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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
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.
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.
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.
Billy Higgins was born in Bootle, Liverpool on 14th August 1945. Taking a keen interest in sport from an early age, he took up boxing, gymnastics and football while still at school. In 1965 he started to study Wado Ryu Karate and he very quickly established himself as a fast and skillful fighter.
Nov 3, 2011 · Learn about the life and career of Billy Higgins, a versatile and influential jazz drummer who played with Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, and many others. Read his insights on drumming, style, and collaboration in this article from Modern Drummer magazine.
