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2 unusual facts about Percy Heath


Percy Heath

It featured brother Albert Heath on drums, bassist Peter Washington and pianist Jeb Patton.

Deciding after the war to go into music, he bought a stand-up bass and enrolled in the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia.


Odds Against Tomorrow

Composer John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet contributed the film's jazz score, played by an orchestra that included bandmates Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Percy Heath on bass and Connie Kay on drums, as well as Bill Evans on piano, and Jim Hall on guitar.


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