Editing Jimmy Heath (section)

== Awards and legacy ==
He received a [[Grammy]] nomination for box-set liner notes of ''The Heavyweight Champion, John Coltrane, the Complete Atlantic Recordings'' (Rhino, 1995), and Grammy nominations for ''Little Man Big Band'' (Verve, 1994) and ''Live at the Public Theatre'' with The Heath Brothers (Columbia, 1980).<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/01/20/us/ap-us-obit-jimmy-heath-.html|title=Jazz Composer and Saxophone Player Jimmy Heath Dies at 93|agency=Associated Press|date=January 20, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jimmy-heath |title=Artist: Jimmy Heath |publisher=grammy.com |year=2020 |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

Heath was a recipient of the 2003 [[NEA Jazz Masters|NEA Jazz Masters Award]].<ref name="wsj_2010-07-19" /> In 2004, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Human Letters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qc.cuny.edu/Pages/NotFound.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908185445/http://www.qc.cuny.edu/nis/Releases/viewNews.php?id=69|url-status=dead|title=Queens College, City University of New York|archive-date=September 8, 2006|website=www.qc.cuny.edu}}</ref>

Heath worked on over 100 albums and wrote more than 125 compositions. Many have since become [[jazz standards]], recorded by artists such as; [[Art Farmer]], [[Cannonball Adderley]], [[Clark Terry]], Chet Baker, Miles Davis, [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], [[Milt Jackson]], [[Ahmad Jamal]], [[Ray Charles]], Dizzy Gillespie, [[J. J. Johnson]], and [[Dexter Gordon]]. Heath also composed suites and string quartets, and a symphony, ''Three Ears'', which premiered in 1988 at Queens College, with [[Maurice Peress]] conducting.<ref name="bluenote">{{Cite web|title=Blue Note JIMMY HEATH BIG BAND - 2019-01-12|url=http://www.bluenote.net/newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=16542|website=www.bluenote.net}}</ref>