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 |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland)[1] is an American alto and soprano saxophonist and clarinetist.
Biography
Bartz graduated from the Baltimore City College high school and the Juilliard School; his break into the music industry came when filling in with Art Blakey's band at his father's club in Baltimore.
Bartz has played with Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, and Jackie McLean. His group, the Ntu Troop, combined soul, funk, African music, hard bop, and avant-garde jazz.[1]
In liner notes to his album released in 1995, The Red and Orange Poems, Bartz was described by jazz critic Stanley Crouch as "one of the very best who has ever picked up the instrument". He has recorded more than 40 solo albums and over 200 as a guest artist. He won a Grammy Award in 2005 for his playing on McCoy Tyner's album Illuminations.[1]
Bartz was awarded the BNY Mellon Jazz 2015 Living Legacy Award, presented at a special ceremony at The Kennedy Center.[2] He currently teaches at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, when not touring.
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 | West Wind | 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 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 | P-Vine Records | George Cables, Curtis Robinson, Howard King, Rita Greene |
| 1980 | Bartz | Arista Records | 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 | 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[4] | 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[5] | 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[6] | Barney McAll, Greg Bandy, Kenny Davis |
| 2001 | The Montreal Concert (Live) | DSM | Peter Leitch |
| 2003 | Continuum Act One | Space Time Records | Jean Toussaint, Bill Mobley, Donald Brown, Essiet Essiet, Billy Kilson, Anga Diaz |
| 2005 | Soprano Stories | OYO Recordings | James King, Greg Bandy, George Cables, John Hicks |
| 2012 | Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior | OYO Recordings | 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 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Soul Finger (Limelight 1965) Bartz recording debut
- Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight 1966) on one track leftover from Soul Finger sessions
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 Antonio Hart
- Don't You Know That I Care (1992)
With Phyllis Hyman
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)
With Sphere
- Sphere (1987) - Verve
With Charles Tolliver
- Paper Man (Freedom, 1968 [1975])
- 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 Chip White
- Harlem Sunset (Postcards Records, with Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Claudio Roditi)
- Infinite Jones (1974) (Keytone Records, with Chris Hinze)
References
External links
- Articles with hCards
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Baltimore, Maryland
- Baltimore City College alumni
- Jazz 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
