Jazz
Jimmy Heath Big Band Centennial Celebration
About This Event
Jimmy Heath, known as "Little Bird," built a career as a saxophonist and composer-arranger rooted in bebop and hard-bop; he also led big bands and wrote tunes that ensembles continue to program. This Big Band Centennial Celebration at Dizzy's Club focuses on that repertoire and on Heath's preference for clean melodic architecture and band-minded harmony.
About the Artist
Jimmy Heath
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Jimmy Heath, known to many musicians as “Little Bird,” was a jazz saxophonist and a working composer-arranger whose writing sits comfortably in the bebop and hard-bop line. He also led big bands and built a body of tunes that other ensembles continue to return to.