GARY BARTZ
Genres: Post Bop, Classic Fusion, RnB, Funk Jazz, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz • United States

American jazz alto saxophonist, born September 26, 1940, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. from discogs A native of Baltimore, Gary Bartz ventured to New York City to attend the Juilliard School in 1958. At the time, performers such as Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman, and Miles Davis were playing at Birdland and the city’s other premiere clubs every night, and Bartz regularly snuck in to see them. In the 1960s, Bartz joined the Max Roach/Abbey Lincoln Group and the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, quickly earning a reputation as the greatest alto saxophonist since Cannonball Adderley. In 1965, after meeting the group at his parents’ nightclub, Bartz joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and recorded Soulfinger, his recording debut. Around the same time, he began working with McCoy Tyner, and their relationship deepened the influence of John Coltrane on Bartz. In 1970, Bartz received a call from Miles Davis, who asked Bartz to perform with his band at the read more...