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While Billy Higgins (1936-2001) only released a handful of albums under his own leadership during his lifetime, he was among the most prolific and best-loved jazz drummers ever to play the music. Dynamic, inventive, and economical, Higgins’ approach allowed him to fit and excel in the contexts of free (Ornette Coleman), hard bop (Lee Morgan), straight-ahead (Jimmy Raney), and even folk ...
Billy Higgins était un batteur de jazz. Il s'illustre principalement dans le free jazz et le hard bop . Né en Californie, le 11 octobre 1936 dans une famille musicienne, il grandit à Watts, le quartier noir de Los Angeles. Un ami batteur lui donne envie de le devenir. Le milieu y est propice : à douze ans, il joue dans les orchestres de ...
Billy Higgins will always be ranked high on any list of the greatest drummers in jazz. He emerged to widespread attention when Ornette Coleman's ground-breaking quartet arrived in New York from California in 1959, and proceeded to create a schism in the jazz world which has echoes to this day.
3 de nov. de 2011 · Billy Higgins, who would come to play on more than five hundred albums, including three of the biggest jazz crossover hits of the 1960s (Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder,” and Eddie Harris’s “Freedom Jazz Dance”), was born in 1936 and grew up in Los Angeles.
19 de ene. de 1999 · Billy Higgins voit le jour le 11 octobre 1936 à Los Angeles, dans une famille musicienne. Il grandit à Watts, le quartier noir de sa ville natale. C'est en écoutant un ami batteur qu'il découvre sa vocation. Dès l'âge de douze ans, il joue dans des ensembles de rhythm and blues et de rock, ceux d' Amos Milburn, de Bo Diddley et de Jimmy ...
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 ...
1 de jun. de 2001 · Billy Higgins, one of the best-loved and most-recorded drummers in postwar jazz, died on May 3, 2001, at Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. He had been in failing health and was awaiting his second liver transplant. He was 64 and lived in Los Angeles. “ Billy Higgins was the drummer of the 20th century who put the music back into ...
