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Bio. Known among musicians and fans as "Smiling Billy," Billy Higgins was first introduced to the broader jazz public when he came to the East Coast with the Ornette Coleman Quartet in 1959 for their extended engagement at the Five Spot Cafe. Although he does not have many records under his own name, Higgins was often in great demand as a sideman, providing sensitive accompaniment in a variety ...
Billy Higgins (Los Angeles, 11 ottobre 1936 – Inglewood, 3 maggio 2001) è stato un batterista statunitense di musica jazz. Musicista di grande flessibilità, mise a frutto le sue doti accompagnando i più grandi strumentisti che lo vollero nelle loro sezioni ritmiche [1] , e il vastissimo numero delle sue incisioni delineano la storia del jazz del dopoguerra [2] .
In the decade to come, Higgins appeared on seminal dates including Dexter Gordon’s Go!, Jackie McLean’s A Fickle Sonance, and Lee Morgan’s The Sidewinder, proving time and again his consummate skill and flexibility; even after Liberty Records acquired Blue Note in 1967, he remained much in-demand, maintaining his position as the premier ...
4 de may. de 2001 · Billy Higgins began his career playing rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll with such musicians as Amos Milburn and Bo Diddley in the Los Angeles area, then played jazz with the Jazz Messiahs (led by Don Cherry and the saxophonist James Clay) and Dexter Gordon, and from the mid-1950s took part in rehearsals with Ornette Coleman; in 1958 he recorded with Coleman and with Red Mitchell.
Sites:: Wikipedia, britannica.com, moderndrummer.com, drummerworld.com, adp.library.ucsb.edu: In Groups:: Al Haig Trio, Art Farmer / Jackie McLean Quintet, Art Farmer Quintet, Bertha Hope Trio, Bill Easley Sextet, Billy Higgins Quintet, Cal Tjader - Stan Getz Sextet, Cal Tjader Sextet, Cecil Taylor All Stars, Cedar Walton Quartet, Cedar Walton Quintet, Cedar Walton Trio, Charlie Haden Quartet ...
4 de may. de 2001 · Billy Higgins, one of the best-loved and most-recorded drummers in postwar jazz, died yesterday at a hospital in Inglewood, Calif. He was 64 and lived in Los Angeles.
27 de sept. de 2022 · Billy Higgins – Soweto (1979)00:00 Soweto09:32 Clockwise17:51 Neptune23:34 Back To Bologna31:40 Bahia Bahia BahiaBass – Tony DumasDrums, Guitar – Billy Higgi...
