Jimmy Heath Big Band – Marcus Garvey Park – August 23, 2013
As part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Heath led his big band in a premiere of his extended composition, “Bird is the Word”. And then continued with his brand of modern trad post-bop. Heath gets top shelf players for his ensemble, some still young and in training, and lets ’em wail! A parade of soloists doing right by the music kept me frantic trying to keep up sketching, no time for color. Lordy!
Jimmy Heath
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Bobby LaVell
David Wong
Greg Gisbert
Jason Jackson
Jeb Patton
John Mosca
Mark Gross
Charles Davis
Sharel Cassity
Scott Wendholt