Don't Call Me A Jazz Musician: Gary Bartz on Miles Davis
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- A look at Miles Davis, featuring the reflections of Gary Bartz, who played with Miles in the early 70s, in a band that included Keith Jarrett. / bretprimack
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A lot of people slept on Gary Bartz. Gary is a legend among alto players. He was a pioneer for the new wave alto clan. Most alto players were coming out of And staying with Bird. Gary followed Ornette and JMac and took the alto into the Trane era . Bartz was fluent on his horn and had great cordal and scale knowledge as well as a impeccable blues feel and voice. I always thought he and Ornette were About as bluesy as it gets And both could talk through their horns. Gary was strong with the Coltrane knowledge and funky to boot. Some of his R+B solos were classics in that Genre. His bebop chops were top shelve and he had a singing quality to his playing that helped him Truly tell a story
LOVE Bro BARTZ a true worrior
Sorta... Gary was definitely slept on but remember... 1969 Steve Grossman was 18 and recorded on Miles 'Big fun" album. gary showed up the following year, but grossman blew minds and inspired the living hell out of Michael Brecker. Grossman was definitely slept on.
@@percyvolnar8010 yes , Steve Grossman is a personal favorite of mine , but I was speaking on this video and the band in it and merely giving Gary his due as a player.
@@roderickberry2508 I totally understand that. Gary deserves his flowers... to be sure.
@@percyvolnar8010 good texting with you sir.all who love this music are family
Good clip Bret. Yeah, "We are just blues musicians", "Tootin' the blues! " There's some scary playing going on here. Most of the people I meet think music is country or rock. Very few people are aware of this stuff & MD contribution to the evolution of the music biz and the music. I'm amazed & gratified when ever I run across people exposed to improvised music. They are few and far between. I feel fortunate to have been around to see this stuff live and follow Miles bands until his passing.
Gary was like the horn version of Pete Cosey. Cosey was like the keyboards and horns. You could breath his badness. Loved the drama of Davis when he would come back in after the long horn breaks. Live Evil a perfect example of it.
How about that amazing color photo at 4:06?!! The combined musical brain of those 3 men is astounding. A color photo of a kind of blue session! Awesome!
This Miles Davis Band from 71 was the peak of Rock Jazz and Funk music
The live clips of Gary with Miles are phenomenal. One of my favourite of Miles' wonderful groups.
Gary Bartz knows his stuff.
He's freaking sick, he sounds like coltrane
Always loved the way bartz played in the full range of his alto..especially in the lower range. Much like coltrane...never heard bartz talk on his horn like that!!!
the Miles DVD Live at the Isle of Wight features Bartz.
So great to hear this interview with Gary Bartz! And watch some of the stuff that he did with Miles! I am always proud to be a JVG's subscriber.
Never heard of Gary Bartz before, but I'm impressed and will check out his music...
He's been recording since 1969. Lots of great music.
Holy crap! I hope Keith Jarrett wore a comdom when he played that thing.
Great clip! Thanks for posting this one
Wow , great talk and that band was burning !!! Love this !!
It is quite a performance.
don't know if Gary Bartz is more than a musician, but I know I adore him
Incredible. Thanks for posting.
brilliant, thank you, Bret
You're so welcome!
Thank you for the videos!
You are a great educator!!!!
Thanks!!!!
Interesting, never heard Bartz interviewed before.
Thanks as usual
Eric
This is very inspiring!
Wow, nice blowing by Gary!!! I was more familiar with the Steve Grossman's lineup.......... Awesome!
As always, thanks and keep up the good work!
Thanks Bret 👍
thanks! good film- i am going to recommend it to others
thanks Brett!
thanks jassvideoguy.
your always awesome and informative
Interesting perspective, FC. Bartz has a Coltrane tribute coming out soon that I think you should check out.
Thanks for this.
My pleasure!
You are so right! I stand corrected.
great video thanks
Keep up the good work man!!
Mile Davis was the Pele of JAzz
I read once Tony Williams saying there are only 2 kinds of music: good music and bad music. Imao tags are just a kind of orientation for the public to guide them to the stuff they think they want but unfortunately keeps them also distanced from stuff they think they wouldn't like but who knows... When I play Jazz chord melody sometimes people think it's Classical music...
enzmusic - I think the origin of that statement is Duke Ellington.
That was so nicely said yooo
I also think it was Duke said it. Of course that's also saying the music I like and don't like.
I agree, but I can't help but find the example you provided kind of ironic lol
also I think Duke said that as well
No, I appreciate your point. We're dealing with history here, so accuracy is important.
Awesome vid Jazzguy
Miles always knew how to pick great musicians. No doubt about that! And all of those cats pretty much went onto have successful solo careers too.
+ERIC ROBINSON Shiiiit mannn. Those cats were the shit. No doubt. But I think he'd have picked an aficionado like you over any of those bad ass mo'fu**ers.
Great vid
It is a music that like African drums, pulls sound from the universe external and internal. You have no charts, no prearranged concept. You lay down the mood and we get together and call into existence that which is unheard until we play it Improvisation, they call it.m I love it. Of course one can start off with charts etc. but then the g-ds of sound rise up and blast the sound forward whether instrumental or vocal,ie. Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McCrae, Sarah Vaughn, ..
yeah jazzvideoguy....this is serious stuff!!!
Hey Taipei.
