Gary Bartz Quintet at Blue Note Tokyo

Gary Bartz Quintet at Blue Note Tokyo

Aug 02, 2025 at 3:30pm ~ Aug 04, 2025 at 10:30pm

In 2024, he will be appointed an “NEA Jazz Master,” the highest honor for jazz artists, by the National Endowment for the Arts. Jazz saxophone legend Gary Bartz will appear at Blue Note Tokyo with his own quintet. Since the 1960s, he has performed with masters such as Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and Miles Davis, and has appeared as a guest on over 45 solo albums and over 200 works.

In recent years, he has collaborated with talented musicians in the contemporary scene, such as Ali Shahid Muhammad and Adrian Younge’s “Jazz Is Dead” series and the UK jazz funk band Mysha. He appeared with up-and-coming members such as Mark Carey and Kassa Overall on NPR’s popular series “Tiny Desk Concerts,” which became a hot topic. Bartz is still at the forefront, and his legend is not over.