Jimmy Heath, jazz musician

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    Philadelphia-born composer, arranger and saxophonist JIMMY HEATH, best known as the anchor of the legendary Heath Brothers band, has arranged many of his life stories into a new memoir, I Walked with Giants. He’ll come into the studio to talk to Marty about working with John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and many other architects of 20th century jazz music.

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