Gary Bartz Quintet Libra LP RE Milestone MSP 9006 Billy Higgins Jimmy Owens

Description: Gary Bartz Quintet Libra LP RE Milstone MSP 9006 Billy Higgins Jimmy Owens Archival Sleeve WCUW MA Call lettersBartz first recoding and it's a monster great playing all round Owens work fantastic Libra is the debut album by saxophonist Gary Bartz' Quintet, recorded in 1967 and released on the Milestone label Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios (New York City), May 31 and June 15, 1967. Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940, in Baltimore) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Bartz was first exposed to jazz as the son of the owners of a jazz nightclub in Baltimore. In 1958 he left Baltimore to study at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Workshop. He worked as a sideman with Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln before joining Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. In 1968, he was a member of McCoy Tyner's band, Expansions. In mid-1970, he joined Miles Davis' band, performing live at the Isle Of Wight festival in August; and at a series of December dates at The Cellar Door club in Washington, D.C. Portions of these shows were initially released on the 1971 Live-Evil album, with the entire six performance/four night run eventually released in full on the 2005 Cellar Door Sessions box set. He later formed the band Ntu Troop, which combined jazz, funk, and soul.Bartz was awarded a Grammy for "Best Latin Jazz Performance" for his work on Roy Hargrove's "Habana" at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, and for "Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group" for For McCoy Tyner's Illuminations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.Gary Bartz - alto saxophoneJimmy Owens- flugelhorn (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6-8), trumpet (tracks 2, 5 & 8)Albert Dailey - pianoRichard Davis - bassBilly Higgins - drums

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