Albert "Tootie" Heath has died at age 88. He played drums with basically all the greats of the 1950s, '60s and beyond and is on the first albums that Nina Simone and John Coltrane made as bandleaders.

Albert “Tootie” Heath, a self-taught jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and Nina Simone and later teamed with his brothers on several recordings, died on April 3. He was 88. Heath died at a ...

On Friday, June 28, at 8 PM, Flushing Town Hall will present The Queens Jazz Orchestra - A Concert for "Tootie" Heath to remember and honor the late NEA Jazz Master Albert "Tootie" Heath, who passed ...

It is with heavy heart that I say goodbye to jazz drumming legend and my dear friend, Albert “Tootie” Heath, as he left us on his final journey to reunite once again with the iconic Heath Brothers, ...

Albert Heath has died. Like many jazz musicians of his time, he was better known by his nickname, Tootie. And Tootie Heath got around. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME") NINA SIMONE: ...