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Lex Humphries
Lex Humphries
American drummer
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
4
Barry Harris
Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Roy Brooks
Roy Brooks
American drummer
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Philly Joe Jones
Philly Joe Jones
American jazz drummer
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams
American jazz trumpeter
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Benny Bailey
Benny Bailey
American musician
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Percy Heath
Percy Heath
American musician
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
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Hugh Lawson
Hugh Lawson
American pianist
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Bob Cranshaw
Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Kenny Dorham
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
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Ben Riley
Ben Riley
American drummer
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Junior Cook
Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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Jimmy Heath
Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Ben Tucker
Ben Tucker
American double-bassist
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Herman Wright
Herman Wright
American jazz musician
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Charlie Persip
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Roy McCurdy
Roy McCurdy
jazz drummer
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Sonny Red
Sonny Red
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Johnny Griffin
Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)
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Julius Watkins
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
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Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins
American jazz double bassist
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan
American-Danish jazz pianist
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Kenny Drew
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Al Aarons
Al Aarons
American jazz trumpeter
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Sahib Shihab
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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Oliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson
American drummer
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Åke Persson
Åke Persson
Swedish musician
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Don Butterfield
Don Butterfield
American musician
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Jack McDuff
Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Ed Thigpen
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer
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Britt Woodman
Britt Woodman
American jazz trombonist
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Charlie Rouse
Charlie Rouse
American musician
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Frank Strozier
Frank Strozier
American saxophonist
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Mickey Tucker
Mickey Tucker
American pianist
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Larry Gales
Larry Gales
American musician
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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Leroy Williams
Leroy Williams
American jazz drummer
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Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
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Tate Houston
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
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Wayne Andre
Wayne Andre
American trombonist
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Al Foster
Al Foster
American musician
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Art Davis
Art Davis
American double-bassist
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Billy Butler
Billy Butler
American musician
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Bobby Timmons
Bobby Timmons
American pianist
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George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
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Ernie Farrow
Ernie Farrow
American musician
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Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman
American musician
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Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Bill Hardman
Bill Hardman
American musician
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Clifford Jarvis
Clifford Jarvis
American drummer
75
Roy Haynes
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
Albert Heath
American drummer

Albert Heath

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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.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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.