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