Albert Heath
Sign in to saveAlso known as Albert "Tootie" Heath, "Tootie" Heath
American drummer (1935–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Works
- 1
Top works
- One of the smaller fry
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- 4,361
- Total plays
- 53,461
Tags
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Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and double-bassist Percy Heath. Another Albert Heath is a Danish urban vocalist, active since 2019 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Heath">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Santa Fe
- Sibling
- Jimmy Heath
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- soul jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Muse Records
- Image
- Tootie Heath (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Europe
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1935-05-31
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- Commons category
- Albert Heath
- nickname
- Al
- pseudonym
- Albert Kuumba
- date of death
- 2024-04-03
- name in native language
- Albert Heath
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- leukemia
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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