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Percy Heath (30 Apr 1923 - 28 Apr 2005)

Male Person - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. A Love Song 17 Feb 2004

Relationships (9)

Member Of

  1. The Heath Brothers
  2. Cannonball Adderley Quartet
  3. Miles Davis and His Band
  4. The Modern Jazz Quartet
  5. Gigi Gryce Quartet
  6. Miles Davis All Stars
  7. Miles Davis Quartet

Siblings

  1. Albert “Tootie” Heath
  2. Jimmy Heath

Recordings by (7)

  1. A Love Song 3:17 (17 Feb 2004)
  2. Watergate Blues 3:26 (17 Feb 2004)
  3. Django 6:28 (17 Feb 2004)
  4. Century Rag 5:22 (17 Feb 2004)
  5. No More Weary Blues 3:38 (17 Feb 2004)
  6. Suite For Pop 13:26 (17 Feb 2004)
  7. Hanna's Mood 5:23 (17 Feb 2004)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Down 2:52 Miles Davis (1951) bass
  2. Morpheus 2:25 Miles Davis (1951) bass
  3. Whispering 3:06 Miles Davis (1951) bass
  4. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2:45 Dizzy Gillespie (1951) bass
  5. Thinking of You 2:45 Dizzy Gillespie (1951) bass
  6. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise 3:28 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  7. On the Scene 3:15 Milt Jackson (1952) bass
  8. If I Love Again ?:?? Lou Donaldson (1952) bass
  9. Down Home ?:?? Lou Donaldson (1952) bass
  10. The Best Things In Life Are Free ?:?? Lou Donaldson (1952) bass
  11. What's New 2:57 Milt Jackson (1952) bass
  12. Love Me Pretty Baby 3:38 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  13. Heart and Soul 2:31 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  14. True Blues 3:01 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  15. Bluesology 2:48 The Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) double bass
  16. Tahiti 3:28 Milt Jackson (1952) double bass
  17. Lillie 3:15 Milt Jackson (1952) double bass
  18. Criss Cross 2:58 Milt Jackson (1952) bass
  19. Willow Weep for Me 3:03 Milt Jackson (1952) bass
  20. Bags' Groove 2:41 Milt Jackson (1952) bass
  21. Sweet Juice ?:?? Lou Donaldson (1952) bass
  22. Futurity 4:03 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  23. Ittapanna 3:48 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  24. Tranquillity 4:09 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  25. Shabozz 3:57 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  26. Goodbye 4:08 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  27. Turnpike 4:18 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  28. Sketch 1 4:25 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  29. Bellarosa 4:15 Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet (1953) double bass
  30. Carvin' the Rock 3:56 Clifford Brown (1953) double bass
  31. Lover Man 3:54 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  32. Tempus Fugit 3:51 Miles Davis (1953) bass
  33. You Go to My Head 4:21 Clifford Brown (1953) double bass
  34. Cookin' 3:14 Clifford Brown (1953) double bass
  35. Brownie Speaks 3:47 Clifford Brown (1953) double bass
  36. De-Dah 4:51 Clifford Brown (1953) double bass
  37. Jarm 4:34 Howard McGhee (1953) double bass
  38. It Could Happen to You 4:44 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  39. Capri 3:40 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  40. Get Happy 4:51 J.J. Johnson (1953) double bass
  41. Blue ’n’ Boogie 8:18 Miles Davis All Stars (1954) bass
  42. Silverware 2:37 Horace Silver (1954) double bass
  43. Chi Chi 3:05 Charlie Parker (1954) double bass
  44. Let’s Call This 5:07 Thelonious Monk (1954) double bass
  45. Four 4:02 Miles Davis Quartet (1954) bass, double bass
  46. Blue Haze 6:12 Miles Davis Quartet (1954) bass
  47. Weirdo 4:44 Miles Davis (1954) double bass
  48. Lazy Susan 4:02 Miles Davis (1954) double bass
  49. The Leap 4:31 Miles Davis Quartet (1954) bass
  50. Little Red 3:55 Frank Foster (1954) bass

Credited as (27)

  1. Percy Heath
  2. Don Byron, Percy Heath & Bill Frisell
  3. Charlie Parker, Al Haig, Percy Heath & Max Roach
  4. Big Black, John Blair, Kenny Burrell, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bennie Green, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Max Roach, Mary Lou Williams
  5. Sam Most, Bob Dorough, Percy Heath, Louie Bellson
  6. Howard McGhee, Jimmy Heath, Milt Jackson, Will Davis, Percy Heath, Joe Harris
  7. Howard McGhee, Billy Eckstine, Kenny Mann, Will Davis, Percy Heath, Joe Harris
  8. Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson And Thelonious Monk Quintet
  9. Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet
  10. Sam Most, Doug Mettome, Urbie Green, Bob Dorough, Percy Heath, Louis Bellson
  11. Coleman Hawkins, Bill Taylor, John Collins, Percy Heath, Art Blakey
  12. Ben Webster, John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
  13. Dizzy Gillespie, Jay Jay Johnson, Budd Johnson, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, Art Blakey, Joe Carroll
  14. Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath & Albert “Tootie” Heath
  15. The Swingle Singers, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Connie Kay, John Lewis
  16. Nat Adderley feat. Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath & Sam Jones
  17. Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Green, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, John Blair, Kenny Burrell, Mary Lou Williams, Percy Heath, Big Black, Max Roach
  18. Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Eldridge, J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
  19. Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
  20. Roy Eldridge, J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Percy Heath, Connie Kay
  21. Barney Wilen, Kenny Clarke, Percy Heath & Milt Jackson
  22. The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath & Charlie Persip
  23. The Modern Jazz Sextet Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Skeeter Best, Percy Heath, Charlie Persip
  24. Jay Jay Johnson with Clifford Brown, Jimmy Heath, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
  25. Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, John Lewis, Percy Heath, Max Roach, Hank Jones
  26. Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Percy Heath & Connie Kay
  27. Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath & Kenny Clarke

Works (7)

Wrote

  1. Move to the Groove

Composed

  1. A Love Song
  2. Watergate Blues
  3. No More Weary Blues
  4. Suite For Pop
  5. The Watergate Blues

Dedicated Works

  1. For Percy Heath

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Modern Jazz Quartet at the White House bass

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895074k
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134400917
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6915spb
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82099997
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82099997
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320596

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Heath

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/253445

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000256575

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2258170/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/71578162

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981283