Little Man Big Band Explained

Little Man Big Band
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy Heath
Cover:	Little Man, Big Band.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	January 30 & 31 and March 3, 1992 BMG Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	51:56
Label:	Verve 314 513 956-2
Producer:	Bill Cosby
Chronology:	Jimmy Heath
Prev Title:	You've Changed
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	You or Me
Next Year:	1995

Little Man Big Band (also written Little Man, Big Band) is a Grammy-nominated album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath^[1] featuring performances recorded in 1992 and released on the Verve label.^[2]

Reception

David Dupont at Allmusic noted "Jimmy Heath brings to life his compositions, including his greatest hits 'CTA' and 'Gingerbread Boy,' with blaring, upper register trumpets, punchy trombone countermelodies and swirling saxophone ensembles".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated

1. "Trane Connections" - 5:04
2. "Two Friends" (Bill Cosby, Stu Gardner) - 4:24
3. "The Voice of the Saxophone" - 7:46
4. "Forever Sonny" - 6:56
5. "C.T.A." - 7:01
6. "Ellington's Stray Horn" - 7:18
7. "Gingerbread Boy" - 5:06
8. "Without You, No Me" - 8:21

Personnel

• Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, conductor
• Ted Nash, Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone
• Bill Easley - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Billy Mitchell, Loren Schoenberg - tenor saxophone
• Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
• John Eckert, Virgil Jones, Bob Millikan, Claudio Roditi, Lew Soloff - trumpet
• Eddie Bert, John Mosca, Benny Powell - trombone
• Jack Jeffers - bass trombone
• Tony Purrone - guitar
• Roland Hanna - piano
• Ben Brown - bass
• Lewis Nash - drums
• Steve Kroon - percussion

Notes and References

1. News: POP REVIEW; A Masterly Artist Comes Into His Own. Peter. Watrous. August 6, 1994. 22 July 2017.
2. Fitzgerald, M. Jimmy Heath discography, accessed April 22, 2014
3. Dupont, D., Allmusic Review accessed April 22, 2014