Person · Male
Percy Heath
- From
- North Carolina, United States
- Active
- 1923–2005
- Releases
- 4
- bebop
- hard bop
- jazz
- post-bop
About
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. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz.
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- MusicBrainz
- 534362cd-66ed-45a8-9cba-b847dbf75b6f
- ISNI
- 0000000115741504
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