Love Letter
Jimmy Heath
Throughout the album’s eight down-tempos—a selective complement of lesser-known pieces and time-honored standards—Heath reveals a refined emotionality that bebop hubbub seldom allows.
Love Letter
Jimmy Heath
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Throughout the album’s eight down-tempos—a selective complement of lesser-known pieces and time-honored standards—Heath reveals a refined emotionality that bebop hubbub seldom allows.
About
Love Letter, Jimmy Heath’s stunningly elegant last testament, is the legendary saxophonists beautiful take on seminal ballads, including songs written by Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Kenny Dorham in addition to original material. At two sessions in New York during the 48 hours preceding Jimmy’s 93rd birthday, and two more a month later in Atlanta, Jimmy presided over a brilliant cast of colleagues and friends. The result is pure, primo Heath: polished, inventive, surprising, candid, beautiful. Guest artists include Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter, and Cécile McLorin Salvant.
Contents and tracklist
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), Kenny Barron (piano), David Wong (bass guitar), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals), Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), Lewis Nash (drums), David Wong (bass guitar), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (soprano saxophone), David Wong (bass guitar), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), David Wong (bass guitar), Kenny Barron (piano), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), Gregory Porter (vocals), David Wong (bass guitar), Kenny Barron (piano), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), David Wong (bass guitar), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), David Wong (bass guitar), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
- Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone), David Wong (bass guitar), Kenny Barron (piano), Lewis Nash (drums), Monte Croft (vibraphone)
- Recorded: 2019-11
Awards and reviews
September 2020
Throughout the album’s eight down-tempos—a selective complement of lesser-known pieces and time-honored standards—Heath reveals a refined emotionality that bebop hubbub seldom allows.