| Title: |
Jimmy Heath
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| Local code: |
Sc Visual VRA-190
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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| Collection: |
Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Jimmy Heath is tenor saxophone player, arranger, composer and professor of jazz at Queens College, Flushing, N.Y. Born October 25, 1925 in Philadelphia, Heath began playing saxophone in his childhood and played in local Philadelphia bands after high school. Heath's prolific career has included extensive performing, recording, writing (over 150 compositions, extended
symphonic works, suites, 50-60 compositions recorded by other artists), and inclusion in the Philadelphia Hall of Fame with his
brothers Percy and Tootie (Percy Brothers), with whom he also performs.
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| URL: |
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/jhcat.htm
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1996 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Heath, Jimmy, 1925-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
25-Oct-1925
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer; Jazz musician; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document location: |
New York, NY
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| Document date: |
17-Jul-1996
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| Interviewer: |
Ridley, Larry, 1937-
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; New York; New York, NY; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Chicago, IL; History; Illinois; Jazz; Jazz musicians; Music; New York; New York, NY; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Jazz scene; Music history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024705-26406
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