My father played tenor sax in bands. After my mother passed away, he lived alone in his home. He would turn this song to full volume on his stereo and tell me that it brought tears because he felt that Gato had captured so much emotion in it. When one of my sons got married last year, the dj unexpectedly played this track and I felt my dad's presence surrounding me.
My father played this full blast then Past... now whenever I play... I feel the memories and tear everytime... I play full blast and reminse that past!
Morgan 8/2018 Gato Barbieri's version of Europa is my very best favorite of them all. His way of playing smooth jazz does something to me that only my Lord's presence can surpass. i can hear Europa over and over non-stopped.
It is wonderful when after many years you continue listening to a masterful piece like this and it still suggests you liking it like the first time; I think that happens when something is done with the heart so that it lasts in eternity. thank you Gato Barbieri (RIP), thank you Carlos Santana ..
42 people don't like this music they must be from another planet....A truly masterpiece by Gato Barbieri....Thanks for bringing us this special music...(RIP) A true Legend...
My Mom and Dads first dance was to this song...how I can feel their love and imagine how they danced to it with one another. How I miss my Father so much...wishing what he would tell me of his memories and what it was like at their wedding from his perspective. Miss you Dad ❤️
Shhhhh❗❗❗ Don't tell nobody but one of my kids is a Gato baby. Yup. The CD was on repeat. Stop laughing so loud❗ Someone will hear you. Don't act like we're the only ones either. Oh please.😒 R.I.P. Gato.😇You will always be a gift to the world. Thank you for the gift to my husband and I, our child who is a musical genius. What a Blessing❗❗❗
The must sensual music in the world...Your mind can fly away into lost sentiments,it makes me cry,but I cant stop listenig over and over again.Gato Barbieri is the best,he puts all his heart into it.
I lived on the west coast of the Big Island of Hi in the early 90's, building mega custom houses, and the DJ (back before they played a garbage list of 5 songs) would sign off his show everyday at a few minutes to 6pm with this song. I made sure that all my boys left before me so I could drive back into Kona, and cry like a baby while watching the sun set into the ocean! listening to this song, either , Carlos or Gato!!! 30 years later, it still makes me cry!
I agree. Do you know which album the version posted here, above, at around 7:00 comes from? I'm looking for the CD with this particular "take" by Gato. Many Thanks if you know.
It seems like I am still listen to him know at 70 yrs old am and if God give me to life am so glad that I can still listen to him at my home on my smart tv
@@stanmuir6034 Quite right. I was referring to the playing of it and perhaps some ‘Mary Jane’ was involved! I even have this track as my mobile ring tone.
Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart dear Gato ...... you'll never know how much this means to me and has done for decades, lots of love Sue xxxxxxxxx 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
lisa lala the first time i hear this the tears wouldn't stop fallen a magnificent piece Carlos Santana composed this piece he got the perfect person to do this Gato aka the Cat
Yesss....the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I feel it in my soul, my heart, my core. I'm so sorry he's gone from us. I would've loved to see him in concert. Earth's Cry, (tears) Heaven's Smile (blessed). RIH
I completely understand I can play it note for note ,but that's my passion . another baddass song is Harlem nocturne, it was a blessing to learn the song
I loved this song when I first heard Carlos's version, then I heard Gato's version Wow! Both are great! I have always looked up to Carlos & Gato, both grew up poor, same as myself. We appreciate quality music and value what we worked so hard for. I guess this song is like my life in so many ways. Yes, I made it with Gods help. I have never forgotten where I came from, I help all those that I can and give back what God has blessed me with.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever ... first time I heard it, I was brought to tears and that has only happened with hymns ... and to this day, it still has near the same affect ...
Mark, I still cry when I hear this song.........it has got to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I have to make myself stop hitting repeat when I listen to this song.
Sitting here thinking about life!! Letting the sax take me away into happiness giving me a melody that is described in the notes! Wanting to fly away feeling the beauty in the artistic expression felt in this erotic love song crying out with nothing left to give!!
I fell in love with this song from Gato Barbieri the first time I heard it.about 30 yrs ago....still love it to this day...very passionate, sensual, hypnotizing..... it takes my breath away....
