Percy Heath

Born: 
04/30/1923
City: 
Wilmington
Region: 
NC
Country: 
USA
Died: 
04/28/2005
Years Active: 
1940's-2000's
Instruments: 
Bass, Cello, Clarinet, Vocals
Associated Artists: 
Ray Brown
Stanley Cowell
Johnny Griffin
Played With: 
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
Howard McGhee
Modern Jazz Quartet
Thelonious Monk
Wes Montgomery
Joe Morris
Charlie Parker
Recorded With: 
Cannonball Adderley
Milt Jackson

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Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk. He was drafted into the Army in 1944, becoming a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, but saw no combat.

Discography

Blue Period
Released: 1951
Wizard of the Vibes
Released: 1952
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Released: 1953
Walkin'
Released: 1954
Concorde
Released: 1955
Modern Jazz Quartet, Vol. 2
Released: 1955
Milt Jackson Quartet
Released: 1955
The Magnificent Thad Jones
Released: 1956
Milt Jackson & The Thelonious Monk Quintet
Released: 1956
Quintet / Sextet
Released: 1956
Thelonious Monk
Released: 1956
Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
Released: 1956
Collectors' Items
Released: 1956
J Is for Jazz
Released: 1956
Ballads & Blues
Released: 1956
The Magnificent Thad Jones, Vol. 3
Released: 1956
Bags' Groove
Released: 1957
Plenty, Plenty Soul
Released: 1957
Bags & Flutes
Released: 1957
Things Are Getting Better
Released: 1958
Cannonball Takes Charge
Released: 1959
Really Big!
Released: 1960
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Released: 1960
Know What I Mean?
Released: 1961
Soul Meeting
Released: 1961
Swamp Seed
Released: 1963
The First Q
Released: 1977