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Harry Bartlett

Harry Bartlett is a Canadian guitarist, composer, and educator. Growing up in British Columbia, Harry’s early musical experiences were in the folk tradition which informed his honest and melodic voice in the context of jazz and improvised music.

As a bandleader Harry has appeared in festivals and venues across Canada including Jazz YYC (Calgary, Alberta), Music Niagara (Niagara, Ontario), The Rex Hotel (Toronto, Ontario), The Brookstreet Hotel (Ottawa, Ontario), Resonance Café (Montreal, Quebec), Tangent Cafe (Vancouver, British Columbia), Herman’s Jazz Club (Victoria, British Columbia), and the Lighthouse Bistro (Nanaimo, British Columbia).

In July 2018, Harry Released his debut EP, Harry Bartlett Trio featuring Caleb Klager (double bass), and Harry Vetro (Drum set).

In addition to leading an active performing career, Harry has also developed a program for open improvisation which he has delivered to public schools across Canada.

Harry holds a Bachelor of Music degree with honours from the University of Toronto’s Jazz Performance program (2016-2020) and attended the School of Improvised Music in Brooklyn, New York (2019). He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Suba Institute Award for Performance Excellence, the Mary Alice Stuart Jazz Scholarship, and the TD Niagara Jazz Festival Jazz for the Ages Award.

Awards

Suba Institute Award for Performance Excellence - 2020

TD Niagara Jazz Festival Jazz for the Ages Award - 2020

Gear

Martin OM18

Fender Telecaster

Fender Stratocaster

The Harry Bartlett Trio: Wildwood

Read "Wildwood" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 24, 2022

The Harry Bartlett Trio's Wildwood twangs like something coming out of West Texas. The instrumentation is guitar, bass and drums, pure and simple. The opener, “Burgess Falls," might suggest a wide open desert landscape in the U.S.A.'s southwest, but the real Burgess Falls is located in Tennessee, where good country music can be found. As suggested by the opener, in part Bartlett's style is rooted in American folk and Western music sounds, but it also embraces jazz and improvisation.