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Gary Bartz has been known to many as a trail blazer in the music business from the moment he started playing with Art Blakey at his father’s jazz club in his hometown of Baltimore, MD to his own music throughout the 57 years as a professional musician. As if his Grammy Award© with McCoy Tyner in 2005 (‘Illuminations’) wasn’t enough to carve out a place for Bartz in the jazz genre, he has broken the mold with more than 40 solo albums and over 200 as a guest artist.
Gary Bartz first came to New York In 1958 to attend the Julliard Conservatory of Music. Just 17 years old, Gary couldn't wait to come to the city to play and learn. "It was a very good time for the music in New York, at the end of what had been the be-bop era," says Bartz. "Charlie Parker had passed away three years previously but Miles' group was in its heyday, Monk was down at the Five Spot, and Ornette Coleman was just coming to town. Things were fresh." Back then, Gary could regularly be found drinking Cokes in the all ages "peanut gallery" of Birdland, enjoying a marathon bill of performers. "If I didn't have money to get in. I'd help somebody carry a drum and sneak in," laughs Bartz. "I learned that early on."
Right Now... And Then
Label: Strata-East Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Earl's World; Peace with Myself; Right Now; Lil's Paradise; Paper Man; Household of Saud; Repetition (Take 2).
Renowned Saxophonist Gary Bartz Receives Honorary Doctorate From New England Conservatory
Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist and educator Gary Bartz received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from New England Conservatory at its 155th Commencement on May 17, 2026. Innovative Vivo Performing Arts (formerly Celebrity Series of Boston) President and Executive Director Gary Dunning also received an honorary doctorate. NEC alumna Denyce Graves ’88 UD, ’14 hon. ...
Take Five with Pianist Jon Gold
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jon Gold Jon's story begins in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jon's brother (Jay Gold) was an avid music fan who introduced Jon, as a child, to Delta blues, then r&b, and later jazz. Jon's brother Jay was a producer for Mushroom Records, the label for the pop group Heart. Jon started playing slide blues ...
Charles Tolliver: Right Now... And Then
by Andrew Schinder
While jazz fusion dominated the commercial jazz scene during the 1970s, beneath the surface many musicians eschewed current market trends, and continued to develop and push forward the hard bop, modal, and spiritual sounds established during the previous decade. Many of those artists recorded for Strata-East Records, the now-seminal label co-founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist ...
Gary Bartz: Damage Control
by Marco Iacoboni
"Ntu" in lingua bantu significa unità in ogni cosa. Tempo e spazio, vivi e morti, forze visibili e invisibili, fuse in un'unica visione filosofica e spirituale, profondamente legata alla cultura africana e afroamericana. Il progetto Ntu Troop di Gary Bartz si è evoluto naturalmente dallo spiritual jazz al movimento B.A.M. (Black American Music), fondendo elementi soul, ...
Steve Wilson, Harry Skoler, Yvonne Rogers, Jed Levy-Phil Robson, Udeigwe
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--saxophonist Steve Wilson; clarinetist Harry Skoler; vocalist/composer Marie Paule-Franke; pianist/composer Yvonne Rogers; pianist/composer/arranger John Beasley; saxophonist Jed Levy and guitarist Phil Robson; gayageum player/vocalist/composer DoYeon Kim; pianist Antonio Farao and trumpeter Stephane Belmondo; and vocalist/keyboardist/composer Lawrence Udeigwe. Playlist Johnny Griffin “Main Spring" from The Congregation ...
From New Age to Nuclear
by Patrick Burnette
We try to cover a wide gamut of improvised music in the podcast, but today's episode must surely have the widest spread of any recent offering. We've got spiritual jazz from the late sixties, a quartet featuring clarinet from a few weeks ago, an album by a British mover and shaker that could easily be filed ...
Record Store Day 2026 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Many vinyl enthusiasts get excited when the Record Store Day lists appear, and understandably so: most of the titles are limited-run pressings that can disappear quickly once the doors open. The only drawback, however, is that the lists can be overwhelming to sort through, often spanning multiple pages and covering releases across a wide range of ...
Lafayette Gilchrist & New Volcanoes: Move With Love
by Ian Patterson
There is no escaping one's formative years when music--and much else--leaves an indelible mark, like a tattoo on the soul. For Lafayette Gilchrist, the jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul he imbibed growing up in Washington D.C. has been at the heart of New Volcanoes since its launch in 1993. In the intervening years, Baltimore-based Lafayette has ...
