Episode One: Children of Harlem

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{{Infobox album

| name = Episode One: Children of Harlem

| type = Studio

| artist = Gary Bartz

| cover = Episode One Children of Harlem.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1994

| recorded = January 20, 1994

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

| genre = Jazz

| length = 65:30

| label = Challenge Records
SJP 379

| producer = Russ Musto

| chronology = Gary Bartz

| prev_title = Shadows

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = The Red and Orange Poems

| next_year = 1994

}}

Episode One: Children of Harlem is an album by saxophonist Gary Bartz which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Dutch Challenge label.[https://www.dornpub.com/SaxjPDF/BartzDiscography.pdf Gary Bartz Selected Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233948/https://www.dornpub.com/SaxjPDF/BartzDiscography.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} accessed January 2, 2018[https://www.challengerecords.com/products/119626555256 Challenge Records: album details], accessed January 2, 2018

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 90}}

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Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "Bartz (who is heard on alto and soprano) is in fine form playing with a top-notch quartet ... The hard-bop oriented music includes a few standards and three originals by either Bartz or Willis. It's not essential but enjoyable".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000122206 |title=Gary Bartz: Episode One Children of Harlem – Review |accessdate=January 2, 2018}}

Track listing

  1. "Amos 'n' Andy Theme One & Spoken Intro" (William Campbell) – 3:08
  2. "Tap Dancer" (Gary Bartz) – 7:01
  3. "If This Isn't Love" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) – 10:39
  4. "Tico Tico" (Zequinha de Abreu) – 8:45
  5. "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" (Traditional) – 8:53
  6. "Children of Harlem" (Larry Willis) – 7:35
  7. "Crazy She Calls Me" (Carl Sigman, Bob Russell) – 12:55
  8. "Heavy Blue" (Larry Willis) – 5:12
  9. "Ruby Begonia & Amos 'n' Andy Theme Two" (Gaetano Braga) – 1:29

Personnel

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