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For over 60 years, the legendary Heath Brothers have been synonymous with great jazz. Endurance is their first CD since the passing of their beloved brother, legendary bassist Percy Heath. * Tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath have more than a century in the jazz limelight to their credit. They have played and recorded with a near-endless list of jazz immortals and icons including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, and many more. * This is masterful music from the brothers' current working quartet that includes two rising young jazz stars: pianist Jeb Patton and bassist David Wong. "The Philly dynasty [of the Heath Brothers] is what you want to hear--family values with fire, yet cooler than cool." -- Village Voice "The Heaths of Philadelphia are true jazz blue-bloods, [but] it's when these elder statesmen get together that they become rambunctious, playful kids, making mischief in bebop's backyard." -- Newsday "Keeping the swing faith with a time-honored groove." -- Chicago Tribune "One looks for good news anywhere lately, and the bass and drum-playing Heath Brothers alone--with cleanly articulated, deep, rich bass notes and an easy, funky swing--can supply it." -- Ben Ratliff, New York Times