Another exhibit for the jury would be the 2015 album
Philadelphia Beat, featuring Heath s trio with Ethan Iverson on piano and Ben Street on bass. It opens with a version of Bags Groove the Milt Jackson tune that Tootie surely played with older bro Percy Heath during his time in the Modern Jazz Quartet. Listen for how he states the initial pulse on finger cymbals, already swinging.
Terri Lyne Carrington, Giggles
Drummer, composer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington has received no shortage of accolades over the last decade a period that saw her win three Grammy awards and a Doris Duke Artist Award along with this honor from the NEA. But Carrington, a former child prodigy, has been an unstoppable force since well before the turn of the century.