Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Quintet for a holiday performance of Jimmy Heath’s “Our Little Town,” a playful nod to “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”

“Our Little Town” was originally recorded by the Heath Brothers for the 1981 Columbia recording “God Rest Ye Merry, Jazzmen.” Both tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath (2010) and bassist Percy Heath (2001) were interviewed for the Smithsonian's Jazz Oral History Program.

🎧 Listen to Jimmy Heath’s oral history: https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/collections-and-archives/smithsonian-jazz-oral-history-program#Heath

👩🏽‍💻Learn more about the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Smithsonian Jazz: https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz