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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BiographyEdit

Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.<ref name="aaj">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958.<ref name="LarkinJazz">Template:Cite book</ref> He then freelanced extensively with hard bop and other post-bop 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.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He was one of the house drummers for Blue Note Records and played on dozens of Blue Note albums of the 1960s.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> 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 and funk. He appeared as a jazz drummer in 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.<ref name="nyt_2001-05-04">Template:Cite news</ref>

Billy Higgins died of kidney and liver failure on May 3, 2001, at a hospital in Inglewood, California.<ref name="nyt_2001-05-04" />

DiscographyEdit

As leaderEdit

As a sidemanEdit

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With Gene Ammons and Sonny StittEdit

With Chris AndersonEdit

With Gary BartzEdit

With Paul BleyEdit

With Sandy BullEdit

With Jaki ByardEdit

With Donald ByrdEdit

With Joe CastroEdit

With Don CherryEdit

With Sonny ClarkEdit

With George ColemanEdit

With Ornette ColemanEdit

With John ColtraneEdit

With Junior CookEdit

With Bill CosbyEdit

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

With Stanley CowellEdit

With Ray DrummondEdit

  • The Essence (DMP, 1985)

With Teddy EdwardsEdit

With Booker ErvinEdit

With Art FarmerEdit

With Curtis FullerEdit

With Stan GetzEdit

With Dexter GordonEdit

With Grant GreenEdit

With Dodo GreeneEdit

With Charlie HadenEdit

With Slide HamptonEdit
  • Roots (Criss Cross, 1985)

With Herbie HancockEdit

With Barry HarrisEdit

With Eddie HarrisEdit

With Johnny HartmanEdit

With Jimmy HeathEdit

With Joe HendersonEdit

With Andrew HillEdit

With Christopher HollydayEdit

With Richard "Groove" HolmesEdit

With Paul HornEdit

With Toninho HortaEdit

With Freddie HubbardEdit

With Bobby HutchersonEdit

With J. J. JohnsonEdit

With Hank Jones and Dave HollandEdit

With Sam JonesEdit

With Clifford JordanEdit

With Fred KatzEdit

With Steve LacyEdit

With Charles LloydEdit

With Pat MartinoEdit

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

With Jackie McLeanEdit

With Charles McPhersonEdit

With Pat MethenyEdit

With Blue MitchellEdit

With Red MitchellEdit

With Hank MobleyEdit

With Thelonious MonkEdit

With Buddy MontgomeryEdit

With Tete Montoliu

With Frank MorganEdit

With Lee MorganEdit

With Bheki MselekuEdit

  • Star Seeding (Polygram Records, 1995)

With David MurrayEdit

With Horace ParlanEdit

With Niels-Henning Ørsted PedersenEdit

With Art PepperEdit

With Dave PikeEdit

With Jimmy RaneyEdit

With Sonny RedEdit

With Freddie ReddEdit

With Joshua RedmanEdit

With Red RodneyEdit

With Sonny RollinsEdit

With Charlie RouseEdit

With Hilton RuizEdit

With Pharoah SandersEdit

With Rob SchneidermanEdit

With John ScofieldEdit

With Shirley ScottEdit

With Archie SheppEdit

With Sonny SimmonsEdit

With James SpauldingEdit

With Robert StewartEdit

With Sonny StittEdit

With Idrees SuliemanEdit

With Ira SullivanEdit

With Sun RaEdit

With Cecil TaylorEdit

With Lucky ThompsonEdit

With the Timeless All StarsEdit

With Bobby TimmonsEdit

With Charles TolliverEdit

With Stanley TurrentineEdit

With Mal WaldronEdit

With Cedar WaltonEdit

With Don WilkersonEdit

With David WilliamsEdit

With Jack WilsonEdit

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