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Born and raised in Pittsburgh
Father had the first recording studio (1935) and made the first recordings for Errol Garner, Billy Strahorn, Eddie Jefferson, George Benson, and many great R & B Groups such as the El Capris, Del Vikings, Marcells, El Venos etc. My father also provided Hammond Organs to the Hurricane Bar and the Rendezvous Lounge for a most reasonable rental digit. Grew up hearing many great artists in his studio and got to hear some mighty deep organ groups from the mid 1960's on by helping move the Organ and Leslie into those clubs,

Favorite Pittsburgh musicians/performers

Marylou Williams, Errol Garner, Sonny Clark, Ahmad Jamal, Michael "Dodo"
Marmarosa, Max Leake, Don DePaolis, "Sugarcane" David Budway, Donna Davis, Tom Glovier, Tim Jenkins, Alton Merrell, "Rabbit" Barnes, Dicky Lillie, Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Joe Harris, J.C. Moses, Beaver Harris, John Mosley, Billy James, George Jones, Roger Humphries, Norman (Greg) Humphries, James Johnson III (and his mom and dad) Tom Wendt, Jerry Betters, Ray Brown, Chris Sullivan, Bobby Boswell, Mike Taylor, Dwayne Dolphin, Jeff Grubbs, Ernest McCarty, Paul Thompson, Tony DePaolis, Brian Stahurski, Virgil Walters, Joe Negri, George Benson, Jimmy Ponder, Larry McGee, Luther DeJarunett, Mark Strickland, Eric Susoeff, Mark Lucas, Larry O'Brien, Kenny Fisher, Lou Stellute, Tony Campbell, Cris Hemingway, Curtis Johnson, Frank Mala, Joe Dallas, Danny Conn, Sean Jones, James Moore, Pete Henderson, Ron Tucker, Carl Arter, Count Cozy Harris, Sugercane, Yusef Nafees, Bill Heid....

Favorite Jazz Radio or media station

WKCR 89.9 Columbia University

Jazz with Eric in the Evening

Record collection and the internet

most thankful this music was recorded

Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue

CJ's Supper Club, the last one left ... Crawford Grill, (gone) Hurricane Bar (gone) Rendezvous Lounge (gone) Blue Falls (gone) Tigers Tail Lounge (gone) Eileen's Zebra Room (gone) Too Sweet (gone) James Street (gone) Balcony (gone) Dizzy's (gone)) .... Hopefully, a great room will still happen and real soon.

About Me:

It's been a privilege to have heard the great music called Jazz and more privileged to have been blessed to play with such monumental souls like Mike Taylor, Dwayne Dolphin, Dave Budway, Sonny Barbato, Jimmy Ponder and my brother Bill Heid.

Website:

http://www.heidstudios.com

Artist or Fan

artist, industry professional