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	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Jazz bassist Percy Heath dies at 81
		Percy Heath, the superb bassist who for more than 40 years provided the sublime underpinnings for the Modern Jazz Quartet, died Thursday of bone cancer at a hospital in Southampton, N.Y. He was 81.
		Heath joined with pianist John Lewis, drummer Connie Kay and vibraphonist Milt Jackson, to create a restrained bop style that was considered the epitome of sophistication.
		Percy Heath was born April 30, 1923, in Wilmington, N.C. He was drafted into the Army in 1944, and learned to fly P-4s and P-47s as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002259100_heathobit01.html (367 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters PercyHeath
		April 28, 2005; New York, NY Percy Heath is one of the consummate team players in jazz history.
		A superb soloist, Percy Heath is one of the most exquisite ensemble players of his generation.
		Born in Wilmington, Percy Heath’s family was part of the great North Carolina migration of African Americans to Philadelphia and other urban points in the Northeast.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=62 (620 words)

	Percy Heath - Biography - AOL Music
		Heath was born in Wilmington, NC, on April 23, 1930.
		The Heath Brothers recorded and toured intermittently over the next two decades, their work interrupted in 1983 when the MJQ re-formed to accept a lucrative offer to tour Japan.
		In 1997 Percy announced his intention to retire from the grind of touring, and the MJQ quietly dissolved.
	music.aol.com /artist/percy-heath/36819/biography (702 words)

	American Dream Show (TM) - Percy Heath
		Although Jimmy and Percy gigged together in and around their Philadelphia home in the 40s, most notably with Dizzy Gillespie, it wasn't until Jimmy's Riverside recordings in the late 50s that the three brothers had a chance to really play together.
		Percy spends most of his days fishing and painting (his work appeared in the CD booklet of the last release, and this recording showcases a painting entitled "Percy's Vision #2").
		Long prized as the ideal accompanist with a warm, appealing tone, Percy is an superb soloist as well, as evidenced by his feature on ñIÍm Lost," which utilizes his ñbaby bass." Originally a violinist, Percy switched to bass in 1946, soon performing locally on the vibrant Philly scene.
	www.americandreamshow.com /Percy_Heath.htm (1149 words)

	National Initiatives: NEA Jazz Masters - Percy Heath
		Percy Heath was the backbone of the popular jazz group Modern Jazz Quartet, and a superb bassist so sought after that he has appeared on more than 200 jazz albums.
		Heath is a member of one of the great families of jazz (along with the Joneses and Marsalises), with brothers Jimmy (on saxophone) and Albert "Tootie" (on drums) also being stellar jazz musicians.
		Heath started on the violin in his school orchestra but began to seriously study music at the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia after his service in the Air Force.
	arts.endow.gov /national/jazz/masterbios/percyheath.html (383 words)

	Noreast.com :: Montauk Angling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Percy Heath, bass, baby bass, cello, born April 30, 1923, in Wilmington North Carolina.
		Percy Heath is one of the consummate team players in jazz history.
		A superb soloist, Percy Heath is one of the most exquisite ensemble players of his generaton.
	www.noreast.com /montauk/index.cfm?report=2750 (740 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Percy Heath
		If Heath had an advantage in understanding how an instrument designed for a supporting role might best coexist with partners, it was because he was raised in one of the most respected of jazz families (rivalled only by the Jones brothers, Elvin, Thad and Hank).
		Heath replaced Brown at the point when Lewis and Jackson were developing an original repertoire for their unusual instrumentation.
		The group became Heath's principal employment for the next 22 years, and his accuracy of pitch, sensitivity to dynamics and cool, almost fragile, sound was ideally suited to a band dedicated to making a jazz equivalent of chamber music - even down to the tuxedos.
	www.guardian.co.uk /usa/story/0,12271,1473626,00.html (953 words)

	Percy Heath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Percy Heath, (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005), was a jazz musician, most famous for his 40+ years as the double bass player for the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ).
		He is the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Tootie Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975.
		Heath was born in Wilmington, North Carolina and spent his childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Percy_Heath (370 words)

	Jazz Police - The Spirit of Brotherly Love— Heath Brothers Honor Percy in Healdsburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When former MJQ bassist Percy Heath passed away in April, the jazz world lost one of its premiere bop artists, and Jimmy and Albert (Tootie) Heath lost the elder third of their family ensemble.
		Percy’s timing was great in more ways than one, as his emergence in the late 1940s coincided with the new-found importance of the bass in the jazz ensembles of the developing bop style.
		Percy was undoubtedly smiling, not only at the chops of his younger brothers, but also at the promise of the “little brothers,” Jeb and Joe.
	www.jazzpolice.com /content/view/6103/119 (1133 words)

