James Paul Hartog (born March 10, 1950,

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) is an American

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saxophonist, known primarily as a baritone saxophonist. Hartog attended

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and the

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, taking a bachelor's from the latter in 1980. He played with

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in the late 1970s and with

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from 1977 to 1982, and was a founder of the 29th Street Saxophone Quartet, playing with the group from 1982 to 1996. From 1985 to 1989 he also worked as an A&R man and producer for New Note Records. Other performance associations include

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, Bobby Watson, Carmen Lundy, Keshavan Maslak, East Down Septet,

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, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He led a quartet in the 1990s with

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, Steve Johns, Essiet Essiet, and Pete McCann as sidemen.

References

*Gary W. Kennedy, "Jim Hartog". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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