Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
He played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958. Higgins played on such important Coleman albums as Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman (1958), The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), Free Jazz (1960) and Science Fiction (1971). In 1961 a drug bust stripped Higgins of his cabaret card, prompting him to exit from Coleman's band. He focused on studio work, becoming the unofficial house drummer at Blue Note Records and working extensively with hard bop and other post-bop players, including Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, and Cedar Walton. He played on over 700 recordings, including recordings of rock and funk.
After being featured in filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier's 1986 jazz film 'Round Midnight with Dexter Gordon, Higgins then reunited with Ornette Coleman's classic band, which featured Don Cherry on trumpet and Charlie Haden on upright bass, resulting in a new studio album for Coleman. The following year Higgins teamed with poet Kamau Daaood to found World Stage, a cultural center in Los Angeles which hosted creative workshops, community activities, and live performances. He regularly used his extensive professional network to lure many of the biggest names in jazz to the World Stage site both as performers and as tutors, and ultimately Higgins turned his attention to teaching in a formal setting as well, serving on the jazz faculty at UCLA.
Higgins spent much of the remainder of his life battling liver disease, a manifestation of a hepatitis contraction from decades earlier in his life. In March 1996, he underwent a liver transplant and when his body rejected the new organ, he was forced to submit to a second procedure just 24 hours later. Higgins nevertheless returned to music a few months later, traveling to New York to renew his collaboration with Coleman. However, by 2001 his new liver began to fail, and while waiting to find a donor, he succumbed to pneumonia on May 3. Higgins was just 64 years old at the time of his death.
Higgins was divorced from wife, Mauricina Altier; and had four sons: William, Joseph, and David, and a step-son Jody.
He also has a son, Benjamin.
He played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958. Higgins played on such important Coleman albums as Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman (1958), The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), Free Jazz (1960) and Science Fiction (1971). In 1961 a drug bust stripped Higgins of his cabaret card, prompting him to exit from Coleman's band. He focused on studio work, becoming the unofficial house drummer at Blue Note Records and working extensively with hard bop and other post-bop players, including Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Milt Jackson, Jackie McLean, Pat Metheny, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, David Murray, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Mal Waldron, and Cedar Walton. He played on over 700 recordings, including recordings of rock and funk.
After being featured in filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier's 1986 jazz film 'Round Midnight with Dexter Gordon, Higgins then reunited with Ornette Coleman's classic band, which featured Don Cherry on trumpet and Charlie Haden on upright bass, resulting in a new studio album for Coleman. The following year Higgins teamed with poet Kamau Daaood to found World Stage, a cultural center in Los Angeles which hosted creative workshops, community activities, and live performances. He regularly used his extensive professional network to lure many of the biggest names in jazz to the World Stage site both as performers and as tutors, and ultimately Higgins turned his attention to teaching in a formal setting as well, serving on the jazz faculty at UCLA.
Higgins spent much of the remainder of his life battling liver disease, a manifestation of a hepatitis contraction from decades earlier in his life. In March 1996, he underwent a liver transplant and when his body rejected the new organ, he was forced to submit to a second procedure just 24 hours later. Higgins nevertheless returned to music a few months later, traveling to New York to renew his collaboration with Coleman. However, by 2001 his new liver began to fail, and while waiting to find a donor, he succumbed to pneumonia on May 3. Higgins was just 64 years old at the time of his death.
Higgins was divorced from wife, Mauricina Altier; and had four sons: William, Joseph, and David, and a step-son Jody.
He also has a son, Benjamin.
Passport
Billy Higgins Lyrics
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1spxce I wake up I look into the mirror I hope it will…
A.J. Crew Honest... Knew it from the start and... Different, so you ke…
Akari Nanawo カップ焼きそば頬張り 空虚な時間が流れる 変わり方がわからない 掃き溜めが増えて行く 君がいた頃はキラキラしていた 小さ…
bôa I walked into the room I saw things I'd never seen The…
Bôa - Topic I walked into the room I saw things I'd never seen The…
Bumby DIP RED CHERRY ON MY RUM WE JUST DRINK IT FOR…
C.F. Meister Best life livin See the bag and get it Vernon hit my…
CaSSETTE CON-LOS Montreal California Thought I seen it all Gotta ball Chase t…
Chris Webby Yeah, we going all around the world You know Yeah, I'm trav…
Circa Waves I don't know if I'm sure Don't know if I'm sure I…
clide INTRO Oh Shit So we had it all only care when it’s gone…
DruX Pradaa Let's go out right now Let's go out right now Pour i…
Emi Meyer 夜更かし眠りの森 目覚まし遠くで鳴ってる ルルルルルルルル ルルルルルルルル ルルルルルルルルル カーテンの外動いてる…
Gogol Bordello I got a passport officer This time you ain't getting what…
Hopeless Ghost I'm stuck in line at the government office But I don't…
Isaiah Flowers Can't believe it's over I couldn't speak like how you wanted…
J. Paris You niggas still ain't got no passport Out of Country Snow…
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate Son cinco las reglas para el péligro Cinco calaveras las que…
Jroach Yea my passport she filling up I'm drinking fours of red…
Marcel Khalife لم يعرفوني في الظلال التي تمتصّ لوني في جواز السفر و كان…
Masego But you can say, "Yo tengo mi pasaporte" Or you can…
Meg Grab your Passport とびきりのタイミング Let's wipe out the past ほら Dan…
Nanawoakari カップ焼きそば頬張り 空虚な時間が流れる 変わり方がわからない 掃き溜めが増えて行く 君がいた頃はキラキラしていた 小さ…
NiiHWA & Maddox 지금 당장 챙겨 니 Passport 티켓은 이미 준비되어 있어 Wanna go to…
Pascal & Pearce N…
Rafeef Ziadah Today is my day, today is my day you see…
Ryan Kyle Got the gas like exon And I Don’t give a fuck…
Sam Bradley I lost my passport in a strip club Last time I…
Sister Solana I lost my passport But it's okay We weren't going nowhere an…
Slotface My United States have got to be More than these barks…
The Real Clash Thank you for flying with T.R.C. cirlines. Please fasten you…
VNNY Time for running back forth Filling out my passport I got he…
XV [Hook:] We up in the hotel so it's going down boo And…
Zaha Zagic Ever since you left the town nobody calls me anymore Still…
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If You Could See Me Now If you could see me now, you'd know how blue…
My Funny Valentine Your my funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine, You make me…
My Ship My ship has sails that are made of silk, The decks…
Someday My Prince Will Come Somewhere waiting for me There is someone I'm longing to se…
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