Biography
Jimmy Heath (James Edward Heath, 25 October 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer, arranger, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute), Percy Heath (b. 30 April 1923, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, d. 28 April 2005, Southampton, New York, USA; bass) and Al ‘Tootie’ Heath (b. Albert Heath, 31 May 1935, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; drums). The Heath brothers have all had distinguished and prolific careers individually. They worked together as an ‘official’ Heath Brothers band in the late 50s and worked on the sessions for Jimmy Heath’s Swamp Seed. The concept was revived after Jimmy and Percy appeared on Albert Heath’s debut album in 1973. When the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy’s regular band for 22 years, was disbanded in 1974 the idea seemed more practicable, and in 1975 the brothers re-formed with pianist Stanley Cowell. Albert left in 1978 because of a disagreement over musical direction with Jimmy and Percy, and...
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