James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American

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saxophonist, composer, arranger, and

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leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer

Albert Heath Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, he first recorded in 1957 with ...

Biography

Heath was born in Philadelphia on October 25, 1926. Allmusic biography/ref> His father, an auto mechanic, played the clarinet, performing on the weekends. His mother sang in a church choir. The family frequently played recordings of big band jazz groups around the house. Heath's sister was a pianist, while his brothers were bassist Percy Heath (older) and drummer

(his youngest sibling). During World War II, Heath was rejected for the draft for being below the minimum weight. Heath originally played

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. He earned the nickname "Little Bird" after his work for

Howard McGhee Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...

and

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...

in the late 1940s, during which his playing displayed influences from

Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

(Parker's nickname was "Bird"). He then switched to

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

. From late 1945 through most of 1946, he performed with the

Nat Towles Nat Towles (August 10, 1905 – January 1963) was an American musician, jazz and big band leader popular in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, North Omaha, Nebraska and Chicago, Illinois. He was also music educator in Austin, Texas. The ...

band. In 1946, he formed his own band, which was a fixture on the Philadelphia jazz scene until 1949. The band included

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

Benny Golson Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/ hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before laun ...

Specs Wright Charles "Specs" Wright (September 8, 1927 - February 6, 1963) was an American jazz drummer born in Philadelphia. Wright played drums in an Army band until his discharge in 1947. Following this he played in a group with Jimmy Heath and Howard McGh ...

Cal Massey Calvin "Cal" Massey (January 11, 1928 – October 25, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Early life Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Massey studied trumpet under Freddie Webster, and following this played in ...

, Johnny Coles,

Ray Bryant Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had tau ...

, and Nelson Boyd.

and

Max Roach Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He work ...

sat in on one occasion. The band performed at venues such as the

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in Harlem. Although Heath recalls that the band recorded a few demos on acetate, it never released any recordings, and its arrangements were lost at a Chicago train station. The band dissolved in 1949 so that Heath could join Dizzy Gillespie's band. Heath was arrested and convicted twice for the sale of heroin; he was an acknowledged addict. The first time, in the spring of 1954, he was sent to the

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, Kentucky, where many musicians and celebrities (and other people) were given treatment. After release, In early 1955, still an addict, he was arrested again, and served most of a six-year prison sentence in Lewisburg. He went cold turkey, and was able to spend a lot of his time engaged in music. While in prison he actually composed most of the

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

and

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was know ...

album '' Playboys'' (1956). He was released early, on May 21, 1959, and remained clean for the rest of his life; conditions of probation made it difficult, but he managed to start rebuilding his career. He briefly joined

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of music ...

's group in 1959, replacing Coltrane, and also worked with

Kenny Dorham McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...

and

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role i ...

. Heath recorded extensively as leader and sideman. During the 1960s, he frequently worked with

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging so ...

and

Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

. In 1975, he and his brothers formed the Heath Brothers, also featuring pianist Stanley Cowell. Jimmy Heath composed "For Minors Only", "Picture of Heath", "Bruh' Slim", and "CTA" and recorded them on his 1975 album '' Picture of Heath''. In the 1980s, Heath joined the faculty of the

Aaron Copland School of Music The Aaron Copland School of Music is one of the oldest departments at Queens College, founded when the College opened in 1937. The department's curriculum was originally established by Edwin Stringham, and a later emphasis on the analytical sy ...

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. With the rank of Professor, he led the creation of the Jazz Program at Queens College and attracted prominent musicians such as

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop ...

to the campus. He also served on the board of the Louis Armstrong Archives on campus, and the restoration and management of the Louis and Lucille Armstrong Residence in

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, near his own home. In addition to teaching at Queens College for more than 20 years, he also taught at

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Personal life

At a coming-home party the night after his release from Lewisburg Penitentiary, he met his eventual wife, Mona Brown, whom he married in 1960; they had two children, Roslyn and Jeffrey. Heath was the father of R&B songwriter/musician

James Mtume James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working ...

. In 2010 his autobiography ''I Walked With Giants'' was published by the Temple University Press. Heath stood just 5 feet, 3 inches. He notably played in a jazz concert at the

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, when President

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borrowed his saxophone for one number. Heath died on January 19, 2020 in

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, of natural causes.

