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Percy Heath

Wilmington, United States

Percy Heath is credited on 4,659 releases across 766 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,659

Pressings credited

766

Albums

8

Decades active

616

In collections

Biography

Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk and Lee Konitz.

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Credited work

4,659 releases · 766 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 5,399
  • Production · 20
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · WOR Studios · Music Inn, Lenox, MA · Reeves Sound Studios

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