Gary Bartz


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

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

Discography

As sideman

With Joe Chambers
  • Urban Grooves
With the Rance Allen GroupSay My Friend
With Gene Ammons
With Roy Ayers
With Cindy Blackman
With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
With Donald Brown
With Kenny Burrell
With Donald ByrdStepping into Tomorrow Caricatures
With George Cables
With Norman ConnorsInvitationSlewfootThis is Your LifeLove from the SunDance of Magic: Live at the Nemu Jazz InnRomantic Journey
With Miles DavisOn the Crest of the Airwaves The Cellar Door Sessions Live-EvilBitches Brew Live Miles Davis at Newport 1955–1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
With Ray Drummond
With Antonio HartDon't You Know That I Care
With Louis Hayes
With Heads of StateSearch for Peace Four in One
With Phyllis HymanYou Know How to Love MePhyllis HymanCan't We Fall in Love Again?
With Barney McAllRelease the Day Precious Energy Precious Energy Re-UP
With Jackie McLean
With Grachan Moncur IIIExploration
With Alphonse MouzonVirtue
With Rare SilkNew Weave
With Max Roach
With Wallace Roney
With Pharoah SandersDeaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun)
With Woody Shaw
With SphereSphere
With Charles TolliverCharles Tolliver and his All Stars
With Bob Thiele Collective
  • Lion Hearted
With Leon Thomas
With Malachi Thompson
With McCoy TynerExpansions Cosmos Extensions Asante Sama Layuca Focal Point Looking Out Dimensions McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars Illuminations
With Robert WalterSpirit of '70
With Chip WhiteHarlem Sunset with Steve Nelson, Robin Eubanks, Claudio Roditi
With John Lee & Gerry BrownInfinite Jones with Chris Hinze
With The Midnight Hour Jazz Is Dead 001, Distant Mode
With Roy HargroveOf Kindred Souls: The Roy Hargrove Quintet Live Roy Hargrove's Crisol, Habana – Latin Jazz Grammy Winner