Jazz pioneer with deep ties to Queens dies at 93
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | JAN. 24-JAN. 30, 2020 13
BY BILL PARRY
Jazz legend and longtime Corona
resident Dr. Jimmy Heath died Sunday
after a long fight with bladder cancer at
his home in Loganville, Georgia, at age
93.
From the big-band era through bebop
and fusion, Heath’s career played
out over seven decades of jazz history.
Heath was a tenor saxophonist who
played in bands led by Miles Davis, Dizzy
Gillespie, Chet Baker, Ray Charles,
Wynton Marsalis and many others. In
2003, the National Endowment for the
Arts named him a Jazz Master.
Born in Philadelphia in 1926, James
Edward Heath said he was “raised up
with the big bands such as Glen Miller,
Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington,”
and had a big band of his own before
moving to New York. Heath moved to
Corona with his wife Mona, where they
stayed for more than 50 years.
He was not just a musician and band
leader but a composer and educator as
a professor of music at the Aaron Copland
School of Music at Queens College
for two decades, where he helped launch
the jazz studies program in 1986.
Although he stood just 5 feet 3 inches
tall, he was a towering figure at Flushing
Town Hall at their annual NEA
Jazz Masters concert or the Queens
Jazz Orchestra, a project he conceived
of and led for 12 years.
“We are incredibly saddened by the
passing of NEA Jazz Master Dr. Jimmy
Heath. An astounding musician, composer
and educator, he has touched the
lives of so many, leaving behind an incomparable
legacy,” Flushing Town
Hall Executive and Artistic Director
Ellen Kodadek said. “We are so grateful
that Dr. Heath had performed so many
concerts at Flushing Town Hall over the
years, gracing our stage with his genius
and joyful presence, whether it be at our
annual NEA Jazz Masters concert or
our Queens Jazz Orchestra, a project he
conceived of and led for 12 years. There
are insufficient words to express our
condolences to his wife Mona Heath and
family, friends and students.”
Heath went by the nickname “Little
Bird” in reference to fellow jazz legend
Charlie Parker. In 1993, his “Little Man,
Big Band” album was nominated for a
Grammy.
Heath brought his band to perform
at the Louis Armstrong House Museum
when it was named as a landmark in
1988. Heath is survived by Mona Brown,
his wife of nearly 60 years; by their
daughter, Roslyn, and son, Jeffrey.
Reach reporter Bill Parry by e-mail at
bparry@schnepsmedia.com or by phone
at (718) 260–4538.
Jazz impresario Dr. Jimmy Heath, a Corona resident for half a century, died
at age 93. Photo by Norm Harris
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