Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly

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and

hard bop Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...

Biography

Higgins was born in

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, United States. Higgins played on

Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Ja ...

's first records, beginning in 1958. He then freelanced extensively with

and other post- bop players, including

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few h ...

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...

Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Green has been called one of the "most sampled guitarists." Biography Grant Green was born on June 6, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and ...

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...

Joe Henderson Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day an ...

, Don Cherry, Paul Horn,

Milt Jackson Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with ...

Jackie McLean John Lenwood McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator. He is one of the few musicians to be elected to the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in the year of their death. Bio ...

Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

, Hank Mobley,

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Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his la ...

, David Murray,

Art Pepper Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982) was an American jazz musician, most known as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet (his first instrument) and bass clarinet. Active ...

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

, and

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...

. He was one of the house drummers for

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and played on dozens of Blue Note albums of the 1960s. He also collaborated with composer

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and guitarist Sandy Bull. In his career, Higgins played on more than 700 recordings, including recordings of rock and

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. 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

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. Billy Higgins died of kidney and liver failure on May 3, 2001, at a hospital in Inglewood, California.

Discography

As leader

* 1979: ''

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'' ( Red) * 1979: '' The Soldier'' ( Timeless, 981 * 1980: '' Once More'' (Red) * 1984: '' Mr. Billy Higgins'' (

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) * 1980-86: '' Bridgework'' (

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) * 1994: '' ¾ for Peace'' (Red) * 1997: '' Billy Higgins Quintet'' (Evidence) * 2001: ''The Best of Summer Nights at Moca'' (Exodus)

As a sideman

With Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt

* '' God Bless Jug and Sonny'' (Prestige, 1973 001 * '' Left Bank Encores'' (Prestige, 1973 001

With Chris Anderson

*'' Blues One'' (DIW, 1991)

With Gary Bartz

* ''

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'' (Milestone, 1968)

With Paul Bley

* '' Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958'' (Inner City, 1958 976 * '' Coleman Classics Volume 1'' (Improvising Artists, 1958 977

With Sandy Bull

* '' Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo'' (Vanguard, 1963) * ''

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'' (Vanguard, 1965)

With Jaki Byard

* '' On the Spot!'' (Prestige, 1967)

With Donald Byrd

* '' Royal Flush'' (Blue Note, 1961) * '' Free Form'' (Blue Note, 1962) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1967) * '' Slow Drag'' (Blue Note, 1967)

With Joe Castro

* '' Groove Funk Soul'' (Atlantic, 1959)

With Don Cherry

* '' Brown Rice'' (EMI, 1975) * ''

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'' (A&M, 1988)

With Sonny Clark

* '' Leapin' and Lopin''' (Blue Note, 1961)

With George Coleman

* '' Amsterdam After Dark'' (Timeless, 1979)

With Ornette Coleman

* '' Something Else!!!!'' (Contemporary, 1958) * '' The Shape of Jazz to Come'' (Atlantic, 1959) * '' Change of the Century'' (Atlantic, 1959) * '' The Art of the Improvisers'' (Atlantic, 1959) * '' To Whom Who Keeps a Record'' (Warner, 1959–60) * '' Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation'' (Atlantic, 1961) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1961) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1971) * '' Broken Shadows'' (Columbia, 1971–1972 982 * '' The Complete Science Fiction Sessions'' (Columbia, 1971–1972

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* '' In All Languages'' (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)

= With John Coltrane

= * '' Like Sonny'' (Roulette, 1960)

With Junior Cook

*'' Somethin's Cookin''' (Muse, 1981)

With Bill Cosby

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

With Stanley Cowell

* '' Regeneration'' (Strata East, 1976)

With Ray Drummond

* ''The Essence'' (DMP, 1985)

With Teddy Edwards

*'' Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair'' (MetroJazz, 1958) *'' Sunset Eyes'' (Pacific Jazz, 1960) * '' Teddy's Ready!'' (Contemporary, 1960) * '' Nothin' But the Truth!'' (Prestige, 1966) *'' Young at Heart'' (Storyville, 1979) with

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*'' Wise in Time'' (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee *'' Mississippi Lad'' (Verve/Gitanes, 1991) *'' Tango in Harlem'' (Verve/Gitanes, 1994)

With Booker Ervin

* '' Tex Book Tenor'' (Blue Note, 1968)

With Art Farmer

* ''

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'' (Mainstream, 1971) * '' Yesterday's Thoughts'' (East Wind, 1975) * '' To Duke with Love'' (East Wind, 1975) * '' The Summer Knows'' (East Wind, 1976) * '' Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers'' (East Wind, 1976)

