Gary Bartz
born on 26/9/1940 in Baltimore, MD, United States
Gary Bartz
Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Bartz studied at the Juilliard Conservatory of Music. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus's Jazz Workshop. He worked as a sideman with Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln before joining Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. In 1968 he was a member of McCoy Tyner's band Expansions. He recorded on Miles Davis's album Live-Evil. Then he formed the band Ntu Troop, which combined jazz, funk, and soul.[1]
Bartz was awarded the BNY Mellon Jazz 2015 Living Legacy Award, presented at a special ceremony at The Kennedy Center.[2]
In the liner notes to the album The Red and Orange Poems, jazz critic Stanley Crouch called Bartz "one of the very best who has ever picked up the instrument".
Discography
As leader
| Year | Album | Label | Personnel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Libra | Milestone | Jimmy Owens, Albert Daily, Richard Davis, Billy Higgins |
| 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 | 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 | Philips | Charlie Mariano, Jackie McLean, Lee Konitz, Joachim Kühn, Han Bennink, Palle Danielsson |
| 1975 | The Shadow Do! | Prestige[3] | Hubert Eaves III, Michael Henderson, Reggie Lucas, James Mtume, Howard King |
| 1976 | Juju Man | Catalyst | Curtis Robertson, Howard King, Charles Mims, Syreeta |
| 1977 | Music Is My Sanctuary | Capitol | Syreeta Wright, Mizell Brothers |
| 1978 | Love Affair | Capitol | Wah Wah Watson, Dorothy Ashby, Welton Gite, Bill Summers, George Cables, Wade Marcus |
| 1978 | Love Song | P-Vine | George Cables, Curtis Robinson, Howard King, Rita Greene |
| 1980 | Bartz | Arista | Howard King, Hubert Eaves III |
| 1988 | Monsoon | SteepleChase | 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 (Live) | Candid | Claudio Roditi, John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Al Foster |
| 1990 | There Goes the Neighborhood (Live) | Candid | Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley |
| 1991 | Shadows | Timeless[4] | Benny Green, Christian McBride, Victor Lewis, Willie Williams |
| 1994 | Episode One Children of Harlem | Challenge | Larry Willis, Ben Riley, Buster Williams |
| 1994 | Red & Orange Poems | Atlantic | Dave Holland, Mulgrew Miller, Eddie Henderson |
| 1995 | Alto Memories | Verve[5] | Sonny Fortune, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams, Jack DeJohnette |
| 1996 | Blues Chronicles: Tales of Life | Atlantic | Tom Williams, George Colligan, James King, Greg Bandy, Jon Hendricks, Cyrus Chestnut, Russell Malone, Dennis Chambers |
| 1999 | Live @ the Jazz Standard, Vol. 1: Soulstice | OYO[6] | Barney McAll, Greg Bandy, Kenny Davis |
| 2001 | The Montreal Concert (Live) | DSM | Peter Leitch |
| 2003 | Continuum Act One | Space Time | Jean Toussaint, Bill Mobley, Donald Brown, Essiet Essiet, Billy Kilson, Anga Diaz |
| 2005 | Soprano Stories | OYO | James King, Greg Bandy, George Cables, John Hicks |
| 2012 | Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior | OYO | Barney McAll, Greg Bandy, James King |
As sideman
- Say My Friend (1977)[7]
With Gene Ammons
- Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)
With Roy Ayers
- Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)
With Cindy Blackman
- The Oracle (Muse, 1995)
With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Soul Finger (Limelight, 1965) Bartz recording debut
- Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight, 1966) on one track left over from Soul Finger sessions
With Donald Brown
- Sources of Inspiration (Muse, 1989)
With Kenny Burrell
- Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1975)
With Donald Byrd
- Stepping into Tomorrow (1974)
- Caricatures (1976)
With Norman Connors
- Invitation
- Slewfoot
- This is Your Life
- Invitation
- Love from the Sun
- Dance of Magic: Live at the Nemu Jazz Inn
- Romantic Journey
- Saturday Night Special
With Miles Davis
- The Cellar Door Sessions (1970)
- Live-Evil
- Bitches Brew Live (2011)
- Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (2015)
With Ray Drummond
- Vignettes (Arabesque, 1996)
With Antonio Hart
- Don't You Know That I Care (1992)
With Louis Hayes
- The Crawl (Candid, 1989)
With Phyllis Hyman
- You Know How to Love Me
- Phyllis Hyman
- Can't We Fall in Love Again?
With Barney McAll
- Release the Day (2001)
With Jackie McLean
- Ode to Super (SteepleChase, 1973)
With Grachan Moncur III
- Exploration (2004)
With Alphonse Mouzon
- Virtue (1976)
With Rare Silk
- New Weave
With Max Roach
- Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968)
With Pharoah Sanders
- Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Impulse!, 1970)
With Woody Shaw
- Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
- For Sure! (Columbia, 1979)
- United (Columbia, 1981)
With Sphere
- Sphere (1987) – Verve
With Charles Tolliver
- Paper Man (Freedom, 1968 [1975])
With Bob Thiele Collective
- Lion Hearted (1993)
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 Robert Walter
- Spirit of '70 (1996)
With Chip White
- Harlem Sunset with Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Claudio Roditi (Postcards)
With John Lee & Gerry Brown
- Infinite Jones with Chris Hinze (Keytone, 1974)
References
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Gary Bartz". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Native Baltimorean Gary Bartz to Receive 2015 Living Legacy Award," Baltimore Jazz Alliance
- ^ Allmusic The Shadow Do! review
- ^ Allmusic '"Shadows review
- ^ Allmusic Alto Memories entry
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Allmusic
External links
- MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
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