Gary Bartz is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards.

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Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards.\n

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Biography

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Bartz was first exposed to jazz as the son of the owners of a jazz nightclub in Baltimore. In 1958 he left Baltimore to study at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' 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.\n

In mid-1970, he joined Miles Davis' band, performing live at the Isle Of Wight festival in August; and at a series of December dates at The Cellar Door club in Washington, D.C. Portions of these shows were initially released on the 1971 Live-Evil album, with the entire six performance/four night run eventually released in full on the 2005 Cellar Door Sessions box set. He later formed the band Ntu Troop, which combined jazz, funk, and soul.\n

Bartz was awarded a Grammy for \"Best Latin Jazz Performance\" for his work on Roy Hargrove's \"Habana\" at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, and for \"Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group\" for For McCoy Tyner's Illuminations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.\n

Bartz was awarded the BNY Mellon Jazz 2015 Living Legacy Award, which was presented at a special ceremony at The Kennedy Center.\n

In 2019, Revive Music and Bartz celebrated the 50th Anniversary of his Another Earth album at Winter Jazzfest in New York City, alongside original member Pharoah Sanders.\n

He is Professor of Jazz Saxophone at Oberlin College.\n

Discography

As leader/co-leader

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As sideman

With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\n

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 Byrd\n

Stepping into Tomorrow (Blue Note, 1975) – rec. 1974
Caricatures (Blue Note, 1976)

With George Cables\n

Shared Secrets (MuseFX, 2001)
Looking for the Light (MuseFX, 2003)

With Norman Connors\n

Slewfoot (Buddah, 1974)
Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1974)
Saturday Night Special (Buddah, 1975)
Dance of Magic: Live at the Nemu Jazz Inn (Cobblestone, 1975)
Romantic Journey (Buddah, 1977)
This is Your Life (Arista, 1977)
Invitation (Arista, 1979)

With Miles Davis\n

Live-Evil (Columbia, 1971) – rec. 1970
The Cellar Door Sessions (Columbia, 2005)[6CD] – rec. 1970
Bitches Brew Live (Columbia, 2011) – live rec. 1970
Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (Columbia, 2015) – live rec. 1971

With Roy Hargrove\n

Of Kindred Souls: The Roy Hargrove Quintet Live (Novus, 1993)
Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Habana (Verve, 1997) – Latin Jazz Grammy Winner

With Heads of State\n

Search for Peace (Smoke Sessions, 2015)
Four in One (Smoke Sessions, 2017)

With Phyllis Hyman\n

Phyllis Hyman (Buddah, 1977)
You Know How to Love Me (Arista, 1979)
Can't We Fall in Love Again? (Arista, 1981)

With Barney McAll\n

Release the Day (Transparent Music, 2000)
Precious Energy (Extra Celestial Arts, 2022)
Precious Energy Re-UP (Extra Celestial Arts, 2023)

With Woody Shaw\n

Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
For Sure! (Columbia, 1979)
United (Columbia, 1981)

With Malachi Thompson\n

Rising Daystar (Delmark, 1999)
Blue Jazz (Delmark, 2003)

With McCoy Tyner\n

Expansions (Blue Note, 1970) – rec. 1978
Extensions (Blue Note, 1973) – rec. 1970
Asante (Blue Note, 1974) – rec. 1970
Sama Layuca (Milestone, 1974)
Cosmos (Blue Note, 1976) – rec. 1968–1970
Focal Point (Milestone, 1976)
Looking Out (Milestone, 1982)
Dimensions (Elektra/Musician, 1984) – rec. 1983
McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (Telarc, 1999) – rec. 1998
Illuminations (Telarc, 2004) – rec. 2003

With others\n

The Rance Allen Group, Say My Friend (1977)
Gene Ammons, Goodbye (Prestige, 1974)
Roy Ayers, Stoned Soul Picnic (Atlantic, 1968)
Cindy Blackman, The Oracle (Muse, 1995)
Donald Brown, Sources of Inspiration (Muse, 1989)
Kenny Burrell, Ellington Is Forever Volume Two (Fantasy, 1977)
Joe Chambers, Urban Grooves (Eighty-eight's, 2002)
Ray Drummond, Vignettes (Arabesque, 1996)
Antonio Hart, Don't You Know That I Care (1992)
Louis Hayes, The Crawl (Candid, 1989)
John Lee & Gerry Brown, Infinite Jones (Keytone, 1974)
Jackie McLean, Ode to Super (SteepleChase, 1973)
Grachan Moncur III, Exploration (Capri, 2004)
Alphonse Mouzon, Virtue (MPS, 1977)
Rare Silk, New Weave (Polydor, 1984)
Max Roach, Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968)
Wallace Roney, A Place in Time (HighNote, 2016)
Pharoah Sanders, Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Impulse!, 1970)
Sphere, Sphere (Verve, 1998)
Bob Thiele Collective, Lion Hearted (Red Baron, 1993)
Leon Thomas, Precious Energy (Mapleshade, 1990)
Charles Tolliver, Charles Tolliver and his All Stars (Black Lion, 1971)
Robert Walter, Spirit of '70 (Greyboy, 1996)
Chip White, Harlem Sunset (Postcards, 1994)
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammed, The Midnight Hour (Linear Labs, 2018)

References

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External links

MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music

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Gary Bartz

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