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Billy Higgins

( 1936 Births )

Biography
Discography

As leader
As a sideman

With Gene Ammons and Son..
With Chris Anderson
With Gary Bartz
With Paul Bley
With Sandy Bull
With Jaki Byard
With Donald Byrd
With Joe Castro
With Don Cherry
With Sonny Clark
With George Coleman
With Ornette Coleman

With John Coltrane

With Junior Cook
With Bill Cosby
With Stanley Cowell
With Ray Drummond
With Teddy Edwards
With Booker Ervin
With Art Farmer
With Curtis Fuller
With Stan Getz
With Dexter Gordon
With Grant Green
With Dodo Greene
With Charlie Haden

With Slide Hampton

With Herbie Hancock
With Barry Harris
With [[Eddie Harris]]
With Johnny Hartman
With Jimmy Heath
With Joe Henderson
With Andrew Hill
With Christopher Hollyda..
With Richard "Groove" Ho..
With Paul Horn
With Toninho Horta
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobby Hutcherson
With J. J. Johnson
With Hank Jones and Dave..
With Sam Jones
With Clifford Jordan
With Fred Katz
With Steve Lacy
With Charles Lloyd
With Pat Martino
With Jackie McLean
With Charles McPherson
With Pat Metheny

With Blue Mitchell

With Red Mitchell
With Hank Mobley
With Thelonious Monk
With Buddy Montgomery
With Frank Morgan
With Lee Morgan
With Bheki Mseleku
With David Murray
With Horace Parlan
With Niels-Henning Ørst..
With Art Pepper
With Dave Pike
With Jimmy Raney
With Sonny Red
With Freddie Redd
With Joshua Redman
With Red Rodney
With Sonny Rollins
With Charlie Rouse
With Hilton Ruiz
With Pharoah Sanders
With Rob Schneiderman
With John Scofield
With Shirley Scott
With Archie Shepp
With Sonny Simmons
With James Spaulding
With Robert Stewart
With Sonny Stitt
With Idrees Sulieman
With Ira Sullivan
With Sun Ra
With Cecil Taylor
With Lucky Thompson
With the Timeless All St..
With Bobby Timmons
With Charles Tolliver
With Stanley Turrentine
With Mal Waldron
With Cedar Walton
With Don Wilkerson
With David Williams
With Jack Wilson

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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, beginning in 1958.

(1992). 9780851125800, Guinness Publishing. ISBN 9780851125800

He then freelanced extensively with hard bop and other post-bebop players, including Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Don Cherry, Paul Horn, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, and Cedar Walton. He was one of the house drummers for Blue Note Records and played on dozens of Blue Note albums of the 1960s. He also collaborated with composer La Monte Young and guitarist Sandy Bull.

In his career, Higgins played on more than 700 recordings, including recordings of rock music and funk. He appeared as a jazz drummer in the 1986 movie Round Midnight and the 2001 movie Southlander.

In 1989, Higgins cofounded a cultural center, The World Stage, 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 University of California, Los Angeles.

Billy Higgins died of kidney and liver failure on May 3, 2001, at a hospital in Inglewood, California.

Discography

As leader

1979: Soweto (Red Records)
1979: The Soldier (Timeless Records, 1981)
1980: Once More (Red)
1984: Mr. Billy Higgins (Evidence Records)
1980-86: Bridgework (Contemporary)
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 and Sonny Stitt

God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 2001)
Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 2001)

With Chris Anderson

Blues One (DIW, 1991)

With Gary Bartz

Libra (Milestone, 1968)

With Paul Bley

Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 (Inner City, 1958 1976)
Coleman Classics Volume 1 (Improvising Artists, 1958 1977)

With Sandy Bull

Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (Vanguard, 1963)
Inventions (Vanguard, 1965)

With Jaki Byard

On the Spot! (Prestige, 1967)

With Donald Byrd

Royal Flush (Blue Note, 1961)
Free Form (Blue Note, 1962)
Blackjack (Blue Note, 1967)
Slow Drag (Blue Note, 1967)

With Joe Castro

Groove Funk Soul (Atlantic, 1959)

With Don Cherry

Brown Rice (EMI, 1975)
Art Deco (A&M, 1988)

With Sonny Clark

Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note, 1961)

With George Coleman

Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)

