Jimmy Heath

tenor and soprano saxophones, arrangement, composition · 1926–2020 · Philadelphia

Saxophonist, composer and arranger from Philadelphia, the second of the three Heath brothers, who played with Howard McGhee and Dizzy Gillespie before switching to tenor in the early 1950s. He co-led the Heath Brothers from 1975 to 1982 and was named an NEA Jazz Master.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Modern big bands

Landmark tracks

• Trane Connections (1992)
• Ellington's Stray Horn (1992)
• Gingerbread Boy (1992)

Sources

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