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Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975.
Percy Heath (* 30. April 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina; † 28. April 2005 in Southampton, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz - Kontrabassist . Leben. Aufgewachsen in Philadelphia, lernte Percy zunächst Geige und spielte im Schulorchester Violine, bis er im Bass sein ideales Instrument fand.
A product of one of jazz’s most illustrious families, Percy Heath and his sublime, swinging bass served as the cornerstone of the Modern Jazz Quartet for over four decades. Heath was born in Wilmington, NC, on April 23, 1930.
25. Apr. 2022 · The American jazz musician and bassist with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Percy Heath, began his musical apprenticeship in 1946, after Air Force service. It was just the right time.
28. Apr. 2005 · Percy Heath was the backbone of the popular jazz group Modern Jazz Quartet, and a superb bassist so sought after that he appeared on more than 200 jazz albums.
29. Apr. 2005 · Percy Heath, whose forceful and buoyant bass playing anchored the Modern Jazz Quartet for its entire four-decade existence, died yesterday in Southampton, N.Y. He was 81 and lived in Montauk,...
30. Apr. 2005 · Percy Heath, the superb bassist who for more than 40 years provided the sublime underpinnings for the Modern Jazz Quartet, died Thursday of bone cancer at a hospital in Southampton, New York.
