Percy Heath
Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz.[1][4] After moving to New York in the late 1940s, Percy and Jimmy Heath found work with Dizzy Gillespie's groups.[2] The album, entitled A Love Song, garnered rave reviews and served as a fitting coda for his illustrious career.Heath was an avid striped bass fisherman, and surfcaster, who could be found on many a day, along the surf line of his beloved Montauk Point.[8] With Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley With Paul Bley With Clifford Brown With Ruth Brown With Kenny Clarke With Miles Davis With Paul Desmond With Art Farmer With Stan Getz With Dizzy Gillespie With Benny Golson With Dexter Gordon With Urbie Green With Albert Heath With Jimmy Heath With Elmo Hope With Milt Jackson With J. J. Johnson With Duke Jordan With John Lewis With Howard McGhee With Wes Montgomery With Sonny Rollins With Michel Sardaby With Zoot Sims With Kai Winding