"Albert “Tootie” Heath, an alert, expressive drummer who brought finesse and forward pull to a sweeping expanse of modern jazz over more than seven decades, died Wednesday afternoon at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 88.
The cause was leukemia, Beverly Heath, his wife of 50 years, tells WRTI.
Born into one of jazz’s most famous fraternal orders, the Heath Brothers, Tootie came up in a booming postwar scene in Philadelphia, surrounded by generational talent.." NPR.
A good life. RIP.
The cause was leukemia, Beverly Heath, his wife of 50 years, tells WRTI.
Born into one of jazz’s most famous fraternal orders, the Heath Brothers, Tootie came up in a booming postwar scene in Philadelphia, surrounded by generational talent.." NPR.
A good life. RIP.
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