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Gary Bartz

Gary Bartz is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Art Blakey, Abbey Lincoln, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders and Sonnyjim. Those roots explain a lot about how Gary Bartz arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Hammond, Pleasure, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes and Eddie Henderson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Donald Byrd, Norman Connors, Roy Hargrove, Phyllis Hyman and Woody Shaw, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Gary Bartz, reaching back through Art Blakey and forward to Donald Byrd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Gary Bartz is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Gary BartzArt BlakeyAbbey LincolnMiles DavisPharoah SandersSonnyjimDaniel MerriweatherSyreeta WrightAndy BeyDonald ByrdNorman ConnorsRoy HargrovePhyllis HymanWoody ShawThe Rance Allen GroupRoy AyersKenny BurrellJohnny HammondPleasureRoy Ayers UbiquityLonnie Liston Smith …Eddie HendersonWeldon IrvineIdris MuhammadLonnie Liston Smith

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Gary Bartz connections

Gary Bartz grew out of Art Blakey, Abbey Lincoln, Miles Davis and Pharoah Sanders, shares an orbit with Johnny Hammond, Pleasure, Roy Ayers Ubiquity and Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes, went on to shape Donald Byrd, Norman Connors, Roy Hargrove and Phyllis Hyman. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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