With Ornette Coleman

Something Else!!!! (Contemporary, 1958)
The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic, 1959)
Change of the Century (Atlantic, 1959)
The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959)
To Whom Who Keeps a Record (Warner, 1959–60)
(Atlantic, 1961)
Twins (Atlantic, 1961)
Science Fiction (Columbia, 1971)
Broken Shadows (Columbia, 1971–1972 1982)
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia, 1971–1972 2000)
In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)

With John Coltrane

Like Sonny (Roulette, 1960)

With Junior Cook

Somethin's Cookin' (Muse, 1981)

With Bill Cosby

Hello, Friend: To Ennis with Love (Verve, 1997)

With Stanley Cowell

Regeneration (Strata East, 1976)

With Ray Drummond

The Essence (DMP, 1985)

With Teddy Edwards

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
Wise in Time (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee
Mississippi Lad (Verve/Gitanes, 1991)
Tango in Harlem (Verve/Gitanes, 1994)

With Booker Ervin

Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note, 1968)

With Art Farmer

Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971)
Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975)
To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975)
The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976)
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)

With Curtis Fuller

Smokin' (Mainstream, 1972)

With Stan Getz

Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (1958, Fantasy) with Cal Tjader

With Dexter Gordon

Go (Blue Note, 1962)
A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note, 1962)
Clubhouse (Blue Note, 1965 – released 1979)
Gettin' Around (Blue Note, 1965)
Tangerine (Prestige, 1972 1975)
Generation (Prestige, 1972)
Something Different (SteepleChase, 1975 1980)
Bouncin' with Dex (SteepleChase, 1976)
The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1985)

With Grant Green

First Session (Blue Note, 1961)
Goin' West (Blue Note, 1962)
Feelin' the Spirit (Blue Note, 1962)

With Dodo Greene

My Hour of Need (Blue Note, 1962)

With Charlie Haden

Quartet West (Verve, 1986)
Silence (Soul Note, 1987)
The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 2000)
First Song (Soul Note, 1990 1992)

With Slide Hampton

Roots (Criss Cross, 1985)

With Herbie Hancock

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

With Barry Harris

Bull's Eye! (Prestige, 1968)

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The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965)
Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966)
The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966)
Excursions (Atlantic, 1966–73)
How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

With Johnny Hartman

Today (Perception, 1972)

With Jimmy Heath

Love and Understanding (Muse, 1973)
The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 1994)
Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)

With Joe Henderson

Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)

With Andrew Hill

Dance with Death (Blue Note, 1968 – not released until 1980)

With Christopher Hollyday

Christopher Hollyday (BMG, 1989)

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

Get Up & Get It! (Prestige, 1967)

With Paul Horn

Something Blue (HiFi Jazz, 1960)

With Toninho Horta

Once I Loved (Verve, 1992)

With Freddie Hubbard

Bolivia (Music Master, 1991)

With Bobby Hutcherson

Stick-Up (Blue Note, 1969)
Solo / Quartet (Contemporary, 1982)
Farewell Keystone (Theresa, 1982 1988)
Color Schemes (Landmark, 1985 1986)

With J. J. Johnson

Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)

With Hank Jones and Dave Holland

The Oracle (EmArcy, 1990)

With Sam Jones

Seven Minds (East Wind Records, 1974)
Cello Again (Xanadu, 1976)
Something in Common (Muse, 1977)

With Clifford Jordan

Soul Fountain (Vortex, 1966 1970)
Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974)
Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975)
On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 1977)
On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 1978)
On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 1979)
Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975)
The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)

With Fred Katz

Fred Katz and his Jammers (Decca, 1959)

With Steve Lacy

Evidence (New Jazz, 1962) with Don Cherry

With Charles Lloyd

Acoustic Masters I (Atlantic, 1993)
Voice in the Night (ECM, 1999)
The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000)
Hyperion with Higgins (ECM, 2001, released posthumously)
Which Way Is East (ECM, 2004, released posthumously)

With Pat Martino

The Visit! (Cobblestone, 1972) also released as Footprints

With Jackie McLean

A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note, 1961)
Let Freedom Ring Blue Note, 1962)
Vertigo (Blue Note, 1962–63)
Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964)
Consequence (Blue Note, 1965 2005)
New and Old Gospel (Blue Note, 1967)

With Charles McPherson

The Quintet/Live! (Prestige, 1966)
Horizons (Prestige, 1968)
Today's Man (Mainstream, 1973)

With Pat Metheny

Rejoicing (ECM, 1984)

With Blue Mitchell

Bring It Home to Me (Blue Note, 1966)

With Red Mitchell

Presenting Red Mitchell (Contemporary, 1957)

