Albert Heath


Albert "Tootie" Heath is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath.
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.

Discography

As leader

With Kenny Barron
With Walter Benton
With Anthony Braxton
With George Cables
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
With John Coltrane
With Ted Curson
With Kenny Dorham
With Art Farmer
With Benny Golson
  • Take a Number from 1 to 10
  • The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra
With Dexter Gordon
  • Both Sides of Midnight
  • Body and Soul
  • Take the "A" Train
  • The Tower of Power!
  • More Power!
  • The Apartment
With Bennie Green and Gene Ammons
  • The Swingin'est
With Johnny Griffin
  • Bush Dance
With Herbie Hancock
  • The Prisoner
With Jimmy Heath
  • The Thumper
  • Really Big!
  • The Quota
  • Triple Threat
  • Swamp Seed
  • On the Trail
  • The Gap Sealer
  • You've Changed
  • You or Me
With Milt Jackson
With J. J. Johnson
With Clifford Jordan
With Yusef Lateef
  • Yusef Lateef's Detroit
  • Suite 16
  • The Gentle Giant
  • Hush 'N' Thunder
  • Part of the Search
  • 10 Years Hence
With Johnny Lytle
  • Blue Vibes
With Warne Marsh
  • Back Home
With Ronnie Mathews
  • Doin' the Thang!
With Charles McPherson
  • Bebop Revisited!
With Blue Mitchell
With Roscoe Mitchell
  • Hey Donald
  • In Walked Buckner
With Wes Montgomery
With Tete Montoliu
  • Piano for Nuria
  • Catalonian Fire
  • Tete!
  • Tête à Tete
  • Tootie's Tempo
  • Catalonian Nights Vol. 1
  • Catalonian Nights Vol. 2
  • Catalonian Nights Vol. 3
With Don Patterson
  • These Are Soulful Days
With Cecil Payne
  • Zodiac
With Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen
With Sonny Red
  • Breezing
With George Russell
  • George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall
With Bud Shank
  • That Old Feeling
With Nina Simone
With Billy Taylor
  • Billy Taylor with Four Flutes
With Bobby Timmons
  • Chun-King
With Mal Waldron
  • Impressions
With Cedar Walton
  • Soul Cycle
With The Young Lions
With Michel Sardaby
  • Night Blossom
With Guido Manusardi
  • Trio de Jazz
With Kenny Drew
  • Dark Beauty
With Roberto Magris: