Apr 12, 2022 1:40 PM
Jazz Labels Collaborate on Relief Effort
The word unprecedented was a mainstay of 2020 conversations, and for mostly negative reasons. But the pandemic also…
Jon Batiste delivers a vocal-and-piano version of “Sweet Lorraine” on the Relief album.
Apr 12, 2022 1:40 PM
The word unprecedented was a mainstay of 2020 conversations, and for mostly negative reasons. But the pandemic also…
McCoy Tyner (1938–2020)
Jan 11, 2021 8:49 AM
The past year’s been rough, and the next few months might not be too much better. At some point, though, life might…
Jimmy Heath, who was a 2003 NEA Jazz Masters fellowship recipient, is now a member of the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Aug 18, 2020 8:57 AM
Jimmy Heath outlived most of his towering contemporaries during a career that saw the spirited saxophonist serve as a…
Jimmy Heath’s final recording, Love Letter, is set for release July 17.
Jun 22, 2020 10:32 AM
Verve recently announced the release of Jimmy Heath’s final recording, an album completed just one month prior to the…
Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Jimmy Heath, who died Jan. 19 in Loganville, Georgia, at age 93, was a master of multiple components of the jazz…
Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
The jazz world suffered two huge losses recently. Trumpeter Claudio Roditi, who had been battling prostate cancer, died…
Albert “Tootie” Heath, as well as his brother Jimmy Heath, were honored April 20 at The Apollo Theater in Harlem with lifetime achievement awards from the Jazz Foundation of America.
Apr 30, 2018 11:24 AM
The Jazz Foundation of America has issued a call to offer assistance to musicians who have fallen on hard times.
The…
Jimmy Heath (left), Joshua Redman and Branford Marsalis perform a tribute to saxophone icon Sonny Rollins at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival, held Sept. 15–17 in California.
Sep 21, 2017 10:20 AM
The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrated its 60th anniversary Sept. 15–17 by reflecting on its continuous six-decade…
David Wong (left), Jimmy Heath, Kenny Washington and Benny Golson perform at the 92nd Street Y in New York on July 19.
Jul 24, 2017 8:10 PM
“Jazz is alive at the 92nd Street Y,” WBGO radio personality Rhonda Hamilton announced to the sold-out house that…
David Hazeltine (left), Todd Coolman, Eric Wyatt, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, James Carter, James Brandon Lewis, (not seen, Victor Lewis on drums).
May 5, 2017 10:04 AM
The cutting contest has a long and honorable tradition in jazz. So when six improbably gifted tenor saxophonists…
Billy Hart performs as part of The Cookers at the PDX Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon, on Feb. 18.
Feb 24, 2017 11:21 AM
One of the many pleasures of a jazz festival is the parade of rhythm sections, and the first four days of this year’s…
Jon Faddis (left) performs with the University of Miami concert big band under the direction of John Daversa at Festival Miami on
Feb 7, 2017 11:24 AM
In the tropical garden otherwise known as the University of Miami, a handful of jazz stars from the Dizzy Gillespie…
Jimmy Heath (far left) conducts a large ensemble at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Oct. 21 in celebration of his 90th birthday.
Jan 19, 2020 1:22 PM
Nearing 90, Jimmy Heath remains a vital and vibrant force in jazz, a link to the music’s rich tradition and a beacon…
Jimmy Heath performs at a tribute to producer Orrin Keepnews at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York on Sept. 8.
Sep 28, 2016 12:35 PM
Presented as part of the seventh annual Coca-Cola Generations in Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola offered its…
Jimmy Greene will perform at the Litchfield Jazz Festival, which takes place Aug. 6–7 in Goshen, Connecticut. Greene’s 2014 CD is titlted Beautiful Life.
Aug 22, 2016 4:39 PM
Saxophonists Jimmy Greene, Donald Harrison, Don Braden and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath are among the headliners…
Chick Corea (left) performs with Stefon Harris during a tribute concert to the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4
Apr 21, 2016 2:50 PM
Besides producing and streaming a star-studded tribute concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4…
Jimmy Heath leads a 17-piece big band at the Blue Note in New York in honor of his 90th birthday
Mar 22, 2016 2:36 PM
When saxophone legend Jimmy Heath appeared at the Blue Note in New York City on March 9 in celebration of his 90th…
