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Percy Heath

Real Name:
Percy Heath
Profile:
b. April 30, 1923 - Wilmington, North Carolina
d. April 28, 2005 - Southampton, New York

American jazz bassist. Brother of Jimmy Heath and Albert Heath.
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Discography

Releases:
"First Place Again" Playboy (Vinyl, Album)   Warner Bros. Records 1960
The Bop Session (Album) (2 versions)   Sonet ... 1975
Untitled - That's Jazz 29 (LP, RE)   Warner Bros. Records 1976
Production:
Brotherly Love (LP, Album)   Antilles 1982
Appears On:
Sonny Rollins (LP, Album, Mono, RM)   Victor Musical Industries, Prestige, Prestige 1951
Henri Renaud's American Stars (10", Album)   Vogue Records 1954
Modern Jazz Quartet (Album) (2 versions)   Esquire ... 1954
Afro-Cuban (Album) (3 versions)   Blue Note 1955
At Music Inn (7", Single)   Metronome 1955
Milt Jackson Quartet (LP)   Prestige 1955
Soul Pioneers (LP)   Prestige 1955
Vol. 2: Django / Milano / One Bass Hit (7", EP)   Metronome 1955
Django (Album) (5 versions)   Prestige ... 1956
Fontessa (Album) (3 versions)   Atlantic 1956
Historic Jazz Concert At Music Inn (2 versions)   Atlantic Recording Corporation 1956
I'll Remember April / Gershwin Medley (7")   Metronome 1956
Jazz West Coast, Volume 2 (LP, Album, Mono) Easy Living Pacific Jazz Records 1956
Ralph's New Blues / All Of You (7", EP)   Metronome 1956
Bluesology / Woodyn You (2 versions)   Metronome ... 1957
Collectors' Items (7")   Metronome 1957
Modern Jazz Hall Of Fame Volume 1 (LP, Mono) Notes To You Gala Records (2) 1957
Night In Tunisia (LP)   Atlantic 1957
The Queen's Fancy (7")   Metronome 1957
Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants (Album) (4 versions)   Prestige 1958
The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn Volume 2 (12", Album)   Atlantic 1958
The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays One Never Knows - Original Film Score For “No Sun In Venice” (LP, Album, Mono)   Atlantic 1958
Things Are Getting Better (Album) (2 versions)   Riverside Records 1958
Tomorrow Is The Question! (4 versions)   Contemporary Records 1959
Patterns (LP, Album, Mono)   United Artists Records 1960
Third Stream Music (Album) (2 versions)   Atlantic 1960
Cannonball Takes Charge (LP)   Riverside Records 1961
Know What I Mean? (Album) (3 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1961
Soul Meeting (LP, Album)   Atlantic 1961
Lonely Woman (2 versions)   Atlantic 1962
Triple Threat (LP)   Riverside Records 1962
Black Christ Of The Andes (Album) (2 versions) A Grand Nite For Swing... SABA ... 1963
Miles Davis Volume 1 (LP, Album)   Blue Note 1963
The Sheriff (LP)   Atlantic 1964
Plays For Lovers (Album) (3 versions)   Prestige 1965
Easy Living (LP)   RCA France 1966
The Avant-Garde (Album) (7 versions)   Atlantic 1966
Fontessa (12", Mono)   Atlantic 1967
Live At The Lighthouse (LP, Album)   Atlantic 1967
The Comedy (LP, Mono)   Atlantic 1967
Original Moody's Mood (LP) Jumpin' With Symphony ... Prestige 1968
Under The Jasmin Tree (2 versions)   Apple Records 1968
Early Miles (LP, Album, Mono)   Prestige 1969
Peace Pieces (LP)   Riverside Records 1969
Oleo (LP)   Prestige 1970
First Recordings! (LP, RE)   Prestige, Bellaphon Records 1971
Plastic Dreams (2 versions)   Atlantic 1971
Modern Jazz Quartet (2xLP)   Prestige 1972
Newport In New York '72 - The Jam Sessions, Vols 1 And 2 (Album) (2 versions) Bag's Groove, Night In... Cobblestone ... 1972
Pyramyd (2 versions)   Atlantic 1972
The Day After The Dawn (LP, Album)   Columbia 1972
The Art Of John Coltrane / The Atlantic Years (2xLP) The Invisible Atlantic 1973
The Art Of The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Atlantic Years (2xLP)   Atlantic 1973
The Freedom Suite Plus (Album, Comp) (2 versions)   Carrere ... 1973