	Heath Family History Chapter 8: Samuel Percy Heath
		Percy was born to William Henry and Ada Louisa Heath at 8 South View, Levenshulme, on 3 June 1893.
		Percy’s parents joined the United Methodist Church at New House Hill in Mellor, and he took a full part in the activities of the church.
		Percy had once been told by a gypsy that he would live to be a hundred, but after he had retired from business he had no other interests with which to occupy his time, and he slowly declined.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~wgheath/ch8.htm (2121 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - Percy Heath@ jazzreview.com
		Percy Heath: And other than Tootie, I chose the piano player from the Heath Brothers for the last five years, Jeb Patton.
		Percy Heath: Yeah, I met her in 1947, too, the year after I bought a bass.
		Percy Heath: We stayed together because we had built an audience for several generations, and we had an audience that appreciated our style and recognized that.
	www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=2814 (1353 words)

	Percy Heath Honored (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heath is an historic figure and survivor, who has performed with jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and the Heath Brothers, which includes his brothers, Jimmy, who is a 1943 Williston High School graduate and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath.
		Jimmy Heath has performed in Wilmington as a solo artist and with his group, the Jimmy Heath Quartet, on several occasions, including 1985, in the Jimmy Heath Homecoming Concert, which was well-received.
		The Heaths have always called Wilmington their “second home.” They still have cousins and relatives who they stay in contact with on a regular basis and love to talk about the wonderful times they had growing up in Wilmington.
	www.nccu.edu /campus/wncu/main_news_heath.htm (1258 words)

	WNCU 90.7 FM Station News - 2005 - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Percy Heath, whose forceful and buoyant bass playing anchored the Modern Jazz Quartet for its entire four-decade existence, died yesterday in Southampton,
		Percy Heath was born on April 30, 1923, in Wilmington, N.C., and grew up in
		Percy Heath remained the backbone of the reunited Modern Jazz Quartet for
	www.nccu.edu /campus/wncu/news05_heath.htm (687 words)

	i was doing all right - jazz blog, jazz trumpet, and ear training (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Percy Heath passed away on April 28, 2005, at the age of 81.
		While Jimmy Heath has a strong knowledge of jazz theory, his brother Percy admits to knowing "none of that." I was really surprised to hear this, as I typically think of bass players as masters of all the complex jazz rules.
		Percy summed it all up when he said it's the love of playing music with his brothers that keeps him on the road at 81 years of age.
	www.iwasdoingallright.com /journal/75 (1245 words)

	CNN.com
		PERCY HEATH, JAZZ MUSICIAN: I think the people who hear us perform together and see us enjoy the camaraderie that we exchange between each other.
		PERCY HEATH: I called him Dr. Heath before they gave him a couple of doctorates -- he has a couple of them.
		PERCY HEATH: And I was on the first one and the first 12 or so before -- with the Modern Jazz Quartet.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/22/sun.06.html (669 words)

	Jazz Police - Percy Heath, MJQ Bassist, 1923-2005
		Heath’s timing was great in more ways than one, as his emergence in the late 1940s coincided with the new-found importance of the bass in the jazz ensembles of the developing bop style.
		By 1950, Percy Heath had moved to New York and was playing regularly with such bop innovators as Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, and Dizzy Gillespie, and particularly was Dizzy’s bassist for two years.
		Heath remained with the MJQ throughout its active lifespan, bringing “his accuracy of pitch, sensitivity to dynamics and cool, almost fragile, sound [that] was ideally suited to a band dedicated to making a jazz equivalent of chamber music” (John Fordham, The Guardian).
	www.jazzpolice.com /content/view/5058/2 (725 words)

	CD Review of Percy Heath - A Love Song on Daddy Jazz Records @ jazzreview.com
		Some of Heath’s compositions show signs of the era in which they were written, such as “Watergate Blues.” Even though the political references may have become outdated, the music hasn’t.
		Both Percy and “Tootie” Heath musically recall the fulfillment of their Philadelphia childhood when visiting jazz musicians would stop at the Heaths for food and conversation, not to mention the influence such experiences had on the rest of their lives.
		Now an octogenarian, Percy Heath plays with absolute control of the instrument and with a ringing resonance that brings to life his compositions that had been unrecorded for too long.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=6663 (521 words)

	Our Daily Dead » Blog Archive » Percy Heath, Bassist of Modern Jazz Quartet, Dies at 81 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Percy Heath, Bassist of Modern Jazz Quartet, Dies at 81
		Percy Heath, whose forceful and buoyant bass playing anchored the Modern Jazz Quartet for its entire four-decade existence, died yesterday in Southampton, N.Y. He was 81 and lived in Montauk, on Long Island.
		Heath recorded with most of the leading musicians in modern jazz, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman.
	www.ourdailydead.com /percy-heath.htm (200 words)

