DER US-AMERIKANISCHE JAZZSAXOFONIST JIMMY HEATH IST GESTORBEN

Der am 25. Oktober 1926 in Philadelphia geborene Jazzsaxofonist, Komponist, Arrangeur und Bandleader Jimmy «Little Bird» Heath (Bild) ist am 19. Januar 2020 in Loganville gestorben. Der legendäre Heath hat in seiner über 70jährigen Karriere über hundert Alben aufgenommen, mehr als 125 Kompositionen geschrieben und mit unendlich vielen Musikgrössen von Chet Baker und John Coltrane über Dizzy Gillespie und Miles Davis bis zu Ray Charles zusammengearbeitet.

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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 jazz standards and have been recorded by other artists, including Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, J. J. Johnson, and Dexter Gordon. 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 conducting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Heath

Jimmy Heath, 93, Jazz Saxophonist and Composer, Is Dead

Mr. Heath, whose compositions became part of the midcentury jazz canon, found new prominence in middle age as a co-leader of a band with his two brothers.

Giovanni Russonello

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/obituaries/jimmy-heath-dead.html

Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died.

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/19/535609079/jazz-saxophone-legend-jimmy-heath-has-died?t=1579567776038

The saxophonist worked with such luminaries as Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Chet Baker and Art Pepper among many others

Kevin Whitlock

https://www.jazzwise.com/news/article/saxophonist-jimmy-heath-dies-at-93

Jimmy Heath, the illustrious saxophonist who helped carry the bebop sound into the 21st century, has died

Adam Feibel

https://jazz.fm/jazz-legend-jimmy-heath-dies-at-age-93/

Jimmy Heath obituary

Jazz saxophonist, composer and brilliant arranger nicknamed Little Bird who enjoyed a seven-decade career

John Fordham

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/20/jimmy-heath-obituary

Saxophon-Legende Jimmy Heath gestorben

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/jazz-saxophon-legende-jimmy-heath-gestorben.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=1092760

Videos:

National Visionary

http://www.visionaryproject.com/heathjimmy/

Jimmy Heath Answers Student Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg_Fc-6VnZM

Jimmy Heath Where’s the Melody, Where’s the Harmony?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRe_eLjwJA0&feature=emb_logo

Jimmy Heath and Melissa Aldana Performing at the 2014 NEA Jazz Masters Award Ceremony & Concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_JcWgiu3o&list=RDWRe_eLjwJA0&index=2

R.I.P. – Jimmy Heath feat. by WDR BIG BAND – Without You No Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bub0sqPgTTM

Mehr:

http://www.jimmyheath.com/

http://www.brotherlyjazz.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Heath

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