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Passionate PlayerBy Ken DrydenAXOPHONIST GARY BARTZ HADSa strong musical connection through hisfamily—his parents owned a jazz club andhis uncle knew many of the jazz musicianswho came to his hometown, Baltimore.Bartz began alto saxophone lessons whilein elementary school, recalling, "My parentsdidn't play instruments, but therewas always music at home. I loved LouisJordan's sound, but then I heard CharlieParker. Once I heard Bird at the age of six,I knew what I wanted to do in life."During high school I met Max Roachand other players. I sat in with Max whenI was around 14; he gave me his phonenumber and told me to look him up when Igot to New York. I did so when I arrivedand he looked out for me," Bartz says. Heattended Peabody in Baltimore and thenleft home to study at Juilliard, majoring inclassical composition for two years. Bartzspent many evenings checking out jazzclubs.A query about working with CharlesMingus provoked a chuckle. Bartz quipped,"It was dicey; you never knew what youwere going to get with Mingus. He led animprovised big band at the Village Gate.He would send word out inviting us to play,though I didn't get paid. I worked in his bigband and in small groups for Jazzmobile.Eric Dolphy was in the band. I startedpracticing with Eric every Wednesday,playing duets. He and I didn't find manymusicians who liked to do that."Although Bartz was living in NYC, itwas a trip home that led to his recordingdebut. "My parents bought a club inBaltimore in 1960 and I started commutingdown on weekends. I joined Max Roach fortwo weeks there. When Art Blakey playedthe club, my friend John Hicks was hispianist and he was trying to get me in theband. John Gilmore was leaving, so my dadcalled and invited me to come sit in withthem. I already knew Lee Morgan, whowas also in the band. Art liked me and Ijoined him right there." Bartz made hisrecording debut on Blakey's Soulfinger in1965 and appeared on Max Roach'sMembers Don't Get Weary in 1968.The saxophonist's longest working relationshipis with McCoy Tyner, whom hemet in 1960 when the pianist was in theJazztet. "I forget how I ended up workingwith him. Anytime that John Coltrane wasplaying, I was there and I'd talk to McCoy.After he went out on his own, I startedplaying with him in the mid-sixties." Theyhave shared the stage and recorded togethermany times over the past four-plusdecades.Bartz resents it when people say he isimprovising. "The greatest soloists werenot improvisers. They were composing onthe spot, based on 30 or 40 years of study.When you put a solo together, you musthave a great beginning, great thematicmaterial and a great ending. You don'tplay off the top of your head, which is whatimprovising means. You follow the ideas asthey evolve and don't let them go," he says."I approach writing songs and playingsolos the same way. My approach willchange each night, but I've thought aboutthem long before I play them."The invitation to join the quartetSphere, which had disbanded after thedeath of Charlie Rouse in 1988, is a sourceof pride for Bartz. The reconstituted group,with founding members Kenny Barron,Buster Williams and Ben Riley, added thesaxophonist in 1997 and the band touredthrough 2002, producing two recordings.Bartz laments, "For some reason, we didn'tpursue it as we should have; it was such agreat band. We released one, but I thinkthe second is even better, though it's stillin the can."Bartz has several projects planned forrelease on his OYO label. "There is a secondColtrane Rules album, plus a WoodyShaw recording made during Christmasand New Years of 1986 at a Baltimore clubI was booking. Then Larry Willis and I areworking on a classical composition I'vearranged into more of a solo compositionalpiece." At Smoke, the quartet will includehis regular bassist, James King, and drummerGreg Bandy. Sullivan Fortner, arecent graduate of Oberlin where Bartzteaches, will substitute for his regularpianist, Barney McCall. "I'd like to seeSullivan get more notoriety."Gary Bartz will play at Smoke onNov. 1-2 with pianist SullivanFortner, bassist James King and GregBandy on the drums.29
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