Release Date: 06 January 2014
Label: Jazz Legacy
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 764942254821
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
The Jimmy Heath Big Band recorded live at the Blue Note jazz club, NYC in 2011 to celebrate Heath's 85th birthday. The band includes jazz stars such as trumpeter Roy Hargrove, saxophonist Antonio Hart and drummer Lewis Nash. They perform a mixture of Heath originals and jazz standards by Charlie Parker and Billy Strayhorn, amongst others.
Jimmy Heath has long been recognised as a brilliant saxophonist and a magnificent composer and arranger. Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (bassist Percy Heath and drummer Tootie Heath), and is the father of Mtume. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last fifty years, from Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and Howard McGhee to Wynton Marsalis. During his career, Jimmy has performed on more than 100 albums including seven with The Heath Brothers and twelve as a leader. He has also written more than 125 compositions, many of which have become jazz standards.
Personnel: Jimmy Heath (tenor & soprano saxophones), Antonio Hart, Mark Gross (alto saxophone & flute), Charles Davis (tenor saxophone), Bobby Lavell (tenor saxophone & flute), Frank Basile (baritone saxophone), Roy Hargrove, Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Diego Urcola, Michael Mossman (trumpet), Steve Davis, Jason Jackson, John Mosca (trombone), Jeff Nelson (bass trombone), Jeb Patton (piano), Peter Washington (bass), Lewis Nash (drums)
Tracklisting
The Cookers
Monty Alexander
Monty Alexander
Jimmy Heath Big Band
Cyrus Chestnut
Benny Green
Roy Assaf
Yotam
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
