Harlem Bush Music
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{{Infobox album
| name = Harlem Bush Music
| type = Compilation
| artist = Gary Bartz NTU Troop
| cover = Harlem Bush Music.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = November 19 and 23, 1970 and January 1971 at Decca Studios, New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz-funk
| length = 76:45
| label = Milestone
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Gary Bartz
| prev_title = Home!
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Juju Street Songs
| next_year = 1972
}}
Harlem Bush Music is a compilation of two albums by saxophonist Gary Bartz NTU Troop, recorded in 1970 and 1971 and released on the Milestone 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=March 3, 2016 }} accessed February 10, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2Score = 9/10{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Bob |date=April 1997 |title=Gary Bartz NTU Troop: Harlem Bush Music/Tafia And Uhuru |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik023_april_1997.pdf |magazine=Muzik |issue=23 |page=120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181336/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik023_april_1997.pdf |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |access-date=July 17, 2022}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 20
}}
}}
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of AllMusic wrote: "How one finally looks at Harlem Bush Music -- is it music, politics, or something in between -- matters less than understanding the time and place that it was made. And whether one ultimately finds these efforts by the Gary Bartz Ntu Troop satisfying or tiring matters less than appreciating the adventurous spirit that went into making them".Lankford, R. D., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/harlem-bush-music-mw0000655536 AllMusic Review], February 10, 2015 All About Jazz stated: "Harlem Bush Music remains extremely relevant. Though the album came at a time when Black Consciousness and Black Pride were coming to the fore of American culture, current times are such that its message of struggle, love and hope transcends racial categories. That is both a great testament to the power of this music, as well as to the dawning fact in this country that we're all in this together".AAJ Staff, [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/harlem-bush-music-gary-bartz-ntu-troop-review-by-aaj-staff.php All About Jazz Review], December 29, 2004
Track listing
All compositions by Gary Bartz except as indicated
- "Rise" – 5:28
- "People Dance" – 10:35
- "Du (Rain)" – 4:17
- "Drinking Song" (Gary Bartz, Maxine Bartz) – 5:17
- "Taifa" (Gary Bartz, Maxine Bartz) – 4:21
- "Parted" (Paul Laurence Dunbar) – 2:04
- "The Warriors' Song" – 6:09
- "Blue (A Folk Tale)" – 18:05
- "Uhuru Sasa" – 6:48
- "Vietcong" (Hakim Jami) – 5:16
- "Celestial Blues" (Andy Bey) – 7:34
- "The Planets" – 5:08
- Originally released as Harlem Bush Music: Taifa on Milestone 9031 (tracks 1–7) and Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru on Milestone 9032 (tracks 8–12).
Personnel
- Gary Bartz – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocals, narration, piano
- Andy Bey – vocals (tracks 1–5)
- Juni Booth (tracks 1–7 & 10), Ron Carter (tracks 8, 9, 11 & 12) – bass, electric bass
- Harold White – drums
- Nat Bettis – percussion