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| 1. | Changes
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| 2. | Wall to Wall
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| 3. | You or Me
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| 4. | Ballad from Leadership Suite
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| 5. | Dusk in the City
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| 6. | Two Tees
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| 7. | Autumn in New York
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| 8. | From a Lonely Bass
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| 9. | The Rio Dawn
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Jazz
Albert "Tootie" Heath Drums
Claudio Roditi Shaker
David Wong Bass
Jeb Patton Piano
Jimmy Heath Sax (Soprano), Liner Notes, Sax (Tenor)
Paul Wickliffe Mastering
For over 60 years, the legendary Heath Brothers have been synonymous with great jazz. Endurance is their first CD since the passing of their beloved brother, legendary bassist Percy Heath.
* Tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath have more than a century in the jazz limelight to their credit. They have played and recorded with a near-endless list of jazz immortals and icons including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, and many more.
* This is masterful music from the brothers' current working quartet that includes two rising young jazz stars: pianist Jeb Patton and bassist David Wong.
"The Philly dynasty [of the Heath Brothers] is what you want to hear--family values with fire, yet cooler than cool."
-- Village Voice
"The Heaths of Philadelphia are true jazz blue-bloods, [but] it's when these elder statesmen get together that they become rambunctious, playful kids, making mischief in bebop's backyard."
-- Newsday
"Keeping the swing faith with a time-honored groove."
-- Chicago Tribune
"One looks for good news anywhere lately, and the bass and drum-playing Heath Brothers alone--with cleanly articulated, deep, rich bass notes and an easy, funky swing--can supply it."
-- Ben Ratliff, New York Times
Brothers Jimmy Heath and Albert "Tootie" Heath carry on together in the tradition of the Heath Brothers band, minus their deceased brother, bassist Percy Heath. David Wong ably fills the bass chair, while pianist Jeb Patton has been working with the Philadelphia-based siblings for going on his dozenth year. There's a certain ease and calm present in Jimmy Heath's tenor sax playing that reflects the wisdom of his seasoned years, an assured stance that is never rushed or over-pronounced. This tone sets up the type of uncomplicated mainstream modern jazz based in bop that most fans can embrace and enjoy. It is refreshing that Jimmy Heath can still crank out new compositions that retain both traditional values and a universal appeal. And -- if it actually needs to be said -- Albert Heath is one of the greatest jazz drummers of all time, and continues on his tasteful, skillful, perfectly balanced path, a common example for students and fellow pros to follow. A perfect example of their combined expertise kicks off the set with "Changes," an effortless, light, breezy, and melodic a type of straight-ahead jazz as you will ever find. "Wall to Wall" reflects the good-time, free-flowing, shuffle blues typified by the best of Art Blakey's material. Where "You or Me" is masterful bop based on a deconstructed and extended idea of the changes of "There Will Never Be Another You" with Wong's bass at the core, "Two Tees" takes tenor and piano intertwined into a crisp and precise bop tone, and "The Rio Dawn" is the obligatory Brazilian piece, light, airy, and alluring. Wong's other feature with his bowed, upright, acoustic instrument, "From a Lonely Bass" is the ensemble's tribute to Percy Heath similar to Duke Ellington's immortal "Solitude." There's a single contribution from Patton's pen, as "Dusk in the City" is a dynamic, modal piece, very modern, with Jimmy Heath's dusky soprano sax on display, and Patton's chord progressions or two-handed accents loading up the track. A more-upbeat-than-normal version of "Autumn in New York" expresses the hopeful instead of melancholy side of this seasonal change, still easygoing and serene but confident that better times are ahead, and that it is good to be alive. Of the handful of Heath Brothers recordings in the world, this one is very good despite the absence of the third sibling. Patton and Wong work quite well with the surviving brothers, making this an attractive album -- with not a speck of filler or cereal -- that most jazz listeners will want in their collections. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Heath Brothers
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: 1975
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz-Funk, Soul-Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Jimmy, Percy, and Tootie Heath teamed up in 1975 to form the Heath Brothers. Up until then, bassist Percy had been busy with the Modern Jazz Quartet, but with the group in "retirement" (temporarily as it turned out), all three brothers were free to join forces. Originally a quartet with pianist Stanley Cowell, but expanding after the addition of guitarist Tony Purrone and Jimmy's son Mtume on percussion, the band recorded for Strata East (1975), four albums for Columbia, and two for Island. Tootie Heath left the group early on and was replaced by Akira Tana, although he came back for the final 1983 record. Although the Heath Brothers' music was essentially hard bop, there were occasional departures into jazzy R&B on isolated selections. All of their albums are worth seeking out.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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