Albert "Tootie" Heath, NEA Jazz Master, with the Emmet Cohen Trio

The Emmet Cohen Trio with Albert "Tootie" Heath perform at The Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, New Mexico September 8, 2022.

Drummer and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath, who has performed at Outpost numerous times since making his home in Santa Fe, is a true jazz legend who has played with all the jazz greats. The last living member of the renowned Heath Brothers, Tootie played drums on John Coltrane’s first album as a leader and was the last drummer for the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet. At the age of 887years, he continues to perform regularly and returns to Outpost to join the Emmet Cohen Trio.

Voted the world’s 3rd best living jazz pianist in the DownBeat Reader’s Poll. All About Jazz has called Emmet Cohen, “a supremely gifted and impassioned artist of the highest order.” He has performed, recorded and collaborated with everyone from Ron Carter, Benny Golson and Jimmy Cobb to Christian McBride and Kurt Elling.

On the evening:

  • Emmet Cohen - piano @heyemmet

  • Russell Hall - bass @bessiesuave

  • Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums

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Tootie Heath after the show talking about "Cutting the Mustard".

After The Show: Tootie Heath on Emmet Cohen’s Habits

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