DER US-AMERIKANISCHE JAZZSAXOFONIST JIMMY HEATH IST GESTORBEN
20.01.2020 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
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:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Heath
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