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Albert Heath

Albert "Tootie" Heath was an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath. With Stanley Cowell, the Heaths formed the Heath Brothers jazz band in 1975.

Life and career
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on May 31 1935, he first recorded in 1957 with John Coltrane. From 1958 to 1974, he worked with, among others, J. J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Art Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet, Cedar Walton, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Friedrich Gulda, Nina Simone, and Yusef Lateef. ==Discography==
Discography
As leader • 1969: Kawaida (O'Be, 1969) with Ed Blackwell, Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, James Mtume • 1974: Kwanza (The First) (Muse) • 2009: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) • 2012: Krakkle (Geco) • 2013: ''Tootie's Tempo'' (Sunnyside) • 2014: Philadelphia Beat (Sunnyside) As sideman With Kenny BarronPeruvian Blue (Muse, 1974) With Walter BentonOut of This World (Jazzland, 1960) With Anthony BraxtonIn the Tradition (SteepleChase, 1974) • In the Tradition Volume 2 (SteepleChase, 1974 [1977]) With George CablesSkylark (SteepleChase, 1995) With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big BandLatin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968) With John ColtraneColtrane (Prestige, 1957) • Lush Life (Prestige, 1957–58 [1961]) With Ted CursonQuicksand (Atlantic, 1974) With Kenny DorhamTrompeta Toccata (Blue Note, 1964) With Kenny DrewDark Beauty (Steeplechase, 1974) • If You Could See Me Now (Steeplechase, 1974) With Art FarmerBig City Sounds (Argo, 1960) – with Benny Golson • Art (Argo, 1960) • The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo, 1961) – with Benny Golson • The Jazztet at Birdhouse (Argo, 1961) – with Benny Golson • New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (Scepter, 1966) • Voices All (Eastworld, 1982) – with Benny Golson • Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983) – with Benny Golson • Central Avenue Reunion (Contemporary, 1989) With Benny GolsonTake a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961) • The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1964) With Dexter GordonBoth Sides of Midnight (Black Lion, 1967 [1981]) • Body and Soul (Black Lion, 1967 [1981]) • Take the "A" Train (Black Lion, 1967 [1988]) • The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969) • More Power! (Prestige, 1969) • The Apartment (SteepleChase, 1975) With Bennie Green and Gene Ammons • ''The Swingin'est'' (Vee-Jay, 1958) With Johnny GriffinBush Dance (Galaxy, 1978) With Herbie HancockThe Prisoner (Blue Note, 1969) • Fat Albert Rotunda (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969) With Jimmy HeathThe Thumper (Riverside, 1959) • Really Big! (Riverside, 1960) • The Quota (Riverside, 1961) • Triple Threat (Riverside, 1962) • Swamp Seed (Riverside, 1963) • On the Trail (Riverside, 1964) • The Gap Sealer (Cobblestone, 1973) • ''You've Changed'' (SteepleChase, 1991) • You or Me (SteepleChase, 1995) With Milt JacksonMilt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963) • Much in Common with Ray Brown (Verve, 1964) With J. J. JohnsonJ. J. in Person! (Columbia, 1958) • ''Really Livin''' (Columbia, 1959) • J.J. Inc. (Columbia, 1961) With Clifford JordanSpellbound (Riverside, 1960) • Starting Time (Jazzland, 1961) • These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (Atlantic, 1965) • In the World (Strata-East, 1969 [1972]) • Half Note (SteepleChase, 1974 [1985]) With Yusef Lateef • ''Yusef Lateef's Detroit'' (Atlantic, 1969) • Suite 16 (Atlantic, 1970) • The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1971) • ''Hush 'N' Thunder'' (Atlantic, 1972) • Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973) • 10 Years Hence (Atlantic, 1974) With Johnny LytleBlue Vibes (Jazzland, 1960) With Roberto MagrisMorgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1 (JMood, 2012) • One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 1 (JMood, 2012) • One Night in with Hope and More Vol. 2 (JMood, 2013) With Guido ManusardiTrio de Jazz (Electrecord – EDE 0476, 1968) With Warne MarshBack Home (Criss Cross, 1986) With Ronnie Mathews • ''Doin' the Thang!'' (Prestige, 1963) With Charles McPhersonBebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1964) With Blue MitchellA Sure Thing (Riverside, 1962) • Mapenzi with Harold Land (Concord, 1977) With Roscoe MitchellHey Donald (Delmark, 1995) • In Walked Buckner (Delmark, 1999) With Wes MontgomeryThe Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (Riverside, 1960) With Tete MontoliuPiano for Nuria (SABA, 1968) • Catalonian Fire (SteepleChase, 1974) • Tete! (SteepleChase, 1975) • Tête à Tete (SteepleChase, 1976) • ''Tootie's Tempo'' (SteepleChase, 1976 [1979]) • Catalonian Nights Vol. 1 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1981]) • Catalonian Nights Vol. 2 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1985]) • Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 (Steeplechase, 1980 [1989]) With Don PattersonThese Are Soulful Days (Muse, 1973) With Cecil PayneZodiac (Strata-East, 1968 [1973]) With Niels-Henning Ørsted PedersenDouble Bass (SteepleChase, 1976) with Sam Jones With Sonny RedBreezing (Jazzland, 1960) With George RussellGeorge Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (MPS, 1965) With Michel SardabyNight Blossom (DIW, 1990) With Bud ShankThat Old Feeling (Contemporary, 1986) With Nina SimoneLittle Girl Blue (Bethlehem, 1958) • Nina Simone and Her Friends (Bethlehem, 1959) With Les SpannGemini (Jazzland, 1961) With Billy TaylorBilly Taylor with Four Flutes (Riverside, 1959) With Bobby TimmonsChun-King (Prestige, 1964) With Mal WaldronImpressions (New Jazz, 1959) With Cedar WaltonSoul Cycle (Prestige, 1969) With The Young LionsThe Young Lions (Vee-Jay, 1960) With Bill HarrisEncompass Quartet (Daddy Jazz, 1997) ==Awards and nominations==
Awards and nominations
In October 2020, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced Heath as one of four recipients of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships, celebrated in an online concert and show on 22 April 2021. Awarded in recognition of lifetime achievement, the honor is bestowed on individuals who have made significant contributions to the art form. The other 2021 recipients were Terri Lyne Carrington, Phil Schaap, and Henry Threadgill. ==References==
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