Gary Bartz on drug use

[Hardbopjazz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KL1pbN9Gj0

[JSngry]

I looked at that the other day. He's either very courageous or very naive to talk that frankly/guilelesly about something that is still used as ammunition in this world.

[Hardbopjazz]

I think it is more courage then anything else.

Edited April 6, 2014 by Hardbopjazz

[CJ Shearn]

Agreed.

[Steve Reynolds]

Courageous as I had only heard rumors about one of musicians he mentioned. For the others it has always been unspoken common knowledge for most of us who have followed jazz.

Good to see how good of shape he is in @ 70 plus.

Note how young/old all those mentioned lived to. Only the most famous somehow survived to 71

Edited April 7, 2014 by Steve Reynolds

[Larry Kart]

Thread title edited to eliminate ambiguity.

[JSngry]

Party pooper!

[Jerry_L]

Opiates have therapeutic value, but I'd prefer to experiment with nootropics for a performance boost.

[sidewinder]

Lots of wise words there - he's playing London in a few days time, wish I could have made it.

[Steve Reynolds]

Opiates have therapeutic value, but I'd prefer to experiment with nootropics for a performance boost.

I'm not a musician and I have no idea what a nootropic is do I care to but my experience is that I hear best with nothing in my system. It has all slowed down for me the last 9 plus years and I know the other side.

[BillF]

he's playing London in a few days time

Apparently not!

http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/3449/shows/gary-bartz-plays-the-grover-washington-jr-song-book.html

[sidewinder]

he's playing London in a few days time

Apparently not!

http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/3449/shows/gary-bartz-plays-the-grover-washington-jr-song-book.html

What a shame. As it turns out I'll now be in the big smoke/money-sink later this week and could have potentially made the gig. Damn !

Edited April 8, 2014 by sidewinder

[Jerry_L]

Opiates have therapeutic value, but I'd prefer to experiment with nootropics for a performance boost.

I'm not a musician and I have no idea what a nootropic is do I care to but my experience is that I hear best with nothing in my system. It has all slowed down for me the last 9 plus years and I know the other side.

Nootropics might heal some of the damage you've done to yourself. But don't change a thing on my account. Stay as you are.

Nootropics (/noʊ.əˈtrɒpɨks/ noh-ə-trop-iks), also referred to as smart drugs, memory enhancers, neuro enhancers, cognitive enhancers, and intelligence enhancers, are drugs, supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional foods that purportedly improve mental functions such as cognition, memory, intelligence, motivation, attention, and concentration.^[1][2] The word nootropic was coined in 1972 by the Romanian Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea,^[3][4] derived from the Greek words νους nous, or "mind," and τρέπειν trepein meaning "to bend/turn". Nootropics are thought to work by altering the availability of the brain's supply of neurochemicals (neurotransmitters, enzymes, and hormones), by improving the brain's oxygen supply, or by stimulating nerve growth.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Jerry_L

[Steve Reynolds]

Thanks for the information.

I do a good bit of good stuff for myself every day to work on undoing some of the damage!