Jimmy Heath

Saxophonist Jimmy Heath’s career began in the late 1940s and ’50s when he worked alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Gil Evans.

Composer of more than 100 jazz pieces, three-time Grammy nominee, and performer on more than 125 albums, saxophonist Jimmy Heath talks about his long career. In I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, he talks about knowing jazz giants such as Charlie Parker and playing with innovators ...