3 Cohens includes siblings Anat, Avishai and Yuval Cohen. Osnat Rom hide caption toggle caption Osnat Rom Take Five: By Theme It's A Jazz Family Affair Jazz24 July 6, 2010 • Summer is a time for family gatherings, and over the years, there have been some very notable families of jazz musicians. Hear five songs by some of those talented families — songs selected to accompany your own family's backyard cookout.
Obituaries Bassist Percy Heath Fresh Air April 29, 2005 • Heath died Thursday at the age of 81. He was the bass player for the Modern Jazz Quartet for four decades and played with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Bassist Percy Heath Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624695/4624696" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Hilliard Ensemble, Percy Heath, The Who April 12, 2004 • Odd interpretations from Stolen Shack; Folk singer/songwriter Adrienne Young; A new retrospective from The Who; Neo-psychedelia from Circulatory System and more. Hilliard Ensemble, Percy Heath, The Who Audio for this story is unavailable.
Music Interviews Percy Heath Steps Out April 4, 2004 • This past week, bassist and cellist Percy Heath was honored with a "Beacons in Jazz" award from the New School University in New York. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with the longtime member of the Modern Jazz Quartet who still performs with the Heath Brothers, and has only now at the age of 80 released his first solo CD: A Love Song is on Daddy Jazz Records. Percy Heath Steps Out Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1808805/1811747" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Basic Jazz Record Library The Modern Jazz Quartet: 'The Comedy' August 1, 2001 • "An excursion into Renaissance Italy." That is how jazz critic Murray Horwitz describes The Comedy, which tells the story of several fictional denizens of the 1500s. The album also has a surprise appearance by Diahann Carroll, of Dynasty fame. The Modern Jazz Quartet: 'The Comedy' 3:03 Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4539819/151218766" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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