bass · 1923–2005
Percy Heath
The eldest Heath brother, the house bassist on New York dates in the early '50s, and later the Modern Jazz Quartet's bassist for its whole run.
- Sessions
- 11
- Records
- 11
- First date
- April 7, 1952
- Latest
- July 14, 1956
On the records
BLP 1501 · 1955Miles Davis Volume 1Miles Davis
BLP 1502 · 1956Miles Davis Volume 2Miles Davis
BLP 1505 · 1956The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1J.J. Johnson
BLP 1506 · 1956The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2J.J. Johnson
BLP 1509 · 1956Milt Jackson and the Thelonious Monk QuintetMilt Jackson
BLP 1520 · 1956Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey-SabuHorace Silver
BLP 1526 · 1956Memorial AlbumClifford Brown
BLP 1527 · 1956The Magnificent Thad JonesThad Jones
BLP 1535 · 1957Afro-CubanKenny Dorham
BLP 1537 · 1957Quartet/Quintet/SextetLou Donaldson
BLP 1546 · 1957The Magnificent Thad Jones Volume 3Thad JonesEvery date, in order
1952
- April 7, 1952Milt Jackson QuintetWOR Studios, NYCbass
- November 19, 1952The Lou Donaldson QuintetWOR Studios, NYCbass
1953
- April 20, 1953The Miles Davis SextetWOR Studios, NYCbass
- June 9, 1953Lou Donaldson - Clifford Brown QuintetWOR Studios, NYCbass
- June 22, 1953Jay Jay Johnson SextetWOR Studios, NYCbass
- August 28, 1953Clifford Brown SextetAudio-Video Studios, NYCbass
- November 23, 1953Horace Silver Trio / Art Blakey-SabuWOR Studios, NYCbass
1954
- March 6, 1954Miles Davis QuartetVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJbass
- August 22, 1954Lou Donaldson SextetVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJbass