Although our ongoing obsession with the Incas and Andean civilizations may be the cause of this, Gato Barbieri's "Tupac Amaru" is now one of our favorite "Latin jazz" compositions. Gato Barbieri was a master of playing in a more "free style" while his sidemen remained grounded in less free structure. And while the song does not sound particularly Andean, one can interpret Gato's wailing as the last laments of an Inca emperor or the rebellion of Tupac Amaru II.
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