best known for the soundtrack to the controversial 1972 movie Last Tango In Paris, starring ...

NEW YORK: Latin Jazz saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, who composed the Grammy-winning music for the steamy Marlon Brando film "Last Tango in Paris" and recorded dozens of albums over a career ...

Gato Barbieri was a cool cat. And it wasn’t just his sunglasses and trademark fedora that made you think he had nine lives. It was actually his slinking from club to club in Buenos Aires, scooping up ...

New York hit 90 degrees yesterday with 50% humidity. Though it's summer, the city hasn't really experienced that much heat this summer. At any rate, down came the shades, on went the air conditioning ...

NEW YORK — Latin Jazz saxophonist Leandro ‘‘Gato’’ Barbieri, who composed the Grammy-winning music for the steamy Marlon Brando film ‘‘Last Tango in Paris’’ and recorded dozens of albums over a career ...