NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz has been one of the best purveyors of what he calls “informal composition” (as opposed to improvisation) on alto saxophone since the 1960s, working with such luminaries as Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, and Miles Davis. He has released more than 45 solo albums and appears on more than 200 as a guest artist, as well as working with some of the up-and-coming artists in jazz today, such as Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge for their Jazz Is Dead series and the jazz-funk band Maisha.

elect Discography

Libra, Milestone,1968

Gary Bartz/NTU Troop, I’ve Known Rivers and Other Bodies, Fantasy/Prestige, 1973

Music is My Sanctuary, Blue Note, 1977

Coltrane Rules-Tao of A Music Warrior, OYO Recordings’ 2011

Gary Bartz/Maisha, Night Dreamer Direct-to-Disc Sessions, Night Dreamer, 2020

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