I was so lucky to see Gato play Europa in Redondo Beach in CA. I was in the front row and fell in love with this amazing man. He played this song about 5 ft Infront of me...The most sexy song I ever heard... I have never forgotten that moment...
Love this song. I was introduced to Goto when I was playing in West Palm Beach, Fla. in the. 80s and played this song almost at every gig I played after that. Beautiful, takes you home.
listening to this on my way home ......... I wanna drive home with the city lights shining through the beads of rain drops on my windshield. .....wet roads shining with the back drop of city lights. On my way home to the one I Love ❤️
Ah! Gato Barbieri... sei andato.... peccato!!! Questa musica porta qualcuno o qualcuna al cielo... o al di là del cielo!!!!! Buone vacanze Gato Barbieri.
Just sensational music, i cannot stop listening to it, it just transport me into another time in my life (a good very good time) where listening to Europa was everything , it makes you experience sad but happy thoughts and feeling , its difficult to explain !!!!!
Para mí es un orgullo y una dicha escucharlo todas las noches,amo el saxo y a sido un referente muy importante de mi país,siempre en el recuerdo.Estes donde estés tu música vivirá.
Era una sera come tante e io uscivo con la mia ragazza e dal cruscotto della macchina si udiva questa musica: io e Anna ci guardammo fissi negli occhi e dalle nostre labbra uscì la stessa frase: ti amo.... sicuramente le note del Sax del Maestro Gato ci aiutarono a tirare fuori quelle parole che per timidezza non uscivano mai^ Ci mancherai Gato Barbieri, uomo del Sax e dei sogni d'amore per noi amanti! Riposa in pace e quando verrò nel mondo delle ombre spero proprio che tu sia lì a suonare il tuo Sax insieme a tanti altri grandi della musica!
I remember this song as the lead-in for "Philadelphia After Dark"", on WJJZ 106.1 FM Philadelphia in the late 80's. Michael Tozzi was one of the DJ's back then, one of the classic radio voices of our area and era. This video is so evocative, I have been to many cities in Europe, but have never been to Riga, a city that was so torn by The War and Soviet occupation, but it has arisen from all that strife, and seems so much for the better. This makes me want to go there some day...
Went to Temple University in Philly between 89-93. Heard this song and fell in love with it immediately. It somehow took me to a place I had not been to yet as a young woman. How that was possible I will never know. This is still the most sensual work of art I have listened to. RIP Gato and thank you for the love you shared with us.
It also served as the opener for evening FM jazz in Cleveland. I knew when I tuned in that no other piece would surpass this work during that night's programming. Every. Single. Time. It stands in a category of its own.
Since I first heard this jam ..I fell n love n didn't know the name nor the artist name ..i just keep recording it on my tapes..took the tape to a music store to know who it was..n I bought it on CD then!!!..My SON loves it too..play it over n over!!💞🎶💞🎶💞🎶
Carlos Leal YES Carlos, the Great and Irreplaceable Gato. I may Not Ever have that night again, but 'at the very least,' and whenever I want to go back in time to that night (if only in my head), all I have to do is click "Play" on here.. :( :( Ty...
+JAYROB BRUTUS....I think if you're just "holding" her hand while this is playing, then you're behind The 8 Ball....This is some...softly kissing her lips, neck & ears while you slowly make your way down to her...well, I think you know where we are at this point...continue slowly kissing and gently biting every inch of her nude body as you're moving down past her stomach, then to her navel, moving down until you reach the most sensitive area of her anatomy...type of music...Give me some...Thumbs up..!!!!!
Desde Caracas Venezuela su interpretación de Europa es de lo mejor en su genero de Jazz balada gracias por este regalo musical Gato que se escuchara por siempre
Ufff . Rolón la bailamos mi mujer y yo en nuestros 25 años de casados y luego cuando se casó mi hijo Alejandro , En 1976' ví en concierto al gato y desde entonces a la fecha , musicaso ,!!!
