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Jazz in the Garden, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

James King, Gary Bartz Quartet, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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Tompkin Square Park New York, New York.

Gary Bartz Bartz Quartet, Jazz in the Garden, Newark Museum by jackman on jazz

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Jazz in the Garden, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

Gary Bartz, The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

Gary Bartz Quartet, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: Paul Bollenback, guitatr, Gary Bartz, saxophone; James King, bass: and Lenny White, drums.

Tompkin Square Park New York, New York.

Lenny White, Gary Bartz Quartet, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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Tompkin Square Park New York, New York.

Paul Bollenback, Gary Bartz Quartet, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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Tompkin Square Park New York, New York.

Gary Bartz, The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

Greg Williams, Stefon Harris and Blackout, Jazz in the Garden by jackman on jazz

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Jazz in the Garden, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

Javon Jackson and Gary Bartz, The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

Gary Bartz performing at Ronnie Scott's by textlad

Pretty hardcore Jazz which Gary himself described as "Jazz for masochists" - not really to my taste if I'm honest but got to try these things...

Information on Gary Bartz from Ronnie Scott's website: www.ronniescotts.co.uk/?home

Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz first came to New York In 1958 to attend the Julliard Conservatory of Music. Just 17 years old, Gary couldn't wait to come to the city to play and learn. "It was a very good time for the music in New York, at the end of what had been the be-bop era," says Bartz. "Charlie Parker had passed away three years previously but Miles' group was in its heyday, Monk was down at the Five Spot, and Ornette Coleman was just coming to town. Things were fresh." Back then, Gary could regularly be found drinking Cokes in the all ages "peanut gallery" of Birdland, enjoying a marathon bill of performers. "If I didn't have money to get in. I'd help somebody carry a drum and sneak in," laughs Bartz. "I learned that early on."

Circa mid-'60s, the alto saxophonist - still in his early 20s - began performing throughout the city with the Max Roach/Abbey Lincoln Group and quickly established himself as the most promising alto voice since Cannonball Adderley. "In those days, we used to go by people's lofts and stay for weeks, just working on music," says Gary. "Polks would all chip in and buy food, and one of us would cook. But there was always music, because people were dropping by at all hours. We didn't even think about it; that's just what we did. We were very unselfish about what we were writing because, after all, music doesn't belong to any one person. It belongs to the people, to everybody."

With the splash of his New York debut solidly behind him, Bartz soon joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. According to the story, Gary's parents owned a club in Baltimore, the North End Lounge. When his father hired Blakey for a gig, Gary grabbed the opportunity to fill a sax player vacancy in the band. After his performance that night, the young Bartz was officially hired to join the Jazz Messengers; in 1965, he would make his recording debut on Blakey's SOULFINGER album.

From 1962-64, Gary joined Charles Mingus' Workshop and began practicing regularly with fellow members of the horn section, including Eric Dolphy. In 1968, Bartz began an association with McCoy Tyner, which included participating in Tyner's classic EXPANSIONS and EXTENSIONS albums. Work with McCoy proved especially significant for Bartz because of the bandleader's strong connection to John Coltrane — who Gary succinctly cites as a profound influence. Gary continues to perform and record with McCoy to this day.

During his first two years with Tyner, Gary was also touring with Max Roach and taking some time out to record on Max's Atlantic Records release, MEMBERS DON'T GET WEARY. "With Max, there was that bond with Charlie Parker," declares Bartz. "Charlie Parker is why I play the alto saxophone."

Bartz received a call from Miles Davis in 1970; work with the legendary horn player marked Gary's first experience playing electric music. It also reaffirmed his yen for an even stronger connection to Coltrane.

In addition to working with Miles in the early '70s - including playing the historic Isle of Wight Festival in August, 1970 - Bartz was busy fronting his own NTU Troop ensemble. The group got its name from the Bantu language: NTU means unity in all things, time and space, living and dead, seen and unseen.

