October 25, 1926 James Edward “Jimmy” Heath, jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1948, at the age of 21, Heath performed in the First International Jazz Festival in Paris. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last 50 years, including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, [...]
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October 25th in African American History – James Edward “Jimmy” Heath
By Chimsima Zuhri on October 25, 2011 in African American History, Music, October
Tags: Aaron Copland School of Music, arranger, composer, Doctorate of Humane Letters, First International Jazz Festival, jazz saxophonist, Jimmy Heath, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA Jazz Master
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