Gary Bartz
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 Gary Bartz with McCoy Tyner, at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam, 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 26, 1940 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | Alto saxophone Soprano saxophone |
Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland)[1] is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.
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[edit] Biography
Bartz' break into the music industry came when filling in with Art Blakey's band at Bartz' father's club in Baltimore. Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and The Juilliard School. He has worked with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, and Jackie McLean. His group the "Ntu Troop" combined soul, funk, the music of Africa, hard bop, and avant-garde jazz.[1]
In the liner notes to his 1994 album The Red and Orange Poems, Jazz critic Stanley Crouch calls Bartz "one of the very best who has ever picked up the instrument".
In 2005 he won a Grammy Award for playing on McCoy Tyner's album Illuminations.[1]
He currently teaches at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music when not touring.
[edit] Discography
[edit] As leader
| Year | Album | Label | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Libra | Milestone Records | Kenny Barron, Jimmy Owens |
| 1968 | Another Earth | Milestone | Charles Tolliver, Pharoah Sanders, Stanley Cowell, Reggie Workman, Freddie Waits |
| 1969 | Home | Milestone | Woody Shaw, Albert Dailey, Bob Cunningham, Rashied Ali |
| 1970 | Harlem Bush Music - Taifa | Milestone | Nat Bettis, Andy Bey, Harold White |
| 1971 | Harlem Bush Music - Uhuru | Milestone | Ron Carter, Juini Booth, Nat Bettis, Andy Bey |
| 1972 | Juju Street Songs | Prestige Records | Stafford James, Harvey Mason |
| 1972 | Follow the Medicine Man | Prestige | Hector Centeno, Hubert Eaves III, Andy Bey |
| 1973 | I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies | Prestige | Stafford James, Howard King |
| 1973 | Singerella: A Ghetto Fairy Tale | Prestige | Hector Centeno, Howard King, Hubert Eaves III, James Benjamin, Kenneth Nash, Maynard Parker |
| 1973 | Altissimo | Nippon Phillips | Charlie Mariano, Jackie McLean, Lee Konitz, Joachim Kühn, Han Bennink, Palle Danielsson |
| 1975 | The Shadow Do! | Prestige[2] | Hubert Eaves III, Michael Henderson, Reggie Lucas, James Mtume, Howard King |
| 1975 | Dance of Magic: Live at the Nemu Jazz Inn | Cobblestone Records | Eddie Henderson, Norman Connors, Elmer Gibson, Reggie Workman |
| 1976 | Juju Man | Catalyst Records | Curtis Robertson, Howard King, Charles Mims, Syreeta |
| 1977 | Music Is My Sanctuary | Capitol Records | Syreeta Wright, Mizell Brothers |
| 1978 | Love Affair | Capitol | Wah Wah Watson, Dorothy Ashby, Welton Gite, Bill Summers, George Cables, Wade Marcus |
| 1978 | Love Song | VJ International | George Cables, Curtis Robinson, Howard King, Rita Greene |
| 1980 | Bartz | Arista Records | Howard King, Hubert Eaves III |
| 1988 | Monsoon | SteepleChase Records | Butch Lacy, Billy Hart, Clint Houston |
| 1988 | Reflections of Monk: The Final Frontier | Steeplechase | Bob Butta, Geoff Harper, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson |
| 1990 | West 42nd Street | Candid Records | Claudio Roditi, John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Al Foster |
| 1990 | There Goes the Neighborhood (Live) | Candid | Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley |
| 1991 | Shadows | Timeless Records[3] | Benny Green, Christian McBride, Victor Lewis, Willie Williams |
| 1994 | Episode One Children of Harlem | Challenge Records | Larry Willis, Ben Riley, Buster Williams |
| 1994 | Red & Orange Poems | Atlantic Records | Dave Holland, Mulgrew Miller, Eddie Henderson |
| 1995 | Alto Memories | Verve Records[4] | Sonny Fortune, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Jack DeJohnette |
| 1996 | Blues Chronicles: Tales of Life | Atlantic Records | Tom Williams, George Colligan, James King, Greg Bandy, Jon Hendricks, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone, Dennis Chambers |
| 1999 | Live @ the Jazz Standard, Vol. 1 | Soulstice[5] | Barney McAll, Greg Bandy, Kenny Davis |
| 2001 | The Montreal Concert (Live) | SM | Peter Leitch |
| 2005 | Soprano Stories | James King, Greg Bandy, George Cables, John Hicks |
[edit] As sideman
- Say My Friend (1977)[6]
With Gene Ammons
- Goodbye (1975)
With Donald Byrd
- Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
- Caricatures (1976)
With Norman Connors
- Invitation
- Slewfoot
- This is Your Life
- Invitation
- Love from the Sun
With Miles Davis
With Antonio Hart
- Don't You Know That I Care (1992)
With Phyllis Hyman
With Barney McAll
- Release The Day (2001)
With Grachan Moncur III
- Exploration (2004)
With Alphonse Mouzon
- Virtue (1976)
With Rare Silk
- New Weave
With Pharoah Sanders
With Woody Shaw
- Blackstone Legacy (1970)
- Rosewood (1977)
- For Sure! (1980)
- United (1981)
With Sphere
- Sphere (1987) - Verve Records
With Charles Tolliver
- Paper Man (1969) - Black Lion Records
With McCoy Tyner
- Expansions (1968)
- Cosmos (1970)
- Extensions (1970)
- Asante (1970)
- Sama Layuca (1974)
- Focal Point (1976)
- Looking Out (1982)
- Dimensions (1984)
- McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (1999)
- Illuminations (2004)
With Chip White
- Harlem Sunset (Postcards Records, with Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Claudio Roditi)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Baltimore City College alumni
- Musicians from Maryland
- African American musicians
- American jazz alto saxophonists
- American jazz soprano saxophonists
- American jazz clarinetists
- American jazz composers
- Free funk saxophonists
- Grammy Award winners
- Post-bop saxophonists
- SteepleChase Records artists
- Atlantic Records artists
- Arista Records artists
- Capitol Records artists
- Vee-Jay Records artists
- Candid Records artists
- Milestone Records artists
- Jazz alto saxophonists
- Jazz soprano saxophonists
