Broadcast on 26-Jan-2015

This is an award winning album that not only features Jimmy Heath's distinctive tenor saxophone and on one tune, his soprano saxophone but his compositions and arrangements. Heath, who is still alive and performing at age 88 was part and parcel of one of the most important era of Jazz music...the golden age of Modern Jazz or as it's more commonly known, Bebop. Seven of the eight tunes were composed by Heath and one by the man who produced and financed this record, the one and only Bill Cosby. Cosby has always been a great friend of Jazz music. Heath was able to select the cream of the crop of great players to be in this band and rehearse them so that everything was tight. Great solos abound by Heath of course and pianist Roland Hanna, guitarist Tony Purrone, trumpeters Lew Soloff, Virgil Jones, John Eckert and Claudio Roditi. "Little Man, Big Band" is a winner!