Saxophonist, composer and 2024 NEA Jazz Master honoree Gary Bartz sits down with Terence Blanchard to discuss the iconic jazz-funk sounds of his band, the NTU Troop, as well as his experiences with Max Roach and Lee Morgan. You can watch Bartz’s “NTU Troop Revisited” concert (filmed in June during the San Francisco Jazz Festival) featuring Ambrose Akinmusire and Kassa Overall on August 30th on Fridays Live.
Up Next in Season 1
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Vince Wilburn, Jr
For this exclusive interview, SFJAZZ Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline speaks to Miles Davis’ nephew, drummer Vincent Wilburn Jr., about the GRAMMY-nominated 2008 album Miles From India that brought together alumni from various Miles Davis bands and a number of Indian classica...
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Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
Showing a lifetime’s worth of warmth and humor, jazz icons Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter come together again via Zoom on the occasion of the fifth and final Fridays at Five Wayne Shorter Celebration concert, joined this time by Wayne’s quartet including pianist Danilo Pérez, bassist John Patit...
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Seun Kuti
“Evolving The Afrobeat Tradition” SFJAZZ Dialogues w/ Seun Kuti & Terence Blanchard
The saxophonist, composer and Egypt 80 bandleader sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard to discuss the process of finding his own sound within the tradition laid out by his father,...