With Curtis Fuller

* '' Smokin''' (Mainstream, 1972)

With Stan Getz

* '' Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet'' (1958, Fantasy) with

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With Dexter Gordon

* '' Go'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' A Swingin' Affair'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' Clubhouse'' (Blue Note, 1965 – released 1979) * '' Gettin' Around'' (Blue Note, 1965) * ''

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'' (Prestige, 1972 975 * ''

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'' (Prestige, 1972) * '' Something Different'' (SteepleChase, 1975

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* ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1976) * '' The Other Side of Round Midnight'' (Blue Note, 1985)

With Grant Green

* '' First Session'' (Blue Note, 1961) * '' Goin' West'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' Feelin' the Spirit'' (Blue Note, 1962)

With Dodo Greene

*'' My Hour of Need'' (Blue Note, 1962)

With Charlie Haden

* '' Quartet West'' (Verve, 1986) * ''

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'' (Soul Note, 1987) * '' The Private Collection'' (Naim, 1987-88

* '' First Song'' (Soul Note, 1990 992

= With Slide Hampton

= *''

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'' (Criss Cross, 1985)

With Herbie Hancock

* '' Takin' Off'' (Blue Note, 1962) * '' Round Midnight (soundtrack)'' (Columbia, 1985)

With Barry Harris

* '' Bull's Eye!'' (Prestige, 1968)

With
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* '' The In Sound'' (Atlantic, 1965) * '' Mean Greens'' (Atlantic, 1966) * '' The Tender Storm'' (Atlantic, 1966) * '' Excursions'' (Atlantic, 1966–73) * '' How Can You Live Like That?'' (Atlantic, 1976)

With Johnny Hartman

* '' Today'' (

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, 1972)

With Jimmy Heath

* '' Love and Understanding'' (Muse, 1973) * '' The Time and the Place'' (Landmark, 1974 994 * '' Picture of Heath'' (Xanadu, 1975)

With Joe Henderson

* '' Mirror Mirror'' (MPS, 1980)

With Andrew Hill

* '' Dance with Death'' (Blue Note, 1968 – not released until 1980)

With Christopher Hollyday

*'' Christopher Hollyday'' (BMG, 1989)

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

* '' Get Up & Get It!'' (Prestige, 1967)

With Paul Horn

* '' Something Blue'' (HiFi Jazz, 1960)

With Toninho Horta

* '' Once I Loved'' (Verve, 1992)

With Freddie Hubbard

* ''

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'' (Music Master, 1991)

With Bobby Hutcherson

* '' Stick-Up'' (Blue Note, 1969) * '' Solo / Quartet'' (Contemporary, 1982) * '' Farewell Keystone'' (Theresa, 1982

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* '' Color Schemes'' (Landmark, 1985 986

With J. J. Johnson

*'' Pinnacles'' (Milestone, 1980)

With Hank Jones and Dave Holland

* '' The Oracle'' (EmArcy, 1990)

With Sam Jones

* '' Seven Minds'' (

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, 1974) * '' Cello Again'' (Xanadu, 1976) * '' Something in Common'' (Muse, 1977)

With Clifford Jordan

* '' Soul Fountain'' (Vortex, 1966 970 * '' Glass Bead Games'' (Strata-East, 1974) * '' Night of the Mark VII'' (Muse, 1975) * '' On Stage Vol. 1'' (SteepleChase, 1975 977 * '' On Stage Vol. 2'' (SteepleChase, 1975 978 * '' On Stage Vol. 3'' (SteepleChase, 1975 979 * '' Firm Roots'' (Steeplechase, 1975) * '' The Highest Mountain'' (Steeplechase, 1975)

With Fred Katz

* '' Fred Katz and his Jammers'' (Decca, 1959)

With Steve Lacy

* ''

'' (New Jazz, 1962) with Don Cherry

With Charles Lloyd

* '' Acoustic Masters I'' (Atlantic, 1993) * '' Voice in the Night'' (ECM, 1999) * '' The Water Is Wide'' (ECM, 2000) * '' Hyperion with Higgins'' (ECM, 2001, released posthumously) * '' Which Way Is East'' (ECM, 2004, released posthumously)

With Pat Martino

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

With Jackie McLean

* '' A Fickle Sonance'' (Blue Note, 1961) * '' Let Freedom Ring'' Blue Note, 1962) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1962–63) * '' Action Action Action'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' Consequence'' (Blue Note, 1965 005 * '' New and Old Gospel'' (Blue Note, 1967)

