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Birth name
Albert Heath
Associated acts
Heath Brothers
Nephews
James Mtume
Years active
1957–present
Instruments
Drums
Role
Jimmy Heath's brother
Genres
Jazz
Name
Albert Heath
Born
May 31, 1935 (age 88) (
1935-05-31
)
Albums
Kwanza (The First), Meet the Jazztet, Johnny Griffin Sextet, Central Avenue Reunion, Kawaida
Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath.
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. In 1975, he, Jimmy and Percy formed the Heath Brothers. He remained with the group until 1978, then left to freelance. He has recorded extensively throughout his career.
Among his many workshop and classroom teaching assignments, Tootie Heath is a regular instructor at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
Tootie Heath is now the producer and leader of The Whole Drum Truth, a jazz drum ensemble featuring Ben Riley, Ed Thigpen, Jackie Williams, Billy Hart, Charlie Persip, Leroy Williams and Louis Hayes.
As leader
1969: Kawaida (O'Be, 1969) with Ed Blackwell, Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams
1974: Kwanza (The First) (Muse)
2009: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live)
2012: Krakkle (Geco)
2013: Tootie's Tempo (Sunnyside)
2014: Philidelphia Beat (Sunnyside)
As sideman
With Kenny Barron
Peruvian Blue (Muse, 1974)
With Walter Benton
Out of This World (Jazzland, 1960)
With Anthony Braxton
In the Tradition (SteepleChase, 1974)
In the Tradition Volume 2 (SteepleChase, 1974 [1977])
With George Cables
Skylark (SteepleChase, 1995)
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968)
With John Coltrane
Coltrane (Prestige, 1957)
Lush Life (Prestige, 1956-58 [1961])
With Ted Curson
Quicksand (Atlantic, 1974)
With Kenny Dorham
Trompeta Toccata (Blue Note, 1964)
With Art Farmer
Big 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 Golson
Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Argo, 1961)
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1964)
With Dexter Gordon
Both 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 (1958)
With Herbie Hancock
The Prisoner (Blue Note, 1969)
With Jimmy Heath
The 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 Jackson
Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (Riverside, 1963)
Much in Common with Ray Brown (Verve, 1964)
With J. J. Johnson
J. J. in Person! (Columbia, 1958)
Really Livin' (Columbia, 1959)
J.J. Inc. (Columbia, 1961)
With Clifford Jordan
Spellbound (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 Lytle
Blue Vibes (Jazzland, 1960)
With Warne Marsh
Back Home (Criss Cross Jazz, 1986)
With Ronnie Mathews
Doin' the Thang! (Prestige, 1963)
With Charles McPherson
Bebop Revisited! (Prestige, 1964)
With Blue Mitchell
A Sure Thing (1962)
Mapenzi with Harold Land (Concord, 1977)
With Roscoe Mitchell
Hey Donald (1995)
With Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (Riverside, 1960)