Outside the Troop, Bartz had been recording as a group leader since 1968, and continued to do so throughout the '70s, during which time he released such acclaimed albums as, ANOTHER EARTH, HOME, MUSIC IS MY SANCTUARY, and LOVE AFFAIR, by the late '70s, he was doing studio work in Los Angeles with Norman Connors and Phyllis Hyman. In 1988, after a nine-year break between solo releases, Bartz began recording what music columnist Gene Kalbacher described as"vital ear-opening sides," on such albums as MONSOON, WEST 42ND STREET, THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, and SHADOWS.

Bartz followed those impressive works in 1995 with the release of his debut Atlantic album THE RED AND ORANGE POEMS, a self-described musical mystery novel and just one of Gary's brilliantly conceived concept albums. Back when Bartz masterminded the much-touted I'VE KNOWN RIVERS album, based on the poetry of Langston Hughes, his concepts would be twenty years ahead of those held by some of today's jazz/hip hop and acid jazz combos.

So it continues with THE BLUES CHRONICLES: TALES OF LIFE. A testimonial to a steadfast belief in the power of music to soothe, challenge, spark a crowd to full freak, or move one person to think. It adds up to a shoe box full of musical snapshots from a life lived and played with passion and stirred - with both joy and sadness - by the blues.

Gary's latest release, LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD. VOL. 1 - SOULSTICE, is the first of a series of recordings documenting his legendary, non-stop style, live performances. This initial release on his own OYO label bares testimony to Gary's continuing growth as a composer, group leader, and master of both the alto and soprano saxophones. A quartet session recorded in 1998, it will be followed by LIVE AT THE JAZZ STANDARD, VOL 2, scheduled for late Spring 2000 release, which features Gary's exciting Sextet. Scheduled for release this year, SOPRANO STORIES will find Gary exclusively performing on the soprano saxophone in a studio quartet setting. With over 30 recordings as a leader (as well as more than 100 recordings as a guest artist with others), Gary Bartz has taken his rightful place in the pantheon of jazz greats.

James Pearson:

The owner of a ferocious piano technique coupled with a sense of musicality rarely heard, James is one of the most exciting to musicians to have emerged from the U.K in the last 25 years. After working with him, British jazz legend Sir John Dankworth recently declared: "James Pearson is an exceptionally gifted artist. His masterful playing makes him head and shoulders above the rest of his contemporaries. He shows signs of true greatness" The Trio also includes: SAM BURGESS – Double Bass Despite only being in his early 30’s, already Sam is a stalwart of the UK jazz scene. As well as appearing on numerous film soundtracks such as 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Hannibal'. Sam’s thumping, pounding, relentlessly driving bass lines have been heard accompanying the likes of Bob James, Billy Kilson, Gary Novak, Joe Lock, Dave Kekowski, Guy Barker, Dave O'Higgins, Pete King, Gareth Williams, Claire Martin, Jim Mullen, Alan Barnes, Tim Whitehead, John Horler, Gwyneth Herbert, John Dankworth, The BBC Big Band and Robbie Williams. SIMON LEA - Drums Another young lion of the vibrant UK jazz scene, Simon is widely regarded as one of the most exciting drummers to have come out of the U.K in years. Simon works regularly with the bands of Dave O’Higgins, Gwyneth Herbert, Guy Barker and has been playing with James Pearson’s acclaimed piano trio for the last year or so.

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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Poughkeepsie, New York.

Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: Javon Jackson, tenor sax; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; and Gary Bartz, alto sax.

Poughkeepsie, New York.

Gary Bartz 03A by Joe Mabel

Gary Bartz (alto sax) playing with McCoy Tyner (not in this photo) at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Washington April 12, 2012.

Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: David Hazeltine, keyboards; Nat Reeves, bass; Javon Jackson, tenor sax; Jimmy Heath, tenor sax; Donald Harrison, alto sax; Gary Bartz, alto sax; McClenty Hunter, drums (obscured).

Poughkeepsie, New York.

Javon Jackson and Gary Bartz, The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

Do you thik I'm saxy? (Tutti i sassofoni della scorsa stagione..) by Bluenotemilano

Gary Bartz

Foto di Roberto Cifarelli photography — con Gary Bartz

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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To see what Gary Bartz looked like in the 1960's look here:

www.flickr.com/photos/jackman_on_jazz/7186533531/in/set-7...