With Charles McPherson

* '' The Quintet/Live!'' (Prestige, 1966) * '' Horizons'' (Prestige, 1968) * '' Today's Man'' (Mainstream, 1973)

With Pat Metheny

* '' Rejoicing'' (ECM, 1984)

= With Blue Mitchell

= * '' Bring It Home to Me'' (Blue Note, 1966)

With Red Mitchell

* '' Presenting Red Mitchell'' (Contemporary, 1957)

With Hank Mobley

* '' The Turnaround'' (Blue Note, 1965) * '' Dippin''' (Blue Note, 1965) * '' A Caddy for Daddy'' (Blue Note, 1965) * '' A Slice of the Top'' (Blue Note, 1966 979 * '' Hi Voltage'' (Blue Note, 1967) * '' Third Season'' (Blue Note, 1967) * '' Far Away Lands'' (Blue Note, 1967) * '' Reach Out!'' (Blue Note, 1968) * '' Breakthrough!'' (Muse, 1972) with

* '' Straight No Filter'' (Blue Note, 1964-66

With Thelonious Monk

* '' Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk'' (Riverside, 1960)

With Buddy Montgomery

*'' Ties of Love'' (Landmark, 1987) ;With

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*'' Secret Love'' (Timeless, 1977) *'' Live at the Keystone Corner'' (Timeless, 1979 981

With Frank Morgan

*'' Easy Living'' (Contemporary, 1985) *''

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'' (Contemporary, 1986) *'' Bebop Lives!'' (Contemporary, 1987) *'' Love, Lost & Found'' (Telarc, 1995)

With Lee Morgan

* ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1963) * '' Search for the New Land'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' The Rumproller'' (Blue Note, 1965) * '' The Gigolo'' (Blue Note, 1965) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1965) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1965

* '' Delightfulee'' (Blue Note, 1966) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1966) * '' The Rajah'' (Blue Note, 1966 984 * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1967 979 * '' The Sixth Sense'' (Blue Note, 1967–68) * '' The Procrastinator'' (Blue Note, 1967 978 * '' Taru'' (Blue Note, 1968

* '' Caramba!'' (Blue Note, 1968)

With Bheki Mseleku

* ''Star Seeding'' (Polygram Records, 1995)

With David Murray

* '' Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1'' (Black Saint, 1984) * '' Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2'' (Black Saint, 1984)

With Horace Parlan

* '' Happy Frame of Mind'' (Blue Note, 1963)

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

* '' Jaywalkin''' (SteepleChase, 1975) * ''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1976) with Sam Jones

With Art Pepper

*'' So in Love'' (Artists House, 1979) *'' Artworks'' (Galaxy, 1979 984 * ''

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'' (Galaxy, 1979) *'' Besame Mucho'' (JVC, 1979 981 * '' Straight Life'' (Galaxy, 1979) * '' Art 'n' Zoot'' (Pablo, 1981

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with

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With Dave Pike

* '' It's Time for Dave Pike'' (Riverside, 1961) *'' Pike's Groove'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1986) with

With Jimmy Raney

* '' The Influence'' (Xanadu, 1975)

With Sonny Red

* ''

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'' (Mainstream, 1971)

With Freddie Redd

*'' Live at the Studio Grill'' (Triloka, 1990)

With Joshua Redman

* '' Wish'' (1993)

With Red Rodney

*'' The Red Tornado'' (Muse, 1975)

With Sonny Rollins

* '' Our Man in Jazz'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * '' There Will Never Be Another You'' (recorded 1965 released 1978)

With Charlie Rouse

* '' Bossa Nova Bacchanal'' (Blue Note, 1965)

With Hilton Ruiz

*'' Piano Man'' (SteepleChase, 1975)

With Pharoah Sanders

* '' Rejoice'' (Theresa, 1981)

With Rob Schneiderman

* '' Smooth Sailing'' (

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, 1990)

With John Scofield

* '' Works for Me'' (Verve, 2001)

With Shirley Scott

* '' One for Me'' (Strata-East, 1974)

With Archie Shepp

* '' Attica Blues'' (Impulse!, 1972)

With Sonny Simmons

* '' Rumasuma'' (Contemporary, 1969)

With James Spaulding

*'' James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington'' (Storyville, 1977)

With Robert Stewart

*''

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'' (World Stage, 1994 / Red Records, 1997) *'' The Movement'' (Exodus, 2002)

With Sonny Stitt

*'' Blues for Duke'' (Muse, 1975 978

With Idrees Sulieman

* '' Now Is the Time'' (SteepleChase, 1976)

With Ira Sullivan

*''

