Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

. He played mainly

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and

hard bop Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...

Biography

Higgins was born in

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, United States. Higgins played on

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Colle ...

's first records, beginning in 1958. He then freelanced extensively with

and other post- bop players, including

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he help ...

Joe Henderson Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent l ...

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, Paul Horn,

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solo ...

Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their deat ...

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works, and other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progre ...

Hank Mobley Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

, David Murray,

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American alto saxophonist and very occasional tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. Active in West Coast jazz, Pepper came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known ...

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

, and

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and com ...

. He was one of the house drummers for

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and played on dozens of Blue Note albums of the 1960s. He also collaborated with composer

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and guitarist

Sandy Bull Alexander "Sandy" Bull (February 25, 1941 – April 11, 2001) was an American folk musician and composer. Bull was an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, including guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, and oud. His early work blends no ...

. In his career, he played on over 700 recordings, including recordings of

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and

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. He appeared as a jazz drummer in the 2001 movie, ''

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''. In 1989, Higgins cofounded a cultural center,

The World Stage Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...

, in Los Angeles to encourage and promote younger jazz musicians. The center provides workshops in performance and writing, as well as concerts and recordings. Higgins also taught in the jazz studies program at the

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. He was divorced from wife Mauricina Altier Higgins and had three sons, William, Joseph, and David, as well as a stepson Jody. He also had two daughters, Rickie Wade and Heidi. Billy Higgins died of kidney and liver failure on May 3, 2001 at a hospital in Inglewood, California.

Discography

As leader

* 1979: ''

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) * 1979: '' The Soldier'' ( Timeless,

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* 1980: '' Once More'' (Red) * 1984: '' Mr. Billy Higgins'' (

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) * 1980-86: ''

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) * 1994: '' ¾ for Peace'' (Red) * 1997: '' Billy Higgins Quintet'' (Evidence) * 2001: ''The Best of Summer Nights at Moca'' (Exodus)

As a sideman

With

Gene Ammons Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and ...

and

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of his ...

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Left Bank Encores ''Left Bank Encores'' is a live album by saxophonists Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons recorded in Baltimore in 1973 and released on the Prestige label in 2002.

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*'' Blues One'' (DIW, 1991) With

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Works ...

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'' (Milestone, 1968) With

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

* '' Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958'' (Inner City, 1958

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Coleman Classics Volume 1 ''Coleman Classics Volume 1'' is a live album by pianist Paul Bley, saxophonist Ornette Coleman, trumpeter Don Cherry, drummer Billy Higgins and bassist Charlie Haden recorded in California in 1958 and released Bley's on the Improvising Artists la ...

'' (Improvising Artists, 1958

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With

* ''

Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo ''Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo'' is the debut album of the folk guitarist Sandy Bull, released in 1963 through Vanguard Records. Recording Bull recorded the album accompanied by Billy Higgins, a session jazz drummer who had previously appear ...

'' (Vanguard, 1963) * ''

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'' (Vanguard, 1965) With

Jaki Byard John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for hi ...

* '' On the Spot!'' (Prestige, 1967) With

* '' Royal Flush'' (Blue Note, 1961) * '' Free Form'' (Blue Note, 1962) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1967) * '' Slow Drag'' (Blue Note, 1967) With

Joe Castro Joseph Armand Castro (August 15, 1927 – December 13, 2009) was an American bebop jazz pianist, based primarily on the West Coast of the United States. Biography Castro was born in Miami, Arizona on August 15, 1927. Castro began playing professi ...

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'' (EMI, 1975) * ''

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'' (A&M, 1988) With

Sonny Clark Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Early life Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of Pit ...

* ''

Leapin' and Lopin' ''Leapin' and Lopin'' is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark, released on Blue Note Records in May 1962. It was Clark's last album as a leader before his death in 1963. It features a guest appearance from sax player Ike Quebec, who was mounting ...

'' (Blue Note, 1961) With

George Coleman George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Early life Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...

* ''

Amsterdam After Dark ''Amsterdam After Dark'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist George Coleman recorded in late 1978 and released on the Dutch label, Timeless Records, Timeless.

'' (Timeless, 1979) With

* ''

Something Else!!!! ''Something Else!!!!'' (subtitled ''The Music of Ornette Coleman'') is the debut album by jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. It was released by Contemporary Records in September 1958. According to AllMusic, the album "shook up the jazz world", rev ...

'' (Contemporary, 1958) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1959) * '' Change of the Century'' (Atlantic, 1959) * ''

The Art of the Improvisers ''The Art of the Improvisers'' is an album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, released by Atlantic Records in 1970. The album was assembled without Coleman's input, comprising outtakes from recording sessions of 1959 to 196 ...

'' (Atlantic, 1959) * ''

To Whom Who Keeps a Record ''To Whom Who Keeps a Record'' is an album credited to jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, originally released by the Japanese subsidiary Warner Pioneer of Warner Bros. Records in 1975. The album, which was assembled by Atlantic producer ...

'' (Warner, 1959–60) * '' Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation'' (Atlantic, 1961) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1961) * ''

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In All Languages ''In All Languages'' is a 1987 double album by Ornette Coleman. Coleman and the other members of his 1950s quartet, trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins, performed on one of the two records, while his electr ...

'' (Caravan of Dreams, 1987) With

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* '' Like Sonny'' (Roulette, 1960) With

Junior Cook Herman "Junior" Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player. Biography Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member of the Horace Silver Quin ...

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* ''Hello, Friend: To Ennis With Love'' (Verve, 1997) With

Stanley Cowell Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label. Early life Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano around the age of four, and became interest ...

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'' (Strata East, 1976) With

Ray Drummond Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...

* ''The Essence'' (DMP, 1985) With

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and then ...

