Percy Heath

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘For Ellington’ is a tribute album recorded on February 1-3, 1988 in New-York City and released the same year by East West. Track Listing : 1.For Ellington (John Lewis) – 08:01 . 2.Jack The Bear (Duke Ellington) – 05:04 . 3.Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 05:05 […]

Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley’s ‘Know What I Mean?’ is an album recorded on January 27, February 21, March 13, 1961 with Bill Evans & the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Track Listing : 1.Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 05:15 . 2.Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) – 06:15 . 3.Who Cares? (Take 5) (George […]

‘The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery’ is his fourth album recorded on January 26–27, 1960 and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.Airegin (Sonny Rollins) – 04:26 . 2.D-Natural Blues (Wes Montgomery) – 05:23 . 3.Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 04:44 . 4.Four On Six (Wes […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Lonely Woman’ is an album recorded on January 24, 25 & 29 and February 2, 1962 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) – 06:20 . 2.Animal Dance (John Lewis) – 04:05 . 3.New York 19 (John Lewis) – 07:59 . 4.Belkis (John Lewis) – […]

Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Fontessa’ is an album recorded from January 22 till February 14, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Versailles (John Lewis) – 03:22 . 2.Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 03:48 . 3.Fontessa (John Lewis) – 11:12 . 4.Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 03:50 […]

Ornette Coleman’s ‘Tomorrow Is the Question!’ is his second album subtitled ‘The New Music of Ornette Coleman!’, recorded on January 16, February 23 and March 9–10, 1959 with Don Cherry, Percy Heath, Shelly Manne and Red Mitchell and released the same year bBy Contemporary. Track Listing : 1.Tomorrow Is The Question! (Ornette Coleman) – 03:09 […]

Milt Jackson’s ‘Plenty, Plenty Soul’ is an album recorded on January 5 & 7, 1957 with Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Oscar Pettiford, Art Blakey, Connie Kay and more guests and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Plenty, Plenty Soul (Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones) – 09:33 . 2.Boogity Boogity (Quincy Jones) – 04:55 […]

‘Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants’ is an album recorded on December 24, 1954 and October 26, 1956, with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson and released in 1959 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Man I Love [Take 2] (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 07:59 . 2.Swing Spring (Miles Davis) – 10:46 . 3.’Round […]

Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins’ is an album recorded during three sessions (November 13, 1953, September 22 and October 25, 1954) with different personnel and released the same year by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) – 05:13 . 2.I Want To Be Happy (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) […]

Thelonious Monk Trio’ is Monk’s first studio album recorded on October 15 and December 18, 1952; September 22, 1954 and released the same year by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Little Rootie Tootie (Thelonious Monk) – 03:06 . 2.Sweet And Lovely (Gus Amheim, Jules Lemare, Harry Tobias) – 03:33 . 3.Bye-Ya (Thelonious Monk) – 02:46 . […]

Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet’ is an album (including four tracks performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet) recorded on January 17, December 17, 1951 & October 7, 1953 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.The Stopper (Sonny Rollins) – 02:59 . 2.Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 03:26 . […]

August 28, 1995 – the Milt Jackson Quintet featuring Jimmy Heath and his brother Percy Heath performs outdoors at Grant’s Tomb near Riverside Church in Harlem, New-York City

The Modern Jazz Quartet’s ‘Pyramid’ is an album recorded on August 22 & 25 and December 21, 1959 and January 15, 1960 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Vendome (John Lewis) – 02:30 . 2.Pyramid (Blues For Junior) (Ray Brown) – 10:46 . 3.It Don’T Mean A Thing (If It Ain’T […]

‘Quintet / Sextet’ by Miles Davis & Milt Jackson is a studio album recorded on August 5, 1955 with Jackie McLean and released in 1956 By Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Dr. Jackle (Jackie Mclean) – 08:55 . 2.Bitty Ditty (Thad Jones) – 06:37 . 3.Minor March (Jackie Mclean) – 08:18 . 4.Changes (Ray Bryant) – […]

‘The Modern Jazz Quartet at Music Inn Volume 2’ is a live album recorded on August 3 & 31, 1958 with Sonny Rollins appearing on two numbers and released in 1959 By Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Medley: Stardust/I Can’T Get Started/Lover Man (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish/Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin/Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – […]

‘Collaboration’ by the Modern Jazz Quartet & Laurindo Almeida is an album recorded on July 21, 1964 and released the same year by Atlantic. Track Listing : 1.Silver (John Lewis) – 03:40 . 2.Trieste (John Lewis) – 05:22 . 3.Valeria (John Lewis) – 05:47 . 4.Fugue In A Minor (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 03:46 . […]

Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s ‘Boogie-Woogie String Along for Real’ is his final album recorded on July 18, 1977 with a string section and orchestra and released the same year by Warner Bros. Track Listing : 1.Boogie Woogie String Along For Real (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) – 08:52 . 2.I Loves You, Porgy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose […]

July 18, 1981 – The New York Montreux Connection gathers Arthur Blythe, Paquito D’Riviera, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, McCoy Tyner, Chico Freeman, Slide Hampton, Phil Woods, Ronnie Burrage, John Blake, Stanley Cowell, John Hicks and Steve Mc Call on stage at at “Montreux Jazz Festival” in Switzerland

Bill Evans’ ‘Interplay’ is an album recorded on July 16–17 and August 21, 1962, with Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Jim Hall and Freddie Hubbard and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.You And The Night And The Music (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 07:04 . 2.When You Wish Upon A Star […]

‘The Magnificent Thad Jones’ is an album recorded on July 9 and 14, 1956 and released the same year by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.April In Paris (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 06:43 . 2.Billie-Doo (Thad Jones) – 07:30 . 3.If I Love Again (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 07:27 . 4.If Someone […]