Blues On Bach (Album) (2 versions)   Atlantic ... 1974
In Memoriam (LP)   Little David Records 1974
Kwanza (The First) (LP) Oops! Muse Records 1974
Fast Company (2xLP, Comp)   Milestone Records 1975
Opus De Funk (2xLP, Comp)   Prestige 1975
The Last Concert (Album) (3 versions)   Atlantic 1975
Marchin' On (LP, rei)   Strata-East 1976
The Trio Sides (2xLP, Comp) How About You, I Remem... Blue Note 1976
First Q-The Savoy Sessions, The (LP, Album, Comp, RE)   Savoy Jazz, Arista 1977
Miles Davis Volume 2 (LP)   Blue Note 1977
Tune Up (2xLP, Comp)   Prestige 1977
Passing Thru... (LP) In New York, Artherdoc... Columbia 1978
Signals (2xLP, RE)   Savoy Jazz 1978
A Date In New York (LP)   Inner City Records 1979
Brothers And Other Mothers Vol. 2 (2xLP, Comp, Mono)   Savoy Records 1979
Dizzy Meets Sonny: The Modern Jazz Sextet (LP, Album, RE, Promo)   Verve Records 1979
Havana Jam II (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Polka Dots & Moonbeams... Columbia 1979
Chronicle: The Prestige Recordings 1951-1956 (3 versions)   Prestige 1980
Expressions Of Life (LP)   Columbia 1980
Brotherly Love (LP, Album)   Antilles 1982
Concorde (LP)   Prestige 1982
Milt Jackson (12")   Prestige 1982
Quintet / Sextet (Album) (4 versions)   Prestige 1982
The Brothers (Album) (3 versions)   Prestige ... 1982
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (Album) (7 versions)   Riverside Records 1982
Thelonious Monk (Album) (3 versions)   Prestige ... 1982
Collectors' Items (Album) (3 versions)   Prestige 1983
Miles Davis And Horns (Album) (4 versions)   Prestige ... 1983
Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins (Album) (4 versions) Work, Nutty, Friday Th... Prestige ... 1983
Bird On Verve - Volume 8 (LP, Comp)   Verve Records 1984
Blue Haze (Album) (6 versions)   Prestige ... 1984
Echoes (LP, Album) The Watergate Blues Pablo Records, Pablo Records 1984
Senor Blues (LP, Ltd) Buhaina Toshiba EMI Ltd, Blue Note 1984
Stan Getz Quartets (Album) (3 versions)   Prestige ... 1984
Small Combos (LP)   Giants Of Jazz 1985
The Best Of Blue Note (2xLP, Album, Comp) Bags' Groove, Cherokee... Blue Note 1985
1954 - The Masterpieces (LP)   Giants Of Jazz 1986
Bags Groove (Album) (6 versions)   Prestige ... 1986
Round Midnight (LP, Album) Now's The Time Lotus Records 1986
Walkin' (Album) (5 versions)   Prestige ... 1986
Grand Encounter: 2 Degrees East - 3 Degrees West (Album) (2 versions)   Pacific Jazz Records ... 1987
Milt Jackson (CD, Album, RE)   Fantasy, Carrere 1987
The Sound Of Sonny (Album) (2 versions)   Riverside Records ... 1987
Be Bop - 1945-1953 (CD, Comp) Get Happy, Now's The Time Giants Of Jazz 1988
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve (10xCD)   Verve Records 1988
Miles Davis Volume 1 (CD)   Blue Note 1988
The Best Of Horace Silver (CD)   Blue Note 1988
I'm Goin' To Leave You (LP, Mono) I'm Goin' To Leave You... Mr R&B Records 1989
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Volume 1 (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1989
Work Song (CD, Album, RE)   Original Jazz Classics, Riverside Records 1989
Marchin' On! (CD, Album) The Watergate Blues Strata-East, Bellaphon 1990
Scandinavia, April 1960 (CD)   Giants Of Jazz 1990
Volume 2 (CD, Album)   Blue Note 1990
Le Paris Bleu (CD, Comp, Mono) April In Paris Blue Note 1992
Savoy Jazz Vol.1 (CD, Smplr) Softly As In A Morning... Savoy Records 1992
The Beat Generation (3xCD + Box) Parker's Mood Rhino Records (2) 1992
This Here - 1955-1959 (CD, Comp) Just One Of Those Things Giants Of Jazz 1992
Jazzin' The Blues - 18 Cool Jazz Moods (CD, Comp) Here's That Rainy Day Music Club 1994
Soul Jazz Love Strata-East (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Smiling Billy Suite Pt.II Soul Jazz Records 1994
