Remembering Jimmy Heath
Jazz saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath passed away on January 19th. He was 93.
Check out our interview with him and his brother Tootie here.
To read more about his life, click here.
It’s New Orleans jazz clarinet in street parades and clubs. We’ll hear clarinet in the hands of past and present legends: George Lewis, Sidney Bechet, Dr. Michael White and Aurora Nealand, plus a conversation with a sometime New Orleans clarinet virtuoso, Evan Christopher. Then, a live cultural exchange between French Louisiana and West Africa with singer, percussionist and dancer Sidiki Conde from Guinea and zydeco accordionist, cultural historian and sometime alligator wrangler, Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
Jazz saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath passed away on January 19th. He was 93.
Check out our interview with him and his brother Tootie here.
To read more about his life, click here.