*'' Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair'' (MetroJazz, 1958) *'' Sunset Eyes'' (Pacific Jazz, 1960) * '' Teddy's Ready!'' (Contemporary, 1960) * '' Nothin' But the Truth!'' (Prestige, 1966) *'' Young at Heart'' (Storyville, 1979) with

Howard McGhee Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first American bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman. He was known for his fast fingering and high notes. He had an influence on younger beb ...

*'' Wise in Time'' (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee *'' Mississippi Lad'' (Verve/Gitanes, 1991) *''

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* '' Tex Book Tenor'' (Blue Note, 1968) With

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'' (Mainstream, 1971) * ''

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'' (East Wind, 1975) * ''

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'' (East Wind, 1976) * '' Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers'' (East Wind, 1976) With

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* '' Smokin''' (Mainstream, 1972) With

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* '' Go'' (Blue Note, 1962) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1962) With

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* '' Takin' Off'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' Round Midnight (soundtrack)'' (Columbia, 1985) With

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* '' Bull's Eye!'' (Prestige, 1968) With

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Freddie Redd Freddie Redd (May 29, 1928 – March 17, 2021) was an American Hard bop, hard-bop pianist and composer. He is best known for writing music to accompany ''The Connection (play), The Connection'' (1959), a play by Jack Gelber. According to Peter ...

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Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

* ''Rejoice (Pharoah Sanders album), Rejoice'' (Theresa, 1981) With Rob Schneiderman (mathematician), Rob Schneiderman * ''Smooth Sailing (Rob Schneiderman album), Smooth Sailing'' (Reservoir Records, Reservoir, 1990) With John Scofield * ''Works for Me (John Scofield album), Works for Me'' (Verve, 2001) With Shirley Scott * ''One for Me'' (Strata-East, 1974) With Archie Shepp * ''Attica Blues (album), Attica Blues'' (Impulse!, 1972) With Sonny Simmons * ''Rumasuma'' (Contemporary, 1969) With James Spaulding *''James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington'' (Storyville, 1977) With Robert Stewart (saxophonist), Robert Stewart *''Judgement (Robert Stewart album), Judgement'' (World Stage, 1994 / Red Records, 1997) *''The Movement (Robert Stewart album), The Movement'' (Exodus, 2002) With

*''Blues for Duke'' (Muse, 1975

With Idrees Sulieman * ''Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman album), Now Is the Time'' (SteepleChase, 1976) With Ira Sullivan *''Peace (Ira Sullivan album), Peace'' (Galaxy, 1978) * ''Multimedia (album), Multimedia'' (Galaxy, 1978 [1982]) With Sun Ra * ''Somewhere Else (Sun Ra album), Somewhere Else'' (Rounder, 1988–89) * ''Blue Delight'' (A&M, 1989) With Cecil Taylor * ''Jumpin' Punkins'' (Candid, 1961) * ''New York City R&B'' (Candid, 1961) With Lucky Thompson *''Goodbye Yesterday'' (Groove Merchant, 1973) With the Timeless All Stars *''It's Timeless'' (Timeless, 1982) *''Timeless Heart'' (Timeless, 1983) *''Essence (Timeless All Stars album), Essence'' (Delos, 1986) *''Time for the Timeless All Stars'' (Early Bird, 1990) With Bobby Timmons * ''Soul Food (Bobby Timmons album), Soul Food'' (Prestige, 1966) * ''Got to Get It!'' (Milestone, 1967) With Charles Tolliver * ''The New Wave in Jazz'' (Impulse!, 1965) With Stanley Turrentine *''More Than a Mood'' (MusicMasters, 1992) With

* ''Up Popped the Devil'' (Enja, 1973) * ''One Entrance, Many Exits'' (Palo Alto, 1982) With

* ''Cedar!'' (Prestige, 1967) * ''Eastern Rebellion'' (Timeless, 1976) with

& Sam Jones * ''The Pentagon (album), The Pentagon'' (East Wind, 1976) * ''Eastern Rebellion 2'' (Timeless, 1977) with Bob Berg & Sam Jones * ''First Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977

* ''Second Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977

* ''Third Set (Cedar Walton album), Third Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977 [1982]) * ''Eastern Rebellion 3'' (Timeless, 1980) with

, Bob Berg & Sam Jones * ''The Maestro (Cedar Walton album), The Maestro'' (Muse, 1981) * ''Among Friends (Cedar Walton album), Among Friends'' (Theresa, 1982 [1989]) * ''Eastern Rebellion 4'' (Timeless, 1984) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & David "Happy" Williams, David Williams * ''Cedar's Blues'' (Red, 1985) * ''The Trio 1'' (Red, 1985) * ''The Trio 2'' (Red, 1985) * ''The Trio 3'' (Red, 1985) * ''Cedar Walton (album), Cedar Walton'' (Timeless, 1985) * ''Bluesville Time'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985) * ''Cedar Walton Plays'' (Delos, 1986) *''As Long as There's Music (Cedar Walton album), As Long as There's Music'' (Muse, 1990 [1993]) *''Mosaic (Eastern Rebellion album), Mosaic'' (Music Masters, 1990

as Eastern Rebellion *''Simple Pleasure (Eastern Rebellion album), Simple Pleasure'' (Music Masters, 1993) as Eastern Rebellion * ''Manhattan Afternoon'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992

*''Just One of Those Nights: At the Village Vanguard'' (Music Masters, 1995) as Eastern Rebellion With Don Wilkerson * ''The Texas Twister'' (1960) * ''Preach Brother!'' (1962) With David "Happy" Williams, David Williams * ''Up Front (album), Up Front'' (Timeless, 1987) With Jack Wilson (jazz pianist), Jack Wilson * ''Easterly Winds'' (Blue Note, 1967)

References

External links

* [ Billy Higgins at Allmusic]
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