Poughkeepsie, New York.

North Sea Jazz Saturday-John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension (6) by Walter Kolkma

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Larry y Fonce, multitalento al cuadrado by Alex

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Fonce Mizell en las sesiones de grabación de "Hell Up in Harlem"

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: David Hazeltine, keyboard; Gary Bartz, alto sax: and Nat Reeves, bass.

Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival Poughkeepsie, New York.

The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

McCoy Tyner by Kim

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He bid the audience farewell by saying how much he enjoyed making this kind of music.

Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: Gary Bartz, sax; Javon Jackson, sax; Donald Harrison, sax ;David Hazeltine, key boards; Jimmy Heath, sax; Nat Reeves, bass; and McClenty Hunter, drums.

Poughkeepsie, New York.

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: David Hazeltine, keyboard; Gary Bartz, sax: and Nat Reeves, bass.

Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival Poughkeepsie, New York.

The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

The Jazz Message, 2014 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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The Jazz Message, an all-star group, all of whom were members of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, except Lewis Nash.

From left to right: Eddie Henderson, trumpet: javon Jackson, tenor sax; Gary Bartz, alto sax: Steve Turre, trombone. Rear partly obscurred: George Cables, keyboards; Buster Williams, bass; and Lewis Nash, drums.

Jazz in the Valley Poughkeepsie, New York

North SeaJazz Friday-64 Ibrahim Malouf (8) by Walter Kolkma

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with Flavia Coelho

North SeaJazz Friday-64 Ibrahim Malouf (2) by Walter Kolkma

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NEWKIDZONTHEBLOG.COM - Classics-10 by Kiji

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A new mix for the music blog I run with a few other designers/artists.

Download for Free Here

Here's a list of some of the people featured on it:

5th dimension, dorothy moore, gary bartz, gene harris, jimmy webb, klaus wunderlich, linda lyndell, Michel Gonet, music dewolfe, ramsey lewis, Sammy Nestico, the impressions

Gary Bartz 05A by Joe Mabel

Gary Bartz (alto sax) playing with McCoy Tyner (not in this photo) at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Washington April 12, 2012.

Max Roach Quintet, Pioneers of Jazz (1963 - 1968) by jackman on jazz

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From left to right Jymie Merritt, bass; Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Max Roach, drums; and Gary Bartz, sax. My guess is that Stanley Cowell was the pianist for this session because I have a slide for him also, with the same background.

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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Poughkeepsie, New York.

Gary Bartz, Sax Appeal, 2013 Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival by jackman on jazz

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From left to right: David Hazeltine, keyboards; Gary Bartz, alto sax; and Nat Reeves, bass.

Jazz in the Valley Jazz Festival Poughkeepsie, New York.

North SeaJazz Friday-64 Ibrahim Malouf (1) by Walter Kolkma

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Gary Bartz 02 by Joe Mabel

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McCoy Tyner (not in this photo) at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Washington April 12, 2012.

From left, Tyner (piano, seen from back), Gerald Cannon (bass), Francisco Mela (percussion, obscured), Gary Bartz (alto sax).

North Sea Jazz Saturday-45 by Walter Kolkma

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Gary Bartz 06A by Joe Mabel

Gary Bartz (alto sax) playing with McCoy Tyner (not in this photo) at Jazz Alley, Seattle, Washington April 12, 2012.

North Sea Jazz Saturday-John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension (15) by Walter Kolkma

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McCoy Tyner Quintet at Jazz Alley by Kim

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Bill Frisell, Gary Bartz, John Patitucci, & Herlin Riley sharing some amazing chemestry (McCoy Tyner on piano just out of sight).

North Sea Jazz Saturday-46 by Walter Kolkma

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North Sea Jazz Saturday-Cecile McLorin Salvant (3) by Walter Kolkma

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North Sea Jazz Saturday-Christian McBride & Inside Straight by Walter Kolkma

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