I'm coming to Taiwan in a few months. What's happening over there, musically?
maravilha!!!
gary is wicked
@JazzVideoGuy harvey brookes plays elec bass on 'bitches Brew' thanks for your vids.
Loved the Live/Evil band. Saw them several times when they played a week at the Jazz Workshop in Boston. Fantastic music from another planet. That band was telepathic. Unfortunately, the recording we have of that band (from DC and with John McGlaughlin added) is not a great example of what that band was about.
jump over to sugarmegs.org and search for miles davis....you'll find some great live recordings of the band
ia802705.us.archive.org/0/items/MilesDavis1971-05-06_09FillmoreWest/MilesDavis1971-05-06_09FillmoreWest.mp3?cnt=0
Thanks for posting good to hear Gary speak on experience...
Jazz=Jass, as in Jass house musicians. Check BigBlacksPage for discussion on this topic...
does anybody know what that tv snippet at 0:30 is from?
that face looks familiar to me.. I'm wondering if it's from a movie or if that guy really believed what he was saying
Walter Chronkite, a TV show from the early 50s, See It Now, that presented historical recreations.
thank you! that makes sense
@heru1966 Wish I knew. A generous person sent me these excerpts.
Just liked your comment, that was my old account you responded to. Always appreciate your good works.
@neverwrest09 Live/Evil
Baltimore born and raised...
That's Right
Great video mate......Nice insight & not heard much of that music with Bartz. time to check out more new stuff
Miles Prestige Period is my favorite of all time, the Electronic Music of the 60's and 70's I'd Instrumental Rock & Roll....
Great clip. That Walter Cronkite bit surprised me for some reason. 😮
You and me both!
Keith Jarrett is so crazy! What hairstyle is he wearing? Is this his jazz hair?
2dasimmons He's wearing his hair naturally... it's just longer than usual. Look at Miles, Gary, and Michael Henderson. You have to realize the time period was late 60's and 70's. Up to this point most black artist and people in general were using chemical relaxers in their hair to straighten it. Look at the old R&B artist from that era... James Brown, Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, Temptations etc. The Civil Rights Movement was at its highest peak. When James Brown released the song Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud, that's when black America changed hair styles to the natural look or some would say afro. I'm quite sure you have seen a young Michael Jackson while he was with the Jackson 5, The Sylvers, Spinners, even Prince sporting a natural look. Weather it was long or short, it's still a natural... Reminds me of What's Going On... Who are they to judge us simply cause our hair is long.
marc clanton - Keith Jarrettt is white by the way!
@@jibsmokestack1 You're wrong!!! He is partly black, however he has some white ancestry. He even looks more Puerto Rican.
@@ericburger9334 Incorrect. I’ve seen him say it many times. He is white. Don’t just make things up
Gary has been in awesome company. He's good but l never knew much of him. 💕 He has to be good if Miles liked him. Miles picked the best.
Gary deserves to be awesome company. His work with Miles and McCoy and Max is particularly noteworthy.
💙😃🌸🌱
FYI. Nina said to me that she would rather call it Black Classical Music or African American Classical Music....but NOT, definitely NOT Jazz.
I didn't know Walter Cronkite was so hip
He played drums as a hobby. He became very close with Micky Hart in his later years.
henderson was NOT the first electric bassist in miles' bands. ron carter played electric on miles in the sky, and dave holland played a p bass on all sorts of stuff from 68 to 70.
I think the implication was that Henderson was the first bassist whose primary instrument was ELECTRIC. Yeah, Carter and Holland recorded with it, but that’s not what either of them are truly known for. And after their time with Miles, both of them returned their focus to upright bass. Henderson, though, was part of the new regime...guys who learned upright and electric bass simultaneously, but who were influenced by what they heard on the radio, rock, soul, funk and what they were apart of before Miles (Motown in Henderson’s case). Later, it was Marcus Miller carrying the torch.
Whatchu say, Cronkite? (LOL!)
100
yup
I love fuck-you rhythms.
it's always about the blues...
Except for the 3/4 time standards....no?
it's a vibe, even when Charlie parker played standards, he had that blues thing in background
I won't, I call Duke Ellington a Jazz Man....
Back up from the mic a bit when you record your voice-overs.
I like the term "Black Classical Music," but "Jazz" is a beautiful, mighty designation for the beautiful, mighty music it represents.
Jazz sounds like a cheesy slang word from the early 20th century, but black classical music is blazed as fuck as well. I usually just think of it as improvised acoustic music or acoustic music with an emphasis on improv if its the standard stuff people know of as "jazz".
Jazz was created by formerly enslaved native Black Americans. You do not say this explicitly in the video but want to say it is America's homegrown music without attributing its inception to native Black Americans.
But I'm not a rapper...
Is 'Jazz' "America's homegrown artform"? Really ...
Since it's roots existed in Europe, Africa and brought into the US by many of the migrants.
Another case of exceptional americanism at best ...
Whinny
Uncle Walter was a rotten sob….
lol Keith Jarrett sounded like shit trying to accompany Bartz
Jazz started as a racial slur against blacks like jigga-boo, the n-word, etc.
no it didn’t. jazz (also jass) was euphemistic for sex.
@@indieWellie How would you know as a white person who has not lived the black experience?
I didn't realize Walter Cronkite was so hip.
He was a big Jazz fan. Saw him once at Joe Lovano gig.
Wouldn't have guessed from what he said here. thx.
@@no1shere710 that was a dramatic recreation, not his sentiments