Dave O'Higgins (born 1 September 1964) is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, educator and latterly recording engineer and producer.
Born in
Birmingham, O'Higgins first emerged on the British jazz scene in the 1980s. After playing in the
National Youth Jazz Orchestra for three years O'Higgins joined the band of
Jim Mullen before moving on to
Martin Taylor's band.
His influences are drawn from
Charlie Parker,
Dexter Gordon,
John Coltrane,
Joe Henderson
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through to
Stanley Turrentine and
Michael Brecker. His current project is The Dave O'Higgins Quartet with Sebastiaan de Krom (drums), Geoff Gascoyne (bass) and Graham Harvey (piano). He also plays, tours and writes with
Matt Bianco.
Discography
As leader
* 1993 ''All Good Things'' (EFZ)
* 1994 ''Beats Working For A Living'' (recorded in New York) (EFZ)
* 1995 ''Under The Stone'' (EFZ) (jazz quintet plus string section)
* 1996 ''The Secret Ingredient'' (EFZ)
* 1999 ''The Grinder’s Monkey'' (Short Fuse)
* 2001 ''Big Shake Up by Dave O’Higgins’ Biggish Band'' (Candid)
* 2002 ''Fast Foot Shuffle'' (Candid)
* 2004 ''Push'' (Short Fuse)
* 2008 ''In the Zone'' (Jazzizit)
* 2009 ''Sketchbook''
* 2010 ''Relaxin' at Mount Lavinia'' (JVG)
* 2011 ''The Devil's Interval'' (with Eric Alexander) (JVG)
* 2012 ''Got the Real Note'' (Jazzizit) with the Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet
* 2013 ''Two Minds Big Band'' (JVG)
* 2014 ''Standards'' (JVG)
* 2014 ''The Real Note Vol. 2'' (Jazzizit) with the Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet
* 2015 ''Oh, Gee'' (Woodville)
* 2015 ''The Abstract Truth Big Band'' (JVG Productions)
* 2017 '' It's Always 9.30 In Zog '' (JVG Productions)
As sideman
With
Martin Taylor
* 1994 ''Spirit of Django''
* 1996 ''Years Apart''
* 2000 ''Gypsy''
With Others
* 1989 ''For Mad Men only'', Roadside Picnic
* 1997 ''Sweet Surprise'',
Trudy Kerr
* 2001 ''An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place'',
Us3
* 2003 ''Goodbye Swingtime'',
Matthew Herbert
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Career
Mat ...
* 2005 ''Ruby Blue'',
Róisín Murphy
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* 2006 ''Now'',
Kyle Eastwood
* 2007 ''Rise Up'',
Nasio Fontaine
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* 2008 ''There's Me and There's You'', Matthew Herbert
* 2012 ''Upside Down'',
Jazzanova
References
External links
Official site
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Living people
1964 births
English jazz saxophonists
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
Academics of Leeds College of Music
Musicians from Birmingham, West Midlands
British male saxophonists
21st-century saxophonists
21st-century British male musicians
British male jazz musicians
National Youth Jazz Orchestra members
Curfew (band) members