My father played tenor sax in bands. After my mother passed away, he lived alone in his home. He would turn this song to full volume on his stereo and tell me that it brought tears because he felt that Gato had captured so much emotion in it. When one of my sons got married last year, the dj unexpectedly played this track and I felt my dad's presence surrounding me.
Ive seen Gato in concert 6x, still love this talented man!
Tom Miele oh so nice and wonderful
I totally agree, pure beautiful emotion, I even like the way it hurts!
My father played this full blast then Past... now whenever I play... I feel the memories and tear everytime... I play full blast and reminse that past!
I understand all you say, Tom... ALLLLL Best to you.
He plays with such soul. By far one of the sexiest songs ever.
Morgan 8/2018
Gato Barbieri's version of Europa is my very best favorite of them all. His way of playing smooth jazz does something to me that only my Lord's presence can surpass. i can hear Europa over and over non-stopped.
It is wonderful when after many years you continue listening to a masterful piece like this and it still suggests you liking it like the first time; I think that happens when something is done with the heart so that it lasts in eternity.
thank you Gato Barbieri (RIP), thank you Carlos Santana ..
42 people don't like this music they must be from another planet....A truly masterpiece by Gato Barbieri....Thanks for bringing us this special music...(RIP)
A true Legend...
Those who gave a thumbs down, are other jealous sax players who will never match Gato. So they try to pull him down.
Gato would always be a living legend thanks for this beautiful music
Kudos to Santana....
THE MOST ROMANTIC DANCE EVER PLAYED....
My dad first heard this song in the 80’s and said it was the most beautiful song he ever heard
Santana’s version is excellent, but Gato’s is out of this world, I have no words to describe it 🎼👍🏻👏🏻!!!
And Santana wrote this song. When they played together---magestic.
My Mom and Dads first dance was to this song...how I can feel their love and imagine how they danced to it with one another. How I miss my Father so much...wishing what he would tell me of his memories and what it was like at their wedding from his perspective. Miss you Dad ❤️
Shhhhh❗❗❗ Don't tell nobody but one of my kids is a Gato baby. Yup. The CD was on repeat. Stop laughing so loud❗ Someone will hear you. Don't act like we're the only ones either. Oh please.😒
R.I.P. Gato.😇You will always be a gift to the world. Thank you for the gift to my husband and I, our child who is a musical genius. What a Blessing❗❗❗
The must sensual music in the world...Your mind can fly away into lost sentiments,it makes me cry,but I cant stop listenig over and over again.Gato Barbieri is the best,he puts all his heart into it.
Esther, I agree with you ,but I must confess I'm a paul hardcastle fan to the max. but, this very beautiful tune. peace and love, enjoy all music.
Love this ,l loved him , this brings my soul out and always will do thanku gato rip you lovely sensual man xxx
Nada suena como su saxo. Gracias Gato
I lived on the west coast of the Big Island of Hi in the early 90's, building mega custom houses, and the DJ (back before they played a garbage list of 5 songs) would sign off his show everyday at a few minutes to 6pm with this song. I made sure that all my boys left before me so I could drive back into Kona, and cry like a baby while watching the sun set into the ocean! listening to this song, either , Carlos or Gato!!! 30 years later, it still makes me cry!
Master of musicianship. This is the epitome of musical beauty. This version of this composition will stand on its own forever.
I agree. Do you know which album the version posted here, above, at around 7:00 comes from? I'm looking for the CD with this particular "take" by Gato. Many Thanks if you know.
It seems like I am still listen to him know at 70 yrs old am and if God give me to life am so glad that I can still listen to him at my home on my smart tv
I am 64 and have never seen any other sax player who could have created this masterpiece. Different level of consciousness.
Gato didn't create it, Santana did!
@@stanmuir6034 Quite right. I was referring to the playing of it and perhaps some ‘Mary Jane’ was involved! I even have this track as my mobile ring tone.
Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart dear Gato ...... you'll never know how much this means to me and has done for decades, lots of love Sue xxxxxxxxx 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
The most beautiful piece of music...I've adored this version for years. RIP Mr. Barbieri, fly high in the Heavens. Much love.
lisa lala you're the best
lisa lala the first time i hear this the tears wouldn't stop fallen a magnificent piece Carlos Santana composed this piece he got the perfect person to do this Gato aka the Cat
lisa lala their another piece Carlos Santana composed for gato it's called The Woman I Remember magnificent piece
ほんとにその通りですね。このバージョンはもっともすばらしい。珠玉の音楽。
Lisa LaFreniere ☹️
Love this saxophone!!
Yesss....the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I feel it in my soul, my heart, my core. I'm so sorry he's gone from us. I would've loved to see him in concert. Earth's Cry, (tears) Heaven's Smile (blessed). RIH
I started listening to Gato Barbieri when I was 18, I'm now 66 years old.
My Wife"s Favorite Tune , SO HEART BREAKING , I Really Miss Her . R.I.P.
I feel your pain bro. Love from London England. Be well.
One of the best jazz numbers ever. He makes the sax talk in the most sensuous way. Brilliant!
einfach genial
I completely understand I can play it note for note ,but that's my passion . another baddass song is Harlem nocturne, it was a blessing to learn the song
+Kennie Campbell blufunksaxman@gmail com please find the feelings even a sad song
+Randi Ferrell Vazquez El Gato is a Master in seduction and passion !
Thank you Carlos for your mastery.
What a fantastic ambassador from Argentina he was with is sax! Made me proud
I loved this song when I first heard Carlos's version, then I heard Gato's version Wow! Both are great! I have always looked up to Carlos & Gato, both grew up poor, same as myself. We appreciate quality music and value what we worked so hard for. I guess this song is like my life in so many ways. Yes, I made it with Gods help. I have never forgotten where I came from, I help all those that I can and give back what God has blessed me with.
Gato Barbieri version is most better and sad and romantic.
@@patrickraymondvergar He had more years. Even though Carlos Santana wrote this song listeners segue into Gato's version.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever ... first time I heard it, I was brought to tears and that has only happened with hymns ... and to this day, it still has near the same affect ...
Mark, I still cry when I hear this song.........it has got to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I have to make myself stop hitting repeat when I listen to this song.
This is that one emotion you search for in music, he captured it perfectly to the point it gives me goosebumps! RIP Gato...your music lives on!
I had no idea he was gone:( You pay way more attention than i..
Sitting here thinking about life!! Letting the sax take me away into happiness giving me a melody that is described in the notes! Wanting to fly away feeling the beauty in the artistic expression felt in this erotic love song crying out with nothing left to give!!
I first started listening to gato when I was 16 years old I'm now 60years old
Me too
me too, but and get 40 years old, my father listening this song before get passed away in the 2000
I bought a cassette tape of him when I was 20, now I’m almost 65. Cleaning up because we’re moving and saw my tape. “Europa” the best. 👏👏👏
The most sad, yet romantic song I will listen to forever. Thank you. Gato.
I fell in love with this song from Gato Barbieri the first time I heard it.about 30 yrs ago....still love it to this day...very passionate, sensual, hypnotizing.....
it takes my breath away....
When music is in your blood, this is communication of emotion. Gato Barbieri is a master communicator. So much more than passion in this performance.
Have listened to this piece and others so many times, music at it's finest.
This is THE PERFECT love song, and one of my ALL TIME favorite songs. "Thank You".
I was so lucky to see Gato play Europa in Redondo Beach in CA. I was in the front row and fell in love with this amazing man. He played this song about 5 ft Infront of me...The most sexy song I ever heard... I have never forgotten that moment...
Love this song. I was introduced to Goto when I was playing in West Palm Beach, Fla. in the. 80s and played this song almost at every gig I played after that. Beautiful, takes you home.
Can't get enough of this song its so awesome I love the way hr plays
listening to this on my way home ......... I wanna drive home with the city lights shining through the beads of rain drops on my windshield. .....wet roads shining with the back drop of city lights. On my way home to the one I Love ❤️
Thank You Mr. Barbieri!!~~
The heavens must have the most beautiful sounds!~~
Absolutely "Priceless!"~~~
This sound just made me cry... Tears of joy.
