Gary Bartz (US) / G Livelab Helsinki

Schedule

Tue, 11 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Yrjönkatu 3, 00120 Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, ES

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Doors: 19:00
Showtime: 20:00
Harvinaislaatuisen NEA Jazz Master -tunnustuksen saanut ja kahdesti Grammylla palkittu jazzlegenda Gary Bartz saapuu yhtyeineen G Livelabeihin!
Gary Bartz tunnetaan yhtenä “epämuodollisen säveltämisen” (informal composition) sanansaattajista. Alttosaksofonisti on 1960-luvulta alkaen soittanut mm. Miles Davisin, Max Roachin, Charles Mingusin ja Art Blakeyn kanssa. Hän on julkaissut yli 45 sooloalbumia ja vieraillut yli 200 levytyksellä.
Marylandin Baltimoressa syntyneen Bartzin vanhemmat omistivat yökerhon, jossa esiintyvät jazzartistit tekivät Bartziin lähtemättömän vaikutuksen jo pikkupoikana. Hän sai ensimmäisen alttofoninsa 11-vuotiaana ja pääsi opiskelemaan Juilliardiin 1958. Hänet palkattiin soittajaksi Art Blakeyn Jazz Messengersiin 1965, ja viisi vuotta myöhemmin Miles Davis pyysi häntä mukaansa kiertueelle. Bartz perusti myös oman yhtyeensä NTU Troopin, jonka kanssa hän levytti ensimmäisen klassikkonsa I’ve Known Rivers and Other Bodies.
Bartz on saanut Grammy-palkinnot parhaasta Latin Jazz -esityksestä 1997 sekä McCoy Tynerin albumin tiimoilta 2005. Vuonna 2015 Bartz sai BNY Mellon Jazzin Living Legacy -palkinnon. Tuottaja Gilles Paterson kutsui Bartzin vuonna 2019 soittamaan lontoolaisen Maisha-yhtyeen kanssa, mistä seurasi yhteinen kiertue ja levytysyhteistyö.
Konsertti on ikärajaton.

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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.
Bartz was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to nightclub-owning parents and was exposed to many great jazz artists who played at their club. He was 6 when he was inspired by the sound of Charlie Parker, and received his first alto saxophone at the age of 11. He attended the Juilliard School in 1958 and was recruited into Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1965.
In 1970, Miles Davis asked Bartz to join his band and perform at the historic Isle of Wight Festival and his subsequent tour. Bartz also formed his own group, NTU Troop and recorded one of his first classics, I've Known Rivers and Other Bodies.
In 1997, he was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance for his work on Roy Hargrove’s Habana album, and, in 2005, he received a Grammy Award for his work as a sideman on McCoy Tyner's recording Illuminations. In 2015, Bartz received the BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award.
In 2019, producer Gilles Peterson invited Bartz to play the We Out Here festival with the London-based group Maisha, a move that proved so successful that Bartz played dates with them throughout Europe and cut an album with them in the Netherlands.
The concert is open for all ages.
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