	Great War Memorial to men from Machen (Wales) - Percy Thomas Heath (South Wales Borderers)
		Percy Heath had served with his battalion in France before being transferred to the Balkans.
		Corporal Heath was awarded the Military Medal for his actions during an attack near the Vardar River.
		Before the war, Percy Heath had been a miner at Nine Mile Point colliery.
	www.jrawl.co.uk /heath.htm (280 words)

	Percy Heath: 1923-2005
		Bassist Percy Heath was the Modern Jazz Quartet’s secret weapon, perhaps the most subtle member of an outfit known for its hip delicacy.
		Heath was the eldest of three musical brothers, the others being saxophonist Jimmy and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath.
		Percy Heath is survived by his brothers, Jimmy and Albert; his wife, June; and his sons, Percy III, Jason and Stuart.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1115418865 (693 words)

	National Initiatives: NEA Jazz Masters - Percy Heath (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Heath stayed with MJQ from its beginning in 1952 for more than 40 years, off and on.
		During his time with MJQ, Heath performed on film soundtracks, with symphony orchestras, and string quartets, always exhibiting style and poise in every setting.
		Heath continues to record and release well-received albums with his brothers.
	www.nea.gov.cob-web.org:8888 /national/jazz/masterbios/percyheath.html (386 words)

	Jazz great Percy Heath fought & won vs. minstrelsy
		The death last month of bassist Percy Heath at 82 brings to a full conclusion the life of the Modern Jazz Quartet, which was formed in the early 1950s, broke up for about 10 years in the '70s and reunited in the early '80s.
		It was a signal ensemble, one of the greatest in the history of jazz, which is to say in the history of American music.
		When that band bent into the blues, one could feel the pulse of even the most refined audience start to quicken and experience a sense of community that was as old and as American as the invention of the blues itself.
	afgen.com /mjq_crouch.html (480 words)

	Percy Heath R.I.P. - Topic Powered by eve community
		Heath passed away last week at the age of 81.
		The M.J.Q. alone would have been legacy enough for any musician, but in a career that included at least 300 records, Heath's resume was a who's who of the greats including Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis...actually it might take less time and space to name the musicians with whom he did NOT record.
		I saw Heath perform live once and only once, but it was a formative experience in my life.
	forums.metacritic.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/396108/m/9520056933 (340 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Modern Jazz Quartet Bassist Percy Heath Dies at 81
		Percy Heath, the longtime bass player for the Modern Jazz Quartet and a member of the Heath Brothers band with his two brothers, died yesterday, the New York Times reports.
		In 1952, Percy Heath became a member of the newly formed Modern Jazz Quartet, with pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, and drummer Kenny Clarke.
		The MJQ broke up in 1974 when Jackson tired of touring, and Heath began performing with the Heath Brothers, with Jimmy on saxophone and their brother Albert—known as "Tootie"—on drums.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/1955.html (497 words)

	Jimmy Heath Biography
		Jimmy Heath has long been recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist and a magnificent composer and arranger.
		Jimmy is the middle brother of the legendary Heath Brothers (Percy Heath/bass and Tootie Heath/drums), and is the father of Mtume.
		Heath Bros honored at tribute concert at Artist Collective in Hartford CT March 24, 2001.
	www.jimmyheath.com /biography.html (2229 words)

	NPR : Percy Heath Steps Out
		Weekend Edition Sunday, April 4, 2004 · The Heath brothers -- bassist Percy, saxophonist Jimmy and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath -- have made an indelible mark on the history of jazz.
		Percy, the oldest sibling, was a key member of the Modern Jazz Quartet beginning in the 1951 and has played on literally hundreds of albums as a stalwart rhythm section sideman.
		Heath was recently recognized by The New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program with their ''Beacons in Jazz'' award.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1808805 (313 words)

	Jazz \| JazzTimes Magazine > Columns and Features > News
		Heath was born on April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, N.C. and grew up in Philadelphia.
		After studying violin as a child, Heath took up bass as a student at the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia in 1946 and was performing in local jazz clubs within a couple months.
		Heath is survived by his wife, June; his sons Percy III, Jason and Stuart; and his two brothers.
	jazztimes.com /columns_and_features/news/detail.cfm?article=10412 (352 words)

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		They are still going strong today as their own ensemble, comprised of bassist Percy Heath, writer/arranger, saxophonist/flutist Jimmy Heath, and drummer Tootie Heath, together with pianist Jeb Patton.
		Percy was playing his bass with a trio and Jimmy was leading a big band with John Coltrane and Benny Golson as regulars and Charlie Parker and Max Roach frequently sitting in.
		Until then, Percy had been busy with the Modern Jazz Quartet, but with the MJQ in retirement—temporarily as it turned out—all three brothers were free to join forces.
	www.yale.edu /schmus/concerts/News/03.09.05,6.html (1044 words)

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