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DIED. PERCY HEATH, 81, nimble, forceful jazz bassist and last surviving charter member of the esteemed Modern Jazz Quartet, whose finely organized arrangements and restrained sound were sometimes called cool jazz; in Southampton, N.Y. An accompanist to such greats as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, he provided the low-key backbone of the innovative Modern Jazz Quartet from 1952 until the enduring ensemble finally dissolved...
...DIED. PERCY HEATH, 81, nimble, forceful jazz bassist and the last surviving charter member of the esteemed Modern Jazz Quartet, whose fine arrangements and restrained sounds were sometimes called cool jazz; of bone cancer, in Southampton, N.Y. An accompanist to such greats as Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, he provided the low-key backbone of the innovative Modern Jazz Quartet from 1952 until the ensemble finally dissolved...
...Tuesday, Tony award winner Faith Prince brought both her celebrated vivacity and a healthy dose of sound advice to Harvard devotees of music and theater. The most recent in the “Learning from Performers” series given by the Office For the Arts (OFA), Prince and accompanist Alex Rybeck shared the floor with seven Harvard undergraduate musicians, transforming the rather austere Lowell Lecture Hall into a forum that was at once a cabaret and a seminar...
Sunday, February 13. The General Line with live piano accompanist. 7 P.M. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center. $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the door...
Head down to Central Square to catch Robby Roadsteamer at the Middle East. This mustachioed showman performs regularly in the Boston area with his five piece band and occasionally with merely an accompanist (for his comedy shows). His album Cruising With the Masters charted on the Top 40 for CMJ’s new music charts. At this CD release party with friends IIJ, Wack Ass Egyptians, Mad Larry, and Elliot Timmers, new CDs will be free. 18+. Tickets...