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Jimmy Heath Orchestra: Really Big!
ByReissued as part of the Keepnews Collection, featuring remastered versions of classic albums from legendary producer Orrin, Really Big! highlights Jimmy Heath's formidable skills as a composer and arranger on a set of mostly upbeat, beboppish originals along with well-conceived covers like "On Green Dolphin Street (with a burning solo from Cannonball) and "Dat Dere, then a recent hit penned by the Adderleys' associate Bobby Timmons.
What's most impressive here is the maturity and sophistication of the ensemble's playing and of Heath's vision for the project, given the relative youth of most of the band members. Terry was the veteran of the group at forty and while several of the artists were well-respected at the time, only Cannonball Adderley had really broken out as a star. For Jimmy Heath, still going strong as he celebrates his 81st birthday this month, and the other performers in this truly all-star lineup, Really Big! was a taste of really big things to come.
Track Listing
Big "P"; Old Fashioned Fun; Mona's Mood; Dat Dere; Nails; On Green Dolphin Street; My Ideal; the Picture Of Health; Nails.
Personnel
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenorJimmy Heath; tenor sax; Clark Terry; trumpet; Nat Adderley; cornet; Tom McIntosh; trombone; Dick Berg; French horn; Pat Patrick; baritone sax; Cannonball Adderley; alto sax; Tommy Flanagan and Cedar Walton; piano; Percy Heath; bass; Alber "Tootie" Heath; drums.
Album information
Title: Really Big! | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Riverside
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