Eddie Henderson & Gary Bartz

[sidewinder]

Saw Eddie Henderson and Gary Bartz last night at a one-off gig at the Exeter Phoenix, after their 2 shows at Jazz Cafe, London over the weekend.

The gig was set up by Soul Brother Records and much of the material was drawn from the two anthologies of these guys put out by this label.

Astonishing stuff. Bartz was playing with incredible drive and groove. Henderson was in fine 'Mwandishi' form with wah-wah pedal and delay lines in action. Quite a bit of stuff played from the 'Capitol' anthology ('Amarosso', in particular, being superlative). Both of these guys can really deliver on this stuff.

Soom good vocals from Bartz too, on 'I've Known Rivers', 'Celestial Blues' and several others.

Soul Brother also had a trade stall set up, where you could buy autographed copies of the 2LP or CD format 'Anthologies'.

Great stuff !

Edited January 31, 2005 by sidewinder

[Kari S]

Sounds very cool! Too bad I'm not in London... By the way, am I complete off in saying that Soul Brother should next release a Bennie Maupin anthology?

[sidewinder]

A Bennie Maupin Anthology would indeed be great ! Bennie actually got a namecheck at the gig by Eddie H when introducing 'Amoroso' as 'written by our good friend Bennie Maupin'.

Just spinning the Bartz Anthology right now (specifically 'I've Known Rivers'). It's a great listen and Gary has signed the cover 'Music Power... Gary Bartz'. Cool or what ! B-)

[cannonball-addict]

I wish they did these kinds of tours in the states

[sidewinder]

I wish they did these kinds of tours in the states

suspect that they might have done this short tour as a bit of a favour for Soul Brother and in order to publicise the Anthologies.

I sure never thought I'd ever get the chance to see Eddie Henderson doing his 70s material so this was a great bonus. The Exeter gig was a last-minute addition to the itinery and not given great publicity so really glad to have caught it. Also great to have caught Gary Bartz live and at close range. He has an extremely personable stage presence and is in GREAT playing form at the present time.

[Rooster_Ties]

I sure never thought I'd ever get the chance to see Eddie Henderson doing his 70s material so this was a great bonus.

I sure wish Henderson would re-record some of that 70's material again, or new tunes in that style. His first two leader albums circa 1974 are top drawer.