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Gary Bartz Quartet featuring George Cables
Online: Presented in association with Jill Newman Productions “Bartz, always an imposing technician, who began his career in the 1960s with a ragged, edgy attack and later attempted a Coltrane-like effusiveness, can now summon Parker's burnished voice without sacrificing his own.” – Village Voice Alto saxophonist Gary Bartz and pianist George Cables have been at the forefront of modern jazz for decades. Gary Bartz moved to New York in 1958 to study at the Juilliard School of Music. A student by day, Bartz established himself by night as one of the most distinctive and exciting new alto players on the scene, working with Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, and Charles Mingus. In 1970, he joined Miles Davis’s electric band for a fruitful period that included the legendary performance at the Isle of Wight Festival. Having learned from the best, Bartz has led his own groups for four decades and has recorded dozens of albums. George Cables, a New York native, emerged as one of the most influential pianists in jazz in the 60’s and has stayed in high demand ever since. Like so many top artists, he gained important early experience with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Relocating to the West Coast in the 1970’s, Cables has performed with Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson and many more. Supported in part by Jay Clemens & Carolyn Seen; Lisa Friedman & Jim Harris Web Sites Q&A with Gary Bartz What is the first recording you remember hearing as a child? Who is your favorite
jazz musician under the age of 30? What job would you have if you weren’t
a jazz musician? What’s the strangest experience you’ve
ever had on the bandstand? What’s your favorite food? What’s the most exotic place you’ve
traveled to as a musician? What’s the last book you’ve
read? If you could play with any other musician, living or dead
(with whom you have not played), who would it be and why? What’s your favorite tune? What’s your favorite thing
about being a Stanford jazz Faculty member? What’s your favorite jazz venue? Who is your greatest musical influence? If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have three
recordings with you, what would they be? What hobbies do you have? If you could be any other type of artist other than a jazz musician,
what would you be and why? Do you have a favorite music-related
joke (that can be told in mixed company!)? When did you become interested in music, and what circumstances
or events led to your becoming a professional musician? If you were to describe your music as a color, what color would it
be and why? |
