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Jimmy Heath

Jimmy Heath has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 16 episodes and was first played on 4 November 2014.

James Edward Heath (born October 25, 1926 - died January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, and the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Tootie Heath. He originally played alto saxophone, but after the influence of Charlie Parker on his work for Howard McGhee and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1940s earned him the nickname Little Bird (Parker's nickname was Bird), he switched to tenor. He was out of music for several years in the 1950s, returning to…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Smilin' Billy Suite
The Heath Brothers, Albert, Jimmy, Percy, Stanley Cowell
Strata-East1976
Smilin' Billy Suite
The Heath Brothers, Albert, Jimmy, Percy, Stanley CowellStrata-East1976
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Gemini
Jimmy Heath
Muse Records1973
Gemini
Jimmy HeathMuse Records1973
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Far Away Lands
Jimmy Heath
Muse Records1973
Far Away Lands
Jimmy HeathMuse Records1973
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The Hearing
Don Sleet, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter
Jazzland1961
The Hearing
Don Sleet, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Ron CarterJazzland1961
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Alkebu-Lan (Land Of The Blacks)
Jimmy Heath
Cobblestone1972
Alkebu-Lan (Land Of The Blacks)
Jimmy HeathCobblestone1972
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Gemini
Jimmy Heath
Riverside Records1962
Gemini
Jimmy HeathRiverside Records1962
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Big "P"
Jimmy Heath
Milestone1975
Big "P"
Jimmy HeathMilestone1975
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