mrjazzman Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 (edited) I saw a masterful performance from Grand Master Gary Bartz last night at Yoshi's. When they started to play Ko Ko I almost fell out of my chair. Bird? live at Yoshi's?? Amazing. If there was a weak link in the chain, it was the drummer. Kassa Overall, rather light weight, sort of skims the surface of things. But overall a brilliant performance, best I've seen in years. I'd pay big money to see Gary Bartz and Charles McPherson together Edited April 26 by mrjazzman Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 I haven't been able to catch Bartz live in several years, probably due to COVID, but the last times I did see him perform, he was still playing great. I hope he makes his way back to the Boston area again. Quote
Guy Berger Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 MrJazzman, you should check out his classic work with Miles Davis during 1970-71. Quote
jazzkrow Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 I also saw Gary Bartz, just yesterday at the Mount Hood jazz festival, near Portland. His set was brilliant, he played Non-Stop for a full hour and his touring band was superb as well. Especially bassist, Reuben Rogers, guitarist Paul Bollenback, and pianist, Marc Cary. At 83 years old, Gary still has it... Very impressed. I was sorry to miss out on Nicholas Payton's set afterwards . Quote
JSngry Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 5 hours ago, jazzkrow said: I also saw Gary Bartz, just yesterday at the Mount Hood jazz festival, near Portland. His set was brilliant, he played Non-Stop for a full hour and his touring band was superb as well. Especially bassist, Reuben Rogers, guitarist Paul Bollenback, and pianist, Marc Cary. At 83 years old, Gary still has it... Very impressed. I was sorry to miss out on Nicholas Payton's set afterwards . Who was the drummer? Quote
jazzkrow Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 5 hours ago, JSngry said: Who was the drummer? Kassa Overall... The only musician I was unaware before.m Quote
mjazzg Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 (edited) He's very big in the younger scene that crosses over to other genres of R'n'B, Neo Soul, hip hop etc And in a way it doesn't surprise me that Bartz hired him as he's always been open to similar crossover. (cue the "but he's not Jazz" protests from the Jazz Police) Edited April 28 by mjazzg Quote
mjazzg Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 I didn't make the connection first time but watching again now, it's got to be. Looks a lot like his Dad Just watched it through again, really enjoyable especially that final tune Quote
JSngry Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 https://voyagela.com/interview/meet-tomoki-sanders-tomoki-sanders-new-york-city/#:~:text=I was born in New,a music-lover from Japan. Quote
felser Posted April 28 Report Posted April 28 My favorite Bartz album is this, just released in 2023 For 45 years,. my go-to Bartz was the amazing 'I've Known Rivers And Other Bodies', the great Milestone 2 LP set of his 1973 Montreux performance. Quote
mrjazzman Posted April 29 Author Report Posted April 29 On 4/26/2025 at 1:50 PM, Guy Berger said: MrJazzman, you should check out his classic work with Miles Davis during 1970-71. Not into electric Miles On 4/27/2025 at 11:16 PM, mjazzg said: He's very big in the younger scene that crosses over to other genres of R'n'B, Neo Soul, hip hop etc And in a way it doesn't surprise me that Bartz hired him as he's always been open to similar crossover. (cue the "but he's not Jazz" protests from the Jazz Police) I was being nice in my critique of him. More bluntly, imho this guy is not a Jazz Drummer On 4/25/2025 at 10:51 PM, mrjazzman said: I saw a masterful performance from Grand Master Gary Bartz last night at Yoshi's. When they started to play Ko Ko I almost fell out of my chair. Bird? live at Yoshi's?? Amazing. If there was a weak link in the chain, it was the drummer. Kassa Overall, rather light weight, sort of skims the surface of things. But overall a brilliant performance, best I've seen in years. I'd pay big money to see Gary Bartz and Charles McPherson together Bluntly speaking, bad choice of drummers for Gary Bartz On 4/27/2025 at 11:16 PM, mjazzg said: He's very big in the younger scene that crosses over to other genres of R'n'B, Neo Soul, hip hop etc And in a way it doesn't surprise me that Bartz hired him as he's always been open to similar crossover. (cue the "but he's not Jazz" protests from the Jazz Police) I'm thinking no one else was available. Kassa is a rap artist drummer. Concentrate on one or the other Quote
david weiss Posted April 29 Report Posted April 29 On 4/28/2025 at 12:18 PM, JSngry said: So that's Pharaoh Sanders' son on soprano, eh? Yes, he plays in Kassa's band. 53 minutes ago, mrjazzman said: Not into electric Miles I was being nice in my critique of him. More bluntly, imho this guy is not a Jazz Drummer Bluntly speaking, bad choice of drummers for Gary Bartz I'm thinking no one else was available. Kassa is a rap artist drummer. Concentrate on one or the other Kassa got his start with Wallace Roney's band and was in Geri Allen's band Timeline (with a tap dancer) for years. I guested with that band a couple of times and really enjoyed it. Anyways, the point is that Kassa has proper Jazz training.... Quote
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