With Hank Mobley

The Turnaround (Blue Note, 1965)
Dippin' (Blue Note, 1965)
A Caddy for Daddy (Blue Note, 1965)
A Slice of the Top (Blue Note, 1966 1979)
Hi Voltage (Blue Note, 1967)
Third Season (Blue Note, 1967)
Far Away Lands (Blue Note, 1967)
Reach Out! (Blue Note, 1968)
Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972) with Cedar Walton
Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1964-66 1980)

With Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)

With Buddy Montgomery

Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)

With Tete Montoliu

Secret Love (Timeless, 1977)
Live at the Keystone Corner (Timeless, 1979 1981)

With Frank Morgan

Easy Living (Contemporary, 1985)
Lament (Contemporary, 1986)
Bebop Lives! (Contemporary, 1987)
Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995)

With Lee Morgan

The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963)
Search for the New Land (Blue Note, 1964)
The Rumproller (Blue Note, 1965)
The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965)
Cornbread (Blue Note, 1965)
Infinity (Blue Note, 1965 1980)
Delightfulee (Blue Note, 1966)
Charisma (Blue Note, 1966)
The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966 1984)
Sonic Boom (Blue Note, 1967 1979)
The Sixth Sense (Blue Note, 1967–68)
The Procrastinator (Blue Note, 1967 1978)
Taru (Blue Note, 1968 1980)
Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)

With Bheki Mseleku

Star Seeding (Polygram Records, 1995)

With David Murray

Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1984)
Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1984)

With Horace Parlan

Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note, 1963)

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Jaywalkin' (SteepleChase, 1975)
Double Bass (SteepleChase, 1976) with Sam Jones

With Art Pepper

So in Love (Artists House, 1979)
Artworks (Galaxy, 1979 1984)
Landscape (Galaxy, 1979)
Besame Mucho (JVC, 1979 1981)
Straight Life (Galaxy, 1979)
Art 'n' Zoot (Pablo, 1981 1995) with Zoot Sims

With Dave Pike

It's Time for Dave Pike (Riverside, 1961)
Pike's Groove (Criss Cross Jazz, 1986) with Cedar Walton

With Jimmy Raney

The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)

With Sonny Red

Sonny Red (Mainstream, 1971)

With Freddie Redd

Live at the Studio Grill (Triloka, 1990)

With Joshua Redman

Wish (1993)

With Red Rodney

The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975)

With Sonny Rollins

Our Man in Jazz (RCA Victor, 1965)
There Will Never Be Another You (recorded 1965 released 1978)

With Charlie Rouse

Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1965)

With Hilton Ruiz

Piano Man (SteepleChase, 1975)

With Pharoah Sanders

Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)

With Rob Schneiderman

Smooth Sailing (Reservoir, 1990)

With John Scofield

Works for Me (Verve, 2001)

With Shirley Scott

One for Me (Strata-East, 1974)

With Archie Shepp

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

Judgement (World Stage, 1994 / Red Records, 1997)
The Movement (Exodus, 2002)

With Sonny Stitt

Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 1978)

With Idrees Sulieman

Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)

With Ira Sullivan

Peace (Galaxy, 1978)
Multimedia (Galaxy, 1978 1982)

With Sun Ra

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 (Delos, 1986)
Time for the Timeless All Stars (Early Bird, 1990)

With Bobby Timmons

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 Mal Waldron

Up Popped the Devil (Enja, 1973)

Like Old Times (RCA Victor, 1976)

One Entrance, Many Exits (Palo Alto, 1982)

With Cedar Walton

Cedar! (Prestige, 1967)
Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) with George Coleman & Sam Jones
The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)
Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) with Bob Berg & Sam Jones
First Set (SteepleChase, 1977 1978)
Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977 1979)
Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977 1982)
Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Sam Jones
The Maestro (Muse, 1981)
Among Friends (Theresa, 1982 1989)
Eastern Rebellion 4 (Timeless, 1984) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & David Williams
Cedar's Blues (Red, 1985)
The Trio 1 (Red, 1985)
The Trio 2 (Red, 1985)
The Trio 3 (Red, 1985)
Cedar Walton (Timeless, 1985)
Bluesville Time (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985)
Cedar Walton Plays (Delos, 1986)
As Long as There's Music (Muse, 1990 1993)
Mosaic (Music Masters, 1990 1992) as Eastern Rebellion
Simple Pleasure (Music Masters, 1993) as Eastern Rebellion
Manhattan Afternoon (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992 1994)
(Music Masters, 1995) as Eastern Rebellion