Gary Bartz Heard the Future
A saxophonist, composer and griot reflects on an unwavering path.
At the top of I’ve Known Rivers and Other Bodies — an essential album by Ntu Troop, recorded at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival — saxophonist Gary Bartz kindly but firmly invites a subset of the audience to head for the exits. The band has just started into “Nommo - The Majick Song…
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