What is Percy Heath?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Percy Heath | image = Percy Heath.jpg | caption = Percy Heath, New York City, June 1977 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_place = [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]], North Carolina, U.S. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|30}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|28|1923|4|30}} | death_place=[[Southampton, New York]], U.S. | genre = [[Jazz]], [[cool jazz]] | occupation = Musician | instrument = Double bass | associated_acts= [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Jimmy Heath]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Johnny Griffin]], [[Modern Jazz Quartet]], [[The Heath Brothers]] }} '''Percy Heath''' (April 30, 1923 &ndash; April 28, 2005) was an American [[jazz]] bassist. He was the brother of saxophonist [[Jimmy Heath]] and drummer [[Albert Heath]], with whom he formed the [[Heath Brothers]] in 1975. Heath played with the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]] throughout their long history and also worked with [[Miles Davis]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Charlie Parker]], [[Wes Montgomery]], and [[Thelonious Monk]]. ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011040158/http://www.nea.gov/national/jazz/masterbios/percyheath.html National Endowment for the Arts - NEA Jazz Masters biography] * [http://www.brotherlyjazz.com Brotherly Jazz: The Heath Brothers DVD Documentary] {{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Percy}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from bone cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York (state)]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from North Carolina]] {{US-bio-stub}}