Awards and legacy

He received a

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nomination for box-set liner notes of ''The Heavyweight Champion, John Coltrane, the Complete Atlantic Recordings'' (Rhino, 1995), and Grammy nominations for ''Little Man Big Band'' (Verve, 1994) and ''Live at the Public Theatre'' with The Heath Brothers (Columbia, 1980). Heath was a recipient of the 2003 NEA Jazz Masters Award. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Human Letters. During his career, Heath performed on more than 100 albums, including seven with the Heath Brothers and 12 as a leader. He wrote more than 125 compositions, many of which have become

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and have been recorded by other artists, including

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", w ...

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duk ...

, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, James Moody,

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

, Dizzy Gillespie,

J. J. Johnson J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson and also known as Jay Jay Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop. Biograph ...

, and

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...

. Heath also composed extended works – seven suites and two string quartets – and premiered his first symphonic work, ''Three Ears'', in 1988 at Queens College, with

Maurice Peress Maurice Peress (March 18, 1930 – December 31, 2017) was an American orchestra conductor, educator and author. After serving as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein beginning in 1961, Peress went on to stand ...

conducting.

Books

Discography

Sources:

As leader

*1959: ''

The Thumper ''The Thumper'' is the debut album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1959 originally released on the Riverside label.

'' ( Riverside) *1960: '' Really Big!'' (Riverside) *1961: '' The Quota'' (Riverside) *1962: '' Triple Threat'' (Riverside) *1963: '' Swamp Seed'' (Riverside) *1964: ''Fast Company'' (

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) *1964: ''Nice People'' (Original Jazz Classics) *1964: '' On the Trail'' (Riverside) *1965: '' Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank'' (Label M – released 2001) – with

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives ...

*1972: '' The Gap Sealer'' (

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) – also released as ''Jimmy'' (

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) *1973: ''

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'' (Muse) *1974: '' The Time and the Place'' (

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– released 1994) *1975: '' Picture of Heath'' ( Xanadu) *1985: '' New Picture'' (Landmark) *1987: '' Peer Pleasure'' (Landmark) *1991: ''

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'' (

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) *1992: ''

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'' ( Verve) *1995: ''

You or Me ''You or Me'' is an album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1995 and released on the SteepleChase label.Fitzgerald, MJimmy Heath discography accessed April 22, 2014 Reception Ken Dryden at AllMusic noted "Jimmy Heath ...

'' (SteepleChase) *2006: ''Turn Up the Heath'' ( Planet Arts) *2010: ''Endless Search'' (Origin) *2012: ''Our Jazz Family''(JZAZ Records) *2014: ''Togetherness:Live at the Blue Note'' (Jazz Legacy Productions) *2014: ''My Ideal'' (Jazz Elite S.P.) (digital) *2020: ''Love Letter'' ( Impulse!)

With the Heath Brothers

* 1975: ''Marchin' On'' (

Strata-East Records Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording '' Music Inc.'' The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s. Ma ...

) * 1978: ''Passin' Thru'' (

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the A ...

) * 1979: ''Live at the Public Theatre'' (Columbia Records]) * 1979: ''In Motion'' (Columbia Records) * 1980: ''Expressions of Life'' (Columbia Records) * 1981: ''Brotherly Love'' (

Antilles Records Antilles Records was a record label founded as a division of Island Records. It began as a jazz label, recording Joanne Brackeen, Biréli Lagrène, and Phil Woods, though its catalogue did expand to include eclectic musicians like Brian Eno and R ...

) * 1981: ''Brothers and Others'' (Antilles Records) * 1997: ''As We Were Saying'' (

Concord Records Concord Records is an American record label owned by Concord and based in Los Angeles, California. Concord Records was launched in 1995 as an imprint designed to reach beyond the company's foundational Concord Jazz label. The label's artists have ...

) * 1998: ''Jazz Family'' (Concord Records) * 2009: ''Endurance'' (Jazz Legacy Productions)

As sideman

With

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

* '' That's Right!'' (Riverside, 1960) With

* '' Up with Donald Byrd'' ( Verve, 1965) With

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

*'' Over the Rainbow'' (MusicMasters, 1989) With Stanley Cowell * '' Regeneration'' (Strata-East, 1976) With Continuum * ''Mad About Tadd'' (

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, 1980) With

* '' Miles Davis Volume 2'' (Blue Note, 1953) reissued mostly on Miles Davis Vol 1 - 12 inch LP With

* '' Kenny Dorham Quintet'' (

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, 1953) * ''

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'' (Time, 1960) With

Charles Earland Charles Earland (May 24, 1941 – December 11, 1999) was an American jazz organist. Biography Earland was born in Philadelphia and learned to play the saxophone in high school. He played tenor with Jimmy McGriff at the age of 17 and in 1960 fo ...

