Percy Heath, 81, bassist for the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Percy Heath, the last surviving original member, died in 2005.
(Their older brother, the bassist Percy Heath, died last year.)
Percy Heath - bass (except track 10 - Powell solo)
Percy Heath, the bassist, didn't grasp at notes so much as make them elongated and definitive.
Percy Heath, the only other 50-year veteran of the festival, performed a typically lovely, easygoing set with the Heath Brothers.
By that time Percy Heath had replaced Ray Brown.
Percy Heath, the bassist, joined the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952.
Percy Heath - bass (tracks 2-3 & 5-7)
Percy Heath, 81, bassist for the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Percy Heath, the last surviving original member, died in 2005.
(Their older brother, the bassist Percy Heath, died last year.)
Percy Heath - bass (except track 10 - Powell solo)
Percy Heath, the bassist, didn't grasp at notes so much as make them elongated and definitive.
Percy Heath, the only other 50-year veteran of the festival, performed a typically lovely, easygoing set with the Heath Brothers.
By that time Percy Heath had replaced Ray Brown.
Percy Heath, the bassist, joined the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952.
Percy Heath - bass (tracks 2-3 & 5-7)