bandmates a lot of encouragement to experiment and improve from performance to performance, and that he "was a really multi-talented person and he was just a real sweetheart, a sweetheart of a man". In Golson's words, Timmons "had no ego about him, [...] He was always upbeat, never downbeat, and he never maligned anybody unless it was in a humorous way". Discography As leader/co-leader As sideman Sources: Notes References External links Timmons at AllMusic Timmons at jazzgiants.net 1935 births 1974 deaths Alcohol-related deaths in New York City American jazz composers American jazz pianists American male pianists Atlantic Records artists Cannonball Adderley Quintet members Capitol Records artists Deaths from cirrhosis The Jazz Messengers members Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania Mainstream jazz pianists American male jazz composers Milestone Records artists Musicians from Philadelphia Prestige Records artists Riverside Records artists Soul-jazz pianists 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American composers 20th-century jazz composers 20th-century American male musicians