: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : 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.....: 283kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://jazzisdead.co/Gary-Bartz ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 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 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 27:35 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 58.96 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: 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. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 1 \/