{"id":238,"date":"2010-05-27T02:09:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/?p=238"},"modified":"2010-06-17T01:02:03","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T08:02:03","slug":"brotherly-jazz-the-heath-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Brotherly Jazz: The Heath Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s an excerpt of the movie BROTHERLY JAZZ- The Heath Brothers<\/strong>, a documentary produced by Danny Scher<\/strong>, directed by Jesse Block<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brotherly Jazz- The Heath Brothers<\/strong>” paints a vivid portrait of Philadelphia’s Heath Brothers — bassist Percy, saxophonist\/composer\/arranger Jimmy, and drummer Albert “Tootie” — through words and music, notably a 2004 California concert that marked one of the last times the brothers performed together. In a series of revealing interviews, the brothers tell their stories. Percy talks about his stint as a Tuskegee Airman, his bass lessons from Ray Brown<\/strong>, and his lengthy tenure with the Modern Jazz Quartet<\/strong>. Jimmy discusses the painful years he spent in prison and how he definitively turned his life around as a composer, arranger, and educator. And youngest brother “Tootie” admits that “had it not been for my older brothers, I might have gone astray and become a doctor or lawyer.”<\/p>\n

Containing fascinating archival material about the Heaths’ family life and early professional activities as well as rarely seen footage of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker<\/strong>, and other bebop figures, Brotherly Jazz also features new interviews with key friends, admirers, and fellow musicians, including: Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock; Taj Mahal; Jack DeJohnette; Peter Jennings; Christian McBride<\/strong>. Brotherly Jazz makes abundantly clear that there’s a lot more to their lives than stellar musical accomplishments. Percy, Jimmy, and “Tootie” are beguiling characters, raconteurs par excellence, and beloved members of the jazz fraternity.<\/p>\n

For more information about the film, go to:
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Here’s an excerpt of the movie BROTHERLY JAZZ- The Heath Brothers, a documentary produced by Danny Scher, directed by Jesse Block. Brotherly Jazz- The Heath Brothers” paints a vivid portrait of Philadelphia’s Heath Brothers — bassist Percy, saxophonist\/composer\/arranger Jimmy, and drummer Albert “Tootie” — through words and music, notably a 2004 California concert that marked … Continue reading Brotherly Jazz: The Heath Brothers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,11,24,22],"tags":[42,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.octalouie.com\/vision\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}