* ''

Black Drops ''Black Drops'' is an album by organist Charles Earland which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.Art Farmer Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identical twin brother, doub ...

* '' The Time and the Place: The Lost Concert'' (

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, 1966) - released 2007 * '' The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits'' (Columbia, 1967) * '' The Time and the Place'' (Columbia, 1967) * ''

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'' (Mainstream, 1971) With

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 19 ...

* ''

Soul Trombone ''Soul Trombone'' is an album by American jazz trombonist Curtis Fuller featuring performances recorded in 1961 for the Impulse! label.

'' (Impulse!, 1962) * '' Smokin''' (Mainstream, 1972) With

Red Garland William McKinley "Red" Garland Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped popularize the block chord style of playing in j ...

* '' The Quota'' (MPS, 1971) 'With

Bunky Green Vernice "Bunky" Green (born April 23, 1935) is an American jazz alto saxophonist and educator. Biography Green was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he played the alto saxophone, mainly at a local club called "The Brass Rail". Green's fir ...

*''

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'' (Vee-Jay, 1960

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With

Johnny Hartman John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer who specialized in ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. Hartman is best remembered for his ...

* '' I've Been There'' (

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, 1973) With

* ''

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'' (Muse, 1973) With Elmo Hope * '' Homecoming!'' (Riverside, 1961) With

* '' Hub Cap'' (Blue Note, 1961) With

* '' Vibrations'' (Atlantic, 1961) * '' Big Bags'' (Riverside, 1962) * '' Invitation'' (Riverside, 1962) * ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1962) * ''

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'' (Riverside, 1962) * '' Jazz 'n' Samba'' (Impulse! 1964) * '' In a New Setting'' (Limelight, 1964) * '' Ray Brown / Milt Jackson'' with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965) * ''

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'' (Limelight, 1966) * '' Olinga'' (CTI, 1974) With

* ''All Stars (with

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)'' (Blue Note, 1953) reissued as '' The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1'' (1957) With

Carmell Jones Carmell Jones (July 19, 1936 – November 7, 1996) was an American jazz trumpet player. Biography Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. He started piano lessons at age five, and trumpet lessons at age seven. His first professional ...

* ''

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'' (Prestige, 1965) With Sam Jones * ''

The Soul Society ''The Soul Society'' is the debut album by bassist and cellist Sam Jones featuring performances recorded in early 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.

'' (Riverside, 1960) * '' The Chant'' (Riverside, 1961) * '' Down Home'' (Riverside, 1962) With

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* '' Latin Mann'' (Columbia, 1965) * ''Big Boss Mann'' (1970) With

* ''

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* '' Blue Soul'' ( Riverside, 1959) * '' A Sure Thing'' (Riverside, 1962) With the

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* '' MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration'' (Atlantic, 1994) With Don Patterson * '' These Are Soulful Days'' (Muse, 1972 With

Pony Poindexter Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (February 8, 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana – April 14, 1988, Oakland, California) was an American jazz saxophonist. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax. In 1940 he studied unde ...

* ''

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'' (Epic, 1962) With Julian Priester * '' Keep Swingin''' (Riverside. 1960) With Don Sickler * ''The Music of Kenny Dorham'' (Reservoir, 1983) With

Don Sleet Donald Clayborn Sleet (November 27, 1938 – December 31, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was a member of Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and Lenny McBrowne and the Four Souls. Widely considered a gifted musician, compared to the lik ...

* ''All Members'' (Jazzland, 1961) With

Cal Tjader Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. ( ; July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, known as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, even as he continued to perform music of Afro-Jazz, ...

* '' Soul Sauce'' (Verve, 1965) With

Charles Tolliver Charles Tolliver (born 1942) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Strata East Records. Biography Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10. During his chi ...

* ''

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'' (Strata-East, 1970) With

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* ''

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'' (Cam Jazz, 2007) With

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

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New York, New Sound ''New York, New Sound'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 2003 and released on the Mack Avenue label. Reception AllMusic rated the album with 3 stars; in his review, Alex Henderson noted: "Wilson's musical personality is ve ...

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Turned to Blue ''Turned to Blue'' is the fifty-second and final studio album by American jazz singer Nancy Wilson. It was released in 2006 through MCG Jazz. The title track is a poem written by Maya Angelou. The album won Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 49th Annu ...

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References

External links

Official website
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Brotherly Jazz:The Heath Brothers
- DVD Documentary
Jimmy Heath's oral history video excerpts
at The National Visionary Leadership Project
B.S.O Chico y Rita Film.
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