The most beautiful n romantic love making music ever recorded. R.I.P.
One of my favorite songs. So appropriate at this time of heartache and fear. Love you Europa❤️
The ultimate love making song!
BIG, IMMORTAL, NUMBER ONE GATO BARBIERI, THE BEST SAXMAN OF EVER!!
Gato and Santana together is incredibly awesome!
The most romantic song .....you can feel it....
Ah! Gato Barbieri... sei andato.... peccato!!! Questa musica porta qualcuno o qualcuna al cielo... o al di là del cielo!!!!! Buone vacanze Gato Barbieri.
simply the most beautiful piece of music iv'e ever heard ,touches your soul thank you gato & carlos
Love this beautiful music!!!!
Just sensational music, i cannot stop listening to it, it just transport me into another time in my life (a good very good time) where listening to Europa was everything , it makes you experience sad but happy thoughts and feeling , its difficult to explain !!!!!
I agree with u completely!!
whenever I am going through it with my man I listen to this and Butter by Boney James!! Transports me to another place!!
i stop everything i am doing,when gato plays!! i get the chills
Beautiful
I'm 66 and still obsessed with this beautiful masterpiece. Update: It's now 2023 and I'm 68 and still reveling in this beautiful, romantic song.❤😊.
I am 66 too. Feel the same way.
j'ai 66 ans , j'ai les larmes qui me viennent
im 76, still love it more every time i hear it.
The best and most sensual song i have heard in a very very long time...
So much passion and feeling.
i would like to dance this song very smoothly with some beautiful lady on my arms by the Paris night on the top deck of a yacht cruising sena river...
Then you should do it... !
Beautiful music
I think than gato Barbieri has been the Best saxophon man of every times
BEAUTIFUL..........
Beautiful ... Thank you for this Masterpiece... Love you Guys
Desde Rosario,República Argentina,a orillas del Paraná,tu ciudad;la Patria te recuerda.
THE EFFECTS WAS AWESOME
que otgullo que seas argentino....bien romantico.
Para mí es un orgullo y una dicha escucharlo todas las noches,amo el saxo y a sido un referente muy importante de mi país,siempre en el recuerdo.Estes donde estés tu música vivirá.
He was from my country Argentina I love him
eternal music , love it
Visually and musically perfect!
Beautiful!
Brilliant! Best Jazz
Era una sera come tante e io uscivo con la mia ragazza e dal cruscotto della macchina si udiva questa musica: io e Anna ci guardammo fissi negli occhi e dalle nostre labbra uscì la stessa frase: ti amo.... sicuramente le note del Sax del Maestro Gato ci aiutarono a tirare fuori quelle parole che per timidezza non uscivano mai^ Ci mancherai Gato Barbieri, uomo del Sax e dei sogni d'amore per noi amanti! Riposa in pace e quando verrò nel mondo delle ombre spero proprio che tu sia lì a suonare il tuo Sax insieme a tanti altri grandi della musica!
one of the most passionate songs ever!!!!!
I LOVE This Song I Cant Stop Listening To IT.
I remember this song as the lead-in for "Philadelphia After Dark"", on WJJZ 106.1 FM Philadelphia in the late 80's. Michael Tozzi was one of the DJ's back then, one of the classic radio voices of our area and era. This video is so evocative, I have been to many cities in Europe, but have never been to Riga, a city that was so torn by The War and Soviet occupation, but it has arisen from all that strife, and seems so much for the better. This makes me want to go there some day...
Philly guy also & remember it too.
+Angelo Veneziano Glad you were out there at that time, too. Peace:)
Yes, I love the song too. It opened up WJJZ to a brand new plight. Finally, I have a chance to listen to it in its entirety.
Went to Temple University in Philly between 89-93. Heard this song and fell in love with it immediately. It somehow took me to a place I had not been to yet as a young woman. How that was possible I will never know. This is still the most sensual work of art I have listened to. RIP Gato and thank you for the love you shared with us.
It also served as the opener for evening FM jazz in Cleveland. I knew when I tuned in that no other piece would surpass this work during that night's programming. Every. Single. Time. It stands in a category of its own.
