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Artist......: Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Album.......: Jazz Is Dead 6
Label.......: Jazz Is Dead
Genre.......: Jazz
Catnr.......: JID006
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2021-04-01
Str.date....: 2021-04-02
Quality.....: 930 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://jazzisdead.co/Gary-Bartz
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1. Spiritual Ideation 3:57
2. Visions of Love 3:28
3. Black and Brown 2:49
4. Blue Jungles 3:11
5. Day By Day 4:55
6. Distant Mode 3:05
7. The Message 4:10
8. Soulsea 2:00
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,: The shadow that Gary Bartz casts over the last six decades of :,
: progressive Black music, and his continued dedication to same, :
:' makes him a logical and very welcome contributor to the Jazz Is ':
,: Dead label. An alto saxophonist steeped in the history and :,
: tradition of his instrument who is also restlessly experimental :
:' and not prone to purism of any kind, he enjoys both the respect ':
,: and admiration of his peers and the hero worship of several :,
: generations after him û including Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed :
:' Muhammad, which inevitably led to Gary Bartz JID 006. ':
,: :,
: A look at his body of work reveals dalliances with bebop, hard :
:' bop, free jazz, spiritual jazz, soul jazz, jazz-funk, fusion ':
,: and acid jazz, all while resolutely remaining unmistakably Gary :,
: Bartz. There's early work with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in :
:' Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop, work with Max Roach and Abbey ':
,: Lincoln, a stint in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and also one :,
: with Miles. There's his groundbreaking and highly influential :
:' Ntu Troop albums of the early æ70s and his jazz-funk work ':
,: including two classic albums with the Mizell Brothers, one of :,
: which supplied A Tribe Called Quest with a sample that was :
:' smooth like butter. And while on the subject of samples, the ':
,: Bartz catalog has provided hip-hop and other genres with a rich :,
: source of them, and artists who have gone to his well when :
:' producing beats also include Black Sheep, Jurassic 5, Casual, ':
,: RPM, Warren G, Photek, Statik Selektah, Chi-Ali, 3rd Bass, :,
: Showbiz, Z-Trip, Young Disciples, and many others. :
:' ':
,: The socio-political content of much of BartzÆs work, :,
: particularly during the early æ70s, is another factor that has :
:' captured the attention of and influenced many. He was wide ':
,: awake to the pressing issues of his day, which sadly haven't :,
: changed much in a half-centuryùlong before the term "woke" was :
:' ever coinedùwhich adds continued relevance and resonance to ':
,: albums like the two Harlem Bush Music LPs. Speaking his mind and :,
: expressing thoughts and feelings lyrically and vocally were a :
:' consistent aspect of his work during this era, but even with ':
,: all this there's always still a space within Gary's oeuvre for :,
: the celebration of simple and beautiful basic truths. :
:' ':
,: ôWorking with Gary Bartz epitomizes the ethos behind Jazz Is :,
: Dead,ö says Younge. ôHeÆs a luminary that has contributed so :
:' much to music culture, for decades. His musical ability is ':
,: expanding with age and weÆre honored to be a part of his world.ö :,
: :
:' "Day By Day" brings Bartz full circle by placing him in a more ':
,: modern context which he contributed to creating in the first :,
: place. It takes certain sonic cues from Muhammad's old group, A :
:' Tribe Called Quest, while also calling to mind neo-soul a ':
,: little bit. But the icing on the cake is the unexpected and :,
: gorgeous vocal chorus which is like the sun coming out and which :
:' once again harks back to an element familiar to Mizell fans. ':
,: :,
: With its propulsive bassline steadily prodding the track along, :
:' "The Message" is strongly rooted in classic æ70s modal jazz and ':
,: serves as the spiritual and emotional centerpiece of the album. :,
: The instrumental interplay and textures would have been :
:' perfectly at home on the Black Jazz label even though there's ':
,: also a certain almost intangible postmodern, 21st century :,
: approach to that style, perfectly in keeping with Bartz's :
:' well-known tendency to look forward, not backwards. ':
,: :,
: The main thrust of "Black And Brown" is an immersion in classic :
:' jazz-funk, a short blast of vintage fusion riffing that ':
,: ultimately feels like one of those classic extended æ70s jams :,
: condensed down to its most intense just-under-three-minutes with :
:' Bartz blowing freely over very familiar musical territory and ':
,: sounding like he's having an amazing time doing it. :,
: :
:' If "Spiritual Ideation" calls anything immediately to mind, ':
,: it's the overall vibe and atmosphere of the compositions on :,
: 1975's classic Mizell-produced The Shadow Do album. Its chords :
:' seem to move along in similar fashion to a few of the tracks on ':
,: that album, but they're transposed on to what has quickly become :,
: the JID signature sound. BartzÆs tone and phrasing is instantly :
:' recognizable and sits on top of the Younge/Muhammad-produced ':
,: backing as snugly as it did on the Mizells' groove 45 years ago. :,
: :
:' Bartz brought his historically busy touring and recording ':
,: schedule into the new millennium, re-establishing his deep jazz :,
: credentials even as another generation of DJs and hip-hop :
:' producers discovered the untold riches contained in his back ':
,: catalog. He remains spry, fit and energetic at age 80 and his :,
: new collaboration with Jazz Is Dead's Adrian Younge and Ali :
:' Shaheed Muhammad is the glorious proof. This is what Gary Bartz ':
,: brings to this Jazz Is Dead collaboration, and as can be :,
: expected, his questing spirit fits the Jazz Is Dead style like a :
:' glove and has produced an album that's a cutting-edge addition ':
,: to his immense canon as he effortlessly interfaces with the next :,
: generation. :
:' ':
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