Jimmy Heath - Four Classic Albums (The Thumper / Really Big! / The Quota / Triple Threat) - AVID Entertainment: AMSC1375 - 2 CDs

Release Date: 3rd Jul 2020
Catalogue No: AMSC1375
Label: AVID Entertainment

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CD1

1. For Minors Only (The Thumper)

2. Who Needs It? (The Thumper)

3. Don't You Know I Care? (The Thumper)

4. Two Tees (The Thumper)

5. The Thumper (The Thumper)

6. Newkeep (The Thumper)

7. For All We Know (The Thumper)

8. I Can Make You Love Me (The Thumper)

9. Nice People (The Thumper)

10. Big 'P' (Really Big!)

11. Old Fashioned Fun (Really Big!)

12. Mona's Mood (Really Big!)

13. Dat Dere (Really Big!)

14. Nails (Really Big!)

15. On Green Dolphin Street (Really Big!)

16. My Ideal (Really Big!)

17. The Picture Of Heath (Really Big!)

CD2

1. The Quota (The Quota)

2. Lowland Lullaby (The Quota)

3. Thinking Of You (The Quota)

4. Bells And Horns (The Quota)

5. Down Shift (The Quota)

6. When Sunny Gets Blue (The Quota)

7. Funny Time (The Quota)

8. Gemini (Triple Threat)

9. Bruh Slim (Triple Threat)

10. Goodbye (Triple Threat)

11. Dew And Mud (Triple Threat)

12. Make Someone Happy (Triple Threat)

13. The More I See You (Triple Threat)

14. Prospecting (Triple Threat)

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AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Jimmy Heath, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.

'The Thumper'; 'Really Big!'; 'The Quota' and 'Triple Threat'

One of the many great aspects of working with the wonderful folks at AVID is the opportunity to discover artists that for one reason or another, have eluded ones musical radar. One such name is our latest recruit to the AVID Hall of Jazz, Mr Jimmy Heath. Sadly, it has taken the recent passing of Mr Heath at 93 years of age in January 2020 to bring him to our attention through a suggestion from one of our dedicated customers. Selecting the albums for our set, what struck us out about Jimmy Heath was the wonderful sound he made on his tenor sax, it was so rich and full of life and energy. Starting jazz life playing with his two musical brothers, Percy and Albert, Jimmy found early success as an alto player but getting a rep as 'Little Bird' Jimmy decided to make the switch to tenor in order to stand out from his influences. Heath had a classic (some might say almost cliched) jazz life when as a heroin addict in the 1950s he was imprisoned (more than once) and would eventually spend most of a six year sentence incarcerated. He eventually emerged in 1959 having spent much of his prison time composing and playing jazz. Cleaning up took some time but Jimmy did it and was clean for the rest of his long life. As an arranger, composer (100+ songs) and player the list of jazz men he played with or who used his compositions is actually quite startling, take a look at this lot. Donald Byrd, Benny Carter, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Curtis Fuller, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Milt Jackson, Elmo Hope, Milt Jackson, JJ Johnson, Sam Jones, Herbie Mann, Cal Tjader, Nat & 'Cannonball' Adderley, Chet Baker and Ahmad Jamal. So, as you would expect, Jimmy is joined by a whole host of great jazz players for these four fine selections. Here's just a flavour of some of those guys, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Nat Adderley, 'Cannonball' Adderley, Pat Patrick, Clark Terry, Cedar Walton, Tommy Flanagan, Julius Watkins and of course not forgetting Jimmy's famous siblings Percy and Albert Heath who were often essential mainstays of his bands on bass and drums respectively. The cast is impressive, the music is even more impressive, take a listen. How did we miss this guy??

Check out:- Freddie Hubbard (AMSC1244); Paul Chambers (AMSC1324); Tommy Flanagan (AMSC1091); Nat Adderley (AMSC1062); Wynton Kelly (AMSC1165); Clark Terry (AMSC1102); Curtis Fuller (AMSC1326); 'Cannonball' Adderley (AMSC1022

Jimmy Heath - Four Classic Albums (The Thumper / Really Big! / The Quota / Triple Threat)

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