Brings me great memories of a early age now at 77 its those memories that fuel me
Since I first heard this jam ..I fell n love n didn't know the name nor the artist name ..i just keep recording it on my tapes..took the tape to a music store to know who it was..n I bought it on CD then!!!..My SON loves it too..play it over n over!!💞🎶💞🎶💞🎶
The most beautiful song ever played on a Saxophone and played beautifully by Gato.
Gato - RIP, hombre. Beautiful music ...
This song takes sexually to a new hight. Thank you Gato!
TRUE THAT! It moves all in including your body and soul! God bless Gato for his splendid gifts and giving them to us
Grandeeee Gato. en ese Espectacular tema Europa. . Desde el Rio de La Plata Argentina Aplauso eterno Capoo...
que increible sonido !! GATO
Every time I listen to this music it reminds me of someone very special in another❤❤❤ country
Incredibly beautiful Gato :)
Toi tu c'est exprimer ce qu'il y ya dans les gens (j'allais dire personne). Tu c'est le faire avec poésie, ce qui est rare, nous pensons. Merci à toi.
Know Exactly where I was, and with whom. Now many years ago. But thankful for this, it's always Yesterday.
the great gato. #1
Carlos Leal YES Carlos, the Great and Irreplaceable Gato. I may Not Ever have that night again, but 'at the very least,' and whenever I want to go back in time to that night (if only in my head), all I have to do is click "Play" on here.. :( :(
Ty...
its been 20 years and i cannot find anybbody to top him, thank god i enjoyed him for all these years
😢
Thank you for posting this. I have always loved this version, as much as the original Santana version. And your city looks beautiful.
Listen to this song several times a night...gives me chillla
The most amazing song 🎵 and amazing festival of lights...👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
This song can make you cry even though it has no words. Just sit and quietly listen and you will see.
HAVE NOT HEARD BETTER---------RIP
It doesn't get any better than this........R.I.P. Gato.
When I hear this song, it bring so much memories when I was my ex husband. Listening to this music is so beautiful, but so painful. Love
If you're holding her hands while this is playing you're almost there. Another timeless wonder..
JAYROB BRUTUS your a romantic at heart arent you?
+JAYROB BRUTUS....I think if you're just "holding" her hand while this is playing, then you're behind The 8 Ball....This is some...softly kissing her lips, neck & ears while you slowly make your way down to her...well, I think you know where we are at this point...continue slowly kissing and gently biting every inch of her nude body as you're moving down past her stomach, then to her navel, moving down until you reach the most sensitive area of her anatomy...type of music...Give me some...Thumbs up..!!!!!
+Shalom Chaverim....So am I, but in my version, I picked up the pace a little bit...Smiling....Wink, wink....
+TheFallinOfficer971 Amen!!
What does this lovely tune mean I play it over and over
The day winding down and nightfalls for sheer relaxation 🍷🍷🎤🎺🎼🎹🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Beautiful music. Gato was a master of jazz.
Rest in peace gato Barbieri You are the best
The Most Romantic Song I've EVER Heard!!!! My Favorite by GATO!!
the sexiest music ever!
20代の頃、disco通いしてた時に必ずチークTime時、サンタナの「哀愁のヨーロッパ」は、必ずかかりましたねぇ👌40年以上前の青春時代🎉🎉
El Maestro.................... AT WORK!!
Great
Great Saxophone Player , Great Music
Beautiful Santana song from way back :)
ADIOS GATO BARBIERI TU SAXO SONARA ENDULZANDO LOS OIDOS DE DIOS CUAL LA LIRA DE ORFEO!!!!!!
Desde Caracas Venezuela su interpretación de Europa es de lo mejor en su genero de Jazz balada gracias por este regalo musical Gato que se escuchara por siempre
It’s a beautiful piece of music,
Ufff . Rolón la bailamos mi mujer y yo en nuestros 25 años de casados y luego cuando se casó mi hijo Alejandro ,
En 1976' ví en concierto al gato y desde entonces a la fecha , musicaso ,!!!
Takes my breath Away!!!!!!!°°°°°°°