Soul Jazz Love Strata-East (CD, Comp) Smiling Billy Suite Pt.II Soul Jazz Records 1994
Bird's Best Bop On Verve (CD, Comp)   Verve Records 1995
The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Vol.2 (CD, RM)   Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1995
Wes Montgomery (CD, Comp)   Giants Of Jazz 1995
A Night Out With Verve (4xCD, Comp + Box) You Are Too Beautiful Verve Records 1996
Bluing: Miles Davis Plays The Blues (CD)   Prestige 1996
The Champ (CD, RM, Ltd, Den)   Savoy Jazz 1996
Afro Blue Vol.2/The Roots And Rhythms Of Jazz (CD, Comp) Message From Kenya Blue Note 1998
Charlie Parker (CD, RM)   Verve Records 1998
The Modern Jazz Sextet (CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)   Verve Records 1999
Easy Living (CD, Album, RE, RM)   RCA Victor 2000
Jazz Sur Seine (CD)   Universal Music (France) 2000
Ken Burns Jazz (CD, Album) Blue Monk Columbia 2000
The Complete Prestige Recordings (3xCD, Comp)   Prestige 2000
The Quintessence . Stockholm - New York Paris 1938 - 1949 (2xCD, Comp) Lambic Pentameter Frémeaux & Associés 2000
Bebop (CD, RE, RM)   Universal Music (France) 2001
Miles Stones (3xCD, Comp)   TIM GmbH 2001
The Essential (2xCD, Comp)   Columbia, Legacy 2001
Wizard Of The Vibes (CD, Album, RM, RE, RVG)   Blue Note 2001
Cannonball Takes Charge (CD, RE)   Capitol Jazz 2002
The Quintessence . New York Paris 1945 - 1951 (2xCD, Comp) Blue Room Frémeaux & Associés 2002
The Quintessence: New York - Los Angeles - Stockholm - Boston. 1945 - 1951 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2002
Horace Silver Trio (CD, Album, RM, RVG)   Blue Note 2003
Longing For The Continent (CD, Album)   Lester Recording Catalog 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) Bluesology Le Chant Du Monde 2003
Strange Currencies (CD) Tears Inside Uncut Magazine 2003
'Round About Midnight (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 2005
Early Trios (CD, Album)   Fresh Sound Records 2005
Live At Monterey (CD, Album, RE)   Douglas: 2005
Cool Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) Nuages Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
First Class Jazz - Miles Davis (CD)   EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
MJQ (CD, Album)   Prestige 2006
Roots Of Mambo 1930-1950 (2xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2006
The Complete Live Recordings 1948-1955 (10xCD, Comp, RM + Box)   United Archives 2006
A Concert Of Contemporary Music (LP)   Verve Records  
All The Things You Are / La Ronde (Shellac, 10")   Music  
Anthology (LP)   Musidisc  
Concorde (7", EP)   Barclay  
EP 74 (Vinyl, EP)   Esquire  
European Concert (7")   London Records  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 24 (LP, Comp) I Surrender, Cocktail ... Curcio  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 5 (LP)   Curcio  
Little David's Fugue (LP, Album)   Verve Records  
Memorial (3xLP)   Polydor, Riverside Records, Riverside Records, Riverside Records  
Miles Davis And Milt Jackson (CD, Album)   Original Jazz Classics, Prestige  
Miles Davis And Milt Jackson All Star Quintet (7", EP)   Metronome  
Miles Davis Quintet (10")   Prestige  
Monk (CD)   Prestige  
Moving Out (CD, Album, RM, Dig)   Prestige  
Music From "Odds Against Tomorrow" (Le Coup De L'Escalier) (LP)   La Voix De Son Maître  
Now's The Time (7", EP)   EMI Columbia  
Quartets (CD)   Prestige  
Space (LP, Album)   Apple Records  
The Best Of The Modern Jazz Quartet (LP, Comp)   Stateside  
The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra (LP, RP)   Atlantic  
The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn (LP)   Atlantic  
Walkin' (7", EP)   Metronome  
Walkin' (7", EP)   Prestige  
Unofficial Releases:
Marchin' On! (LP, RE) The Watergate Blues Not On Label  
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