from the CD BOB BARTOSIK -DOUBLE TRIPLE
"Double Triple"
"Chrome Attic"
"Punch Line"
"You Got It"
Bob Bartosik - Sax, Bass, Drums
James Forston- Piano
2008 Bartosik - Split Reed Publishing (ASCAP)
Ben Randall - Drums
Randy Creighton - Piano
Craig Broussard - Bass
Bob Bartosik - Tenor Sax
2002 Bartosik - Split Reed Publishing ASCAP
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Influences
Coltrane, Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Jimi Hendrix, Ahmad Jamal, Miles Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, James Carter, Albert Ayler, Wayne Shorter, Wayne Kramer, Sonny Sharrock, Pharoah Saunders, Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Plas Johnson, Illinois Jacquet, Arnette Cobb, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Louis Armstrong, Lester Young...
I'm a saxophonist recently back on the music scene in southern California after a 5 years lost to the TV News business. I can be found in many different musical settings and am always looking for new ideas about music.
NEWS:
Housecoat Project is talking about more reunion shows and a possible tour on the West Coast in 2010. Subterranean Records is releasing our long shelved 2nd record in 2010!! Only 20 years late... I wish I could go re-record my tracks now since I am playing sax a little better.
My CD "Double Triple" was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the 2008 San Diego Music Awards. Please check it out on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon...
Please check out the soundtrack for a documentary on author Hubert Selby Jr -- "IT/LL BE BETTER TOMORROW" -- I did the theme for the main titles at the start of the film and several other musical pieces for the film.
I used to play in rock bands, the most notorious being Housecoat Project which made a couple albums and toured the USA several times... long ago in a galaxy far, far away it seems.
Somehow I got turned on to jazz (inevitable for a horn player I guess) which is what I was given to play when I was learning saxophone as a kid, so I've come around full circle. I really enjoy the challenge of navigating thru all the complex chord changes and trying to improvise a logical melody. I also really love all those great old songs-- "The Great American Songbook" as they've become to be known.
I did some soundtrack work recently on a documentary about author HUBERT SELBY JR., IT/LL BE BETTER TOMORROW. The film was released in 2007 and is now available via Netflix, Blockbuster, Amazon, etc.
Hey, Yah, i was in town for just a day. But I didn't have time to do anything. I'll be back on the 2nd till the 4th, then out for a month w/ AC/DC. Hope all is well back in SD
