1962 studio album by Jimmy Heath
Triple Threat is the fourth album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1962 originally released on the Riverside label.[ 1]
Triple Threat was a follow-up of Heath's 1961 album The Quota and used the same band.[ 2] [ 3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings considers the lineup, which features Heath's brothers Percy and Albert, a "dry-run" for their later Heath Brothers records.[ 4] The album was recorded over two sessions in January 1962. Freddie Hubbard and Julius Watkins were not present for the second session when "The More I See You" was recorded.[ 5]
The song "Gemini" was written for Heath's daughter, Roslyn, whose star sign it was.[ 2]
The album title was an allusion to Heath's own status as a "triple threat": musician, arranger and composer.[ 6] In the album liner notes, Ira Gitler described Heath in the following way:
The triple threat in football must pass, punt, and run on a high level. Musically, Jimmy Heath approximates this by his composing, arranging and playing, all of which are ably and amply demonstrated here.[ 7]
Release and reception [ edit ] Cannonball Adderley recorded his own version of "Gemini" only 10 days after Heath's recording.[ 6] Shortly beforeTriple Threat was released in 1962, Adderley released a record featuring his version which somewhat overshadowed Heath's recording.[ 9]
Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "The arrangements of Heath uplift the straightahead music and make each selection seem a bit special".[ 8] Billboard described the album as one of Heath's best sessions, praising his playing and the "directness, individuality and strength" of the compositions.[ 10]
In his autobiography, Heath, a Philadelphian, recalls his pride that he was gaining recognition in his hometown upon reading a positive review of the album in the Philadelphia Daily News .[ 2]
All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated
"Gemini" - 6:09 "Bruh Slim" - 5:16 "Goodbye " (Gordon Jenkins ) - 7:04 "Dew and Mud" - 5:01 "Make Someone Happy " (Jule Styne , Betty Comden , Adolph Green ) - 3:41 "The More I See You " (Harry Warren , Mack Gordon ) - 4:18 "Prospecting" - 5:40 ^ Riverside Records discography accessed October 23, 2012 ^ a b c Heath, Jimmy (2010). I walked with giants : the autobiography of Jimmy Heath . Joseph McLaren. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-1-4399-0200-4 . OCLC 701719409 . ^ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop . San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-87930-608-3 . ^ a b Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin . p. 679. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 . ^ Cherrington, George (1963). Jazz catalogue 1963 . The Archive of Contemporary Music. London: Jazz Journal LTD. p. 86. ^ a b Ullman, M. (May 2020). "The jazz column". Fanfare . 43 : 528–535. ^ Ira Gitler, liner notes for Jimmy Heath, Triple Threat (1962), LP, Riverside Records RPL-9400 ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 23, 2012 ^ Nelson, Nels (25 July 1962). "Jimmy Heath, It's Connections, Not Work" . Philadelphia Daily News . p. 39. ^ Billboard . 1962-04-21. p. 39.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader WithArt Farmer WithMilt Jackson With others That's Right! (Nat Adderley , 1960) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Regeneration (Stanley Cowell , 1975) Miles Davis Volume 2 (1953) Kenny Dorham Quintet (1953) Showboat (Kenny Dorham , 1960) Black Drops (Charles Earland , 1970) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) The Quota (Red Garland , 1971) Kwanza (The First) (Albert Heath , 1973) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope , 1961) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard , 1961) Jay Hawk Talk (Carmell Jones , 1965) The Soul Society (Sam Jones , 1960) The Chant (Sam Jones, 1961) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) Latin Mann (Herbie Mann, 1965) Blue Soul (Blue Mitchell , 1959) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (1994) Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester , 1960) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader , 1964) Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver , 1970) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson , 2003) Turned to Blue (Nancy Wilson , released 2006)
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap /Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson , 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath , 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu , 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine , 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry , Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson , 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw , 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey , 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007) With Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers WithDexter Gordon WithHerbie Hancock WithBobby Hutcherson WithQuincy Jones WithWayne Shorter With others The Soul of the City (Manny Albam , 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson , 1969) Out of This World (Walter Benton , 1960) True Blue (Tina Brooks , 1960) God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell , 1971) Cables' Vision (George Cables , 1979) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter , 1990) Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman , 1960) Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane , 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy , 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew , 1960) Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland , 1973) Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin , 1967) Interplay (Bill Evans , 1962) Sonic Text (Joe Farrell , 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson , 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton , 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band (Joe Henderson , 1996) Pax (Andrew Hill , 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower (Milt Jackson , 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street (Billy Joel , 1978) Reg Strikes Back (Elton John , 1988) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson , 1960) Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan , 1982) Essence (John Lewis , 1960–62) Water Sign (Jeff Lorber , 1979) Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews , 1963) Bluesnik (Jackie McLean , 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet , 1994) Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery , 1958) Roll Call (Hank Mobley , 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson , 1961) Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson , 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours (Sam Rivers , 1965) Drums Unlimited (Max Roach , 1965) East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins , 1966) Numbers (Rufus , 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin , 1965) Giant Box (Don Sebesky , 1973) Sugar (Stanley Turrentine , 1970) Together (McCoy Tyner , 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton , 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston , 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader As sideman withArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers WithArt Farmer (or where stated),Benny Golson &The Jazztet WithEddie Harris WithBilly Higgins WithMilt Jackson WithEtta James WithClifford Jordan WithBlue Mitchell WithHouston Person With others God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt , 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown , 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd , 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers , 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook , 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman , 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane , 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss , 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham , 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley , 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards , 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller , 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon , 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin , 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton , 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath , 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson , 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard , 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson , 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson , 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones , 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones , 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones , 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss , 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln , 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino , 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson , 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan , 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red , 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw , 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp , 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman , 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson , 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine , 1969) Up Front (David Williams , 1986)