Billy Higgins

US jazz drummer

1936 to 2001
from Los Angeles

On fono: 13 songs
11 collaborators
14 cited facts
14 sources

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Jan Erik Kongshaug
Engineered by
7 songs
Manfred Eicher
Produced by
7 songs
Enrico Pieranunzi
Written by
3 songs
Giancarlo Barigozzi
Engineered by
3 songs
Giovanni Bonandrini
Produced by
3 songs
Ornette Coleman
Written by
3 songs
Pat Metheny
Written by
3 songs
Charlie Haden
Written by
2 songs
Charlie Parker
Written by
2 songs
Joe Henderson
Produced by
1 song
Ron Carter
Written by
1 song

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Manfred Eicher produced 7 of Billy Higgins’s top 10 songs
Jan Erik Kongshaug is Billy Higgins’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 7 songs
Billy Higgins recorded most at Power Station at BerkleeNYC (7 songs)
Credited songs by Billy Higgins span 12 years, 1980 to 1992 (13 songs)

Top songs

From Rejoicing
1. 1
  Story From a Stranger
  1984
2. 2
  Blues for Pat
  1984
3. 3
  Humpty Dumpty
  1984
4. 4
  Rejoicing
  1984
5. 5
  Tears Inside
  1984
6. 6
  The Calling
  1984
7. 7
  Waiting for an Answer
  1984
8
Candlelight
Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins, 1980
From Silence
1. 9
  Echi
  1989
2. 10
  Visa
  1989

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1MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Billy Higgins Quintet
Billy Higgins is a member of Billy Higgins Quintet
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2MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet
Billy Higgins is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet
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3MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Cedar Walton Quartet
Billy Higgins is a member of Cedar Walton Quartet
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4MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Clifford Jordan Quartet
Billy Higgins is a member of Clifford Jordan Quartet
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5MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of David Murray Big Band
Billy Higgins is a member of David Murray Big Band
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6MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of George Coleman Quartet
Billy Higgins is a member of George Coleman Quartet
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7MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of John Coltrane Quartet
Billy Higgins is a member of John Coltrane Quartet
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8MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Ornette Coleman Quintet
Billy Higgins is a member of Ornette Coleman Quintet
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9MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of Russ Freeman Trio
Billy Higgins is a member of Russ Freeman Trio
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10MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of The Ornette Coleman Quartet
Billy Higgins is a member of The Ornette Coleman Quartet
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11MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is a member of The Pentagon
Billy Higgins is a member of The Pentagon
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12MusicBrainz Billy Higgins is from Los Angeles
Billy Higgins is from Los Angeles
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13Wikidata The genre of Billy Higgins is jazz
The genre of Billy Higgins is jazz
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14Wikidata The genre of Billy Higgins is swing
The genre of Billy Higgins is swing
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