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I Walked With Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath
By Larry Reni Thomas Master saxophonist/composer/arranger/educator Jimmy Heath's extremely-articulate, plainly-written, eye-opening, earnest, raw, sometimes happy, often times, grim autobiography. I Walked With Giants (Temple University Press, 322 pgs.) is a must-read, guide to how to become a successful survivor. It is a fascinating, wonderful story about a man, now in his eighties, a Philadelphia native, who ...
A Life in Music Portrayed by an NEA Jazz Master and His Legendary Friends
I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath Jimmy Heath and Joseph McLaren Foreword by Bill Cosby, introduction by Wynton Marsalis Publication Date: February 26, 2010 A life in music portrayed by an NEA Jazz Master and his legendary friends “I have long admired Jimmy's passion heard so clearly in his ...
Mickey Roker: You Never Lose the Blues
by Victor L. Schermer
Drummer Mickey Roker is a mainstay and icon of the jazz world, having a played with Dizzy Gillespie, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Lee Morgan, and many of the other signature groups of modern jazz. Yet he has always maintained his Philadelphia roots, and is and has been a regular at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in that ...
Endurance
By Jimmy Heath
Label: Jazz Legacy Productions
Released: 2009
Track listing: Changes; Wall To Wall; You Or Me; Ballad from Leadership Suite; Dusk In The City; Two Tees; Autumn in New York; From A Lonely Bass; The Rio Dawn.
Gregory Thomas: Ain't But a Few of Us
by Willard Jenkins
Like most of the participants in our ongoing dialogue with African American music writers, Gregory Thomas has both feet and hands in several camps. Thomas' byline has been featured in numerous publications, including Salon.com, Guardian Observer (London), American Legacy, Africana.com, BlackAmericaWeb.com, Daily News (New York, NY), TBWT.com, Callaloo, The Village Voice, and others. He was the ...
Jeb Patton: New Strides
by Dan McClenaghan
MAXJAZZ's ongoing Piano Series has featured some very heavy hitters in the keyboard arena: Mulgrew Miller, Geoffrey Keezer, Eric Reed, Denny Zeitlin and the inimitable Jessica Williams. Add Jeb Patton to the group, a young piano man that holds his own in marvelous company with the release of New Strides.He doesn't play Jerome Kern's ...
Heath Brothers: Endurance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Endurance: resistenza, durata. I fratelli Heath resistono: contro il tempo, contro la progressiva scomparsa dei corpi e, talvolta, delle idee. Resistono allo scomparire di un'epoca musicale e culturale, quella del bop, della quale sono fra gli ultimi sopravvissuti. La loro vitalità, la loro tenacia nel vivere e far vivere la loro esperienza musicale ricorda un noto ...
Heath Brothers: Endurance
by Joel Roberts
Endurance is a fitting word to describe Jimmy and Albert “Tootie" Heath, the veteran mainstreamers whose new release is their first since the death of their brother Percy four years ago. Jimmy Heath, who just celebrated his 83rd birthday, remains a titan on the tenor saxophone (and occasionally the soprano), playing with the relaxed ...
Claudio Roditi: A Brazilian in Iowa
by Victor Verney
Watching trumpeter Claudio Roditi lead some unfamiliar sidemen through an afternoon rehearsal prior to an evening performance provided a good look at something not readily apparent at concerts. While the audience at that night's show in Ottumwa, Iowa saw Roditi's talents as a player and improviser (and even singer) displayed, most concertgoers could only have a ...
Interview: Jimmy Heath (Part 2)
Up until 1952, Jimmy Heath's instrument was the alto saxophone. A fast study, Jimmy sounded almost identical to Charlie Parker, earning him the nickname “Little Bird." But the novelty of mimicking Parker soon wore thin, especially as the tenor saxophone emerged in the early 1950s as the more popular reed instrument. So Jimmy made the switch, ...
