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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.
May 10, 2024 · Billy Higgins (born October 11, 1936, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died May 3, 2001, Inglewood, California) was an American drummer who helped create the free jazz idiom while he was a member of Ornette Coleman’s classic 1950s groups and later became the busiest drummer in jazz; he played on dozens of Blue Note albums and ...
- John Litweiler
May 3, 2001 · Billy Higgins was a versatile and influential jazz drummer who worked with Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and many others. He also co-founded the World Stage cultural center in Los Angeles and received the NEA Jazz Master award in 1997.
Oct 28, 2023 · Billy Higgins was a versatile and influential jazz drummer who played with many legendary musicians, such as Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Lloyd. Learn about his life, career, recordings, and legacy on All About Jazz.
Billy Higgins was a versatile and influential drummer who played with Ornette Coleman, Lee Morgan, Dexter Gordon, and many others. He also founded the World Stage, a creative space for jazz in Los Angeles, and taught at UCLA.
May 4, 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. The cause was...
May 9, 2023 · Learn about the life and legacy of Billy Higgins, a drummer who shaped the face of modern jazz drumming. Explore his collaborations with Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, and many others, and his impact on the jazz community.
