[NEohioPAL]Jazz Master Jimmy Heath at Oberlin May 14

[Marci Janas]

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N.E.A. Jazz Master Jimmy Heath to Perform
with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble Saturday, May 14

OBERLIN, OHIO--Saxophonist, composer, and educator Jimmy Heath will be in 
residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Friday, May 13 through 
Saturday, May 14. During his time on campus, the National Endowment for the 
Arts American Jazz Master will conduct an improvisation workshop for 
students and perform with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble (OJE) in Finney Chapel 
on Saturday at 8 p.m., with guest vocalist Janice Reddick '04. The concert 
is free and open to the public.
	
Long recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist, Heath is also a magnificent 
composer and arranger. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of 
the last 50 years, from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to 
Wynton Marsalis. For the past three decades, Heath has performed regularly 
with his brothers, Percy and Albert, as the Heath Brothers, a band that 
often includes contributions from his son Mtume, a noted percussionist, 
composer, and rhythm-and-blues producer.

"We're thrilled to have a living legend like Jimmy Heath at Oberlin, to say 
the least," says Professor of Jazz Studies Wendell Logan, who will be 
conducting the OJE during their Saturday performance. "It's an amazing 
opportunity for the students to get a different perspective on the 
music--and a perspective from someone who is most definitely qualified to 
speak about it."

During his career, Heath has performed on more than 100 albums. He has 
written more than 125 compositions, many of which have become jazz 
standards and have been recorded by artists such as Art Farmer, Cannonball 
Adderley, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, James Moody, Milt Jackson, 
Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson, and Dexter Gordon. 
Heath has also composed extended works, premiering his first symphonic work 
Three Ears in 1988 at Queens College (CUNY) with Maurice Peress conducting.

Heath retired from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in 
1998, where he served as a Professor of Music for more than 11 years. 
Still, he maintains an extensive performance schedule and continues to 
conduct workshops and clinics throughout the United States, Europe, and 
Canada. He holds honorary degrees from Sojourner-Douglass College and the 
Juilliard School, and has a chair endowed in his name at Queens College. 
Currently, he is serving on the board of the Thelonious Monk Institute of 
Jazz.

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Media Contact:
Marci Janas


Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
Tel: 440-775-8328
Fax: 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu/con


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with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble Saturday, May 14

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OBERLIN, OHIO--Saxophonist, composer, and educator Jimmy Heath will be in residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Friday, May 13 through Saturday, May 14. During his time on campus, the National Endowment for the Arts American Jazz Master will conduct an improvisation workshop for students and perform with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble (OJE) in Finney Chapel on Saturday at 8 p.m., with guest vocalist Janice Reddick '04. The concert is free and open to the public.



Long recognized as a brilliant instrumentalist, Heath is also a magnificent composer and arranger. He has performed with nearly all the jazz greats of the last 50 years, from Howard McGhee, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis to Wynton Marsalis. For the past three decades, Heath has performed regularly with his brothers, Percy and Albert, as the Heath Brothers, a band that often includes contributions from his son Mtume, a noted percussionist, composer, and rhythm-and-blues producer.


"We're thrilled to have a living legend like Jimmy Heath at Oberlin, to say the least," says Professor of Jazz Studies Wendell Logan, who will be conducting the OJE during their Saturday performance. "It's an amazing opportunity for the students to get a different perspective on the music--and a perspective from someone who is most definitely qualified to speak about it."


During his career, Heath has performed on more than 100 albums. He has written more than 125 compositions, many of which have become jazz standards and have been recorded by artists such as Art Farmer, Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, James Moody, Milt Jackson, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson, and Dexter Gordon. Heath has also composed extended works, premiering his first symphonic work <italic>Three</italic> <italic>Ear</italic>s in 1988 at Queens College (CUNY) with Maurice Peress conducting.


Heath retired from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in 1998, where he served as a Professor of Music for more than 11 years. Still, he maintains an extensive performance schedule and continues to conduct workshops and clinics throughout the United States, Europe, and Canada. He holds honorary degrees from Sojourner-Douglass College and the Juilliard School, and has a chair endowed in his name at Queens College. Currently, he is serving on the board of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. 


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Media Contact:

Marci Janas



Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH 44074

Tel: 440-775-8328

Fax: 440-775-5457

marci.janas at oberlin.edu

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