Percy Heath — American Musician born on April 30, 1923, died on April 28, 2005

Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk... (wikipedia)

Jazz is letting everybody do his or her thing with the music.
I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.