Libra (Gary Bartz album)

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Libra
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Studio album by
Gary Bartz Quintet
Released1968
RecordedMay 31 and June 15, 1967
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Milestone
MSP 9006
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Gary Bartz chronology
Libra
(1968)
Another Earth
(1969)

Libra is the debut album by saxophonist Gary Bartz' Quintet, recorded in 1967 and released on the Milestone label. [1]

Contents

Reception

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Michael G. Nastos of AllMusic wrote: "Featured are excellent compositions and playing in mainstream mode... This is the more lyrical side of Bartz". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gary Bartz except as indicated

  1. "Eastern Blues" - 3:58
  2. "Disjunction" - 7:10
  3. "Cabin in the Sky" (John La Touche, Vernon Duke) - 3:59
  4. "Air and Fire" - :52
  5. "Libra" - 6:22
  6. "Bloomdido" (Charlie Parker) - 4:46
  7. "Deep River" (Traditional) - 4:51
  8. "Freedom One Day" - 5:06

Personnel

References

  1. Gary Bartz Selected Discography accessed February 10, 2015
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review, February 10, 2015
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  20. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.