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Gary Bartz NTU Troop: Live In Bremen

Read "Live In Bremen" reviewed by Chris May


In the early 1970s there was fusion and there was NTU Troop. After paying his dues in bands led by Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Art Blakey, Bartz made a splash in 1969 with his sophomore album, Another Earth (Milestone), a genius blend of spiritual jazz, space jazz and down and dirty blues. On it, Bartz was joined by tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, trumpeter Charles Tolliver, pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Freddie Waits. Heavy company.

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Gary Bartz Ntu Troop: Harlem Bush Music

Read "Harlem Bush Music" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Recordings like Gary Bartz' Harlem Bush Music are often lost to time and neglect. Because it addresses heady social issues (racism and war in this case), it is not an album for sipping wine or for just “chillin'." Just there, plenty of sales are lost to hipsters and trendsetters. Excluding this fickle crowd, though, it is still surprising that such an excellent album could remain so obscure.

Luckily, for those of us not present during its original release, Fantasy has ...

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Double Moon Records
2012

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Double Moon Records
2010

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Double Moon Records
2009

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Harlem Bush Music

Unknown label
2004

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Harlem Bush Music -...

Double Moon Records
1997

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Singerella - A Ghetto...

Double Moon Records
1974

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