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

Biography

Bartz studied at the

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. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and

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in Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop. He worked as a sideman with

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and

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before joining

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. In 1968, he was a member of

's band, Expansions. In mid-1970, he joined

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' band, performing live at the

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festival in August; and at a series of December dates at The Cellar Door club in

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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. 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

's Illuminations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. Bartz was awarded the BNY Mellon Jazz 2015 Living Legacy Award, which was presented at a special ceremony at The Kennedy Center. 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. Later that year, in collaboration with Moon31, He is Professor of Jazz Saxophone at Oberlin College.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With

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*''Urban Groove'' (441 Records 2003 ) Gary Bartz 02

With the Rance Allen Group * ''Say My Friend'' (1977) With Gene Ammons *''

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'' (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

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*'' Ellington Is Forever Volume Two'' (

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, 1975) With Donald Byrd * '' Stepping into Tomorrow'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1976) With George Cables *'' Shared Secrets'' (MuseFX, 2001) *'' Looking for the Light'' (MuseFX, 2003) With

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* '' Invitation'' * ''Slewfoot'' * '' This is Your Life'' * ''Love from the Sun'' * ''Dance of Magic: Live at the Nemu Jazz Inn'' * '' Romantic Journey'' *'' Saturday Night Special'' With

* ''On the Crest of the Airwaves'' (Discs 1 & 2: Live in August & October 1970) * '' 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

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*'' The Crawl'' (Candid, 1989) With Heads of State * ''Search for Peace'' ( Smoke Sessions, 2015) * ''Four in One'' (Smoke Sessions, 2017) With

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* '' You Know How to Love Me'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' With

Barney McAll Barney McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1966) is a jazz pianist and composer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. McAll joined Gary Bartz's band in 1997, and has also played with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB's, Groove Collective ...

* ''Release the Day'' (2001) With

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*'' Ode to Super'' ( SteepleChase, 1973) With Grachan Moncur III * '' Exploration'' (2004) With

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* ''Virtue'' (1976) With Rare Silk * ''New Weave'' With

*'' Members, Don't Git Weary'' (Atlantic, 1968) With Wallace Roney *'' A Place in Time'' (HighNote, 2016) With Pharoah Sanders * ''

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'' ( Impulse!, 1970) With Woody Shaw *''

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, 1970) *'' For Sure!'' (Columbia, 1979) *''

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'' (Columbia, 1981) With

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* ''

'' (Verve, 1998) With Charles Tolliver * '' Paper Man'' ( Freedom, 1968

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With Bob Thiele Collective *''Lion Hearted'' (1993) With

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*''Precious Energy'' (Mapleshade Records, 1987) With Malachi Thompson *'' Rising Daystar'' (Delmark, 1999) *'' Blue Jazz'' (Delmark, 2003) With

* '' Expansions'' (Blue Note, 1968) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1970) * '' Extensions'' (Blue Note, 1970) * '' Asante'' (Blue Note, 1970) * '' Sama Layuca'' (Milestone, 1974) * '' Focal Point'' (Milestone, 1976) * '' Looking Out'' (Milestone, 1982) * ''

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'' (Elektra/Musician, 1984) * '' McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars'' (Telarc, 1999) * ''

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'' (Telarc, 2004) With Robert Walter * ''Spirit of '70'' (1996) With Chip White * ''Harlem Sunset'' with Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Claudio Roditi ( Postcards) With

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& Gerry Brown * ''Infinite Jones'' with Chris Hinze ( Keytone, 1974) With The Midnight Hour (with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammed) * ''Jazz Is Dead 001, Distant Mode'' (2020)

References

External links

MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
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