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'' (Galaxy, 1978) * ''

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'' (Galaxy, 1978 982

With Sun Ra

* '' Somewhere Else'' (Rounder, 1988–89) * '' Blue Delight'' (A&M, 1989)

With Cecil Taylor

* '' Jumpin' Punkins'' (Candid, 1961) * '' New York City R&B'' (Candid, 1961)

With Lucky Thompson

*'' Goodbye Yesterday'' (Groove Merchant, 1973)

With the Timeless All Stars

*'' It's Timeless'' (Timeless, 1982) *'' Timeless Heart'' (Timeless, 1983) *''

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'' (Delos, 1986) *'' Time for the Timeless All Stars'' (Early Bird, 1990)

With Bobby Timmons

* ''

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'' (Prestige, 1966) * '' Got to Get It!'' (Milestone, 1967)

With Charles Tolliver

* '' The New Wave in Jazz'' (Impulse!, 1965)

With Stanley Turrentine

*'' More Than a Mood'' (MusicMasters, 1992)

With Mal Waldron

* '' Up Popped the Devil'' (Enja, 1973) * '' One Entrance, Many Exits'' (Palo Alto, 1982)

With Cedar Walton

* '' Cedar!'' (Prestige, 1967) * '' Eastern Rebellion'' (Timeless, 1976) with

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& Sam Jones * ''

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'' (East Wind, 1976) * '' Eastern Rebellion 2'' (Timeless, 1977) with

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& Sam Jones * '' First Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977 978 * '' Second Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977 979 * '' Third Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977 982 * '' Eastern Rebellion 3'' (Timeless, 1980) with

Curtis Fuller Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings. Early life Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 193 ...

, Bob Berg & Sam Jones * '' The Maestro'' (Muse, 1981) * '' Among Friends'' (Theresa, 1982

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* '' Eastern Rebellion 4'' (Timeless, 1984) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & David Williams * '' Cedar's Blues'' (Red, 1985) * '' The Trio 1'' (Red, 1985) * '' The Trio 2'' (Red, 1985) * '' The Trio 3'' (Red, 1985) * ''

'' (Timeless, 1985) * '' Bluesville Time'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985) * '' Cedar Walton Plays'' (Delos, 1986) *'' As Long as There's Music'' (Muse, 1990 993 *''

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'' (Music Masters, 1990 992 as Eastern Rebellion *''

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'' (Music Masters, 1993) as Eastern Rebellion * '' Manhattan Afternoon'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992 994 *'' Just One of Those Nights: At the Village Vanguard'' (Music Masters, 1995) as Eastern Rebellion

With Don Wilkerson

* '' The Texas Twister'' (1960) * '' Preach Brother!'' (1962)

With David Williams

* '' Up Front'' (Timeless, 1987)

With Jack Wilson

* '' Easterly Winds'' (Blue Note, 1967)

References

External links

* Billy Higgins at Allmusic
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Biography

Discography

As leader

As a sideman

With Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt

With Chris Anderson

With Gary Bartz

With Paul Bley

With Sandy Bull

With Jaki Byard

With Donald Byrd

With Joe Castro

With Don Cherry

With Sonny Clark

With George Coleman

With Ornette Coleman

= With John Coltrane

With Junior Cook

With Bill Cosby

With Stanley Cowell

With Ray Drummond

With Teddy Edwards

With Booker Ervin

With Art Farmer

With Curtis Fuller

With Stan Getz

With Dexter Gordon

With Grant Green

With Dodo Greene

With Charlie Haden

= With Slide Hampton

With Herbie Hancock

With Barry Harris

With Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...

With Johnny Hartman

With Jimmy Heath

With Joe Henderson

With Andrew Hill

With Christopher Hollyday

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Paul Horn

With Toninho Horta

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With J. J. Johnson

With Hank Jones and Dave Holland

With Sam Jones

With Clifford Jordan

With Fred Katz

With Steve Lacy

With Charles Lloyd

With Pat Martino

With Jackie McLean

With Charles McPherson

With Pat Metheny

= With Blue Mitchell

With Red Mitchell

With Hank Mobley

With Thelonious Monk

With Buddy Montgomery

With Frank Morgan

With Lee Morgan

With Bheki Mseleku

With David Murray

With Horace Parlan

With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

With Art Pepper

With Dave Pike

With Jimmy Raney

With Sonny Red

With Freddie Redd

With Joshua Redman

With Red Rodney

With Sonny Rollins

With Charlie Rouse

With Hilton Ruiz

With Pharoah Sanders

With Rob Schneiderman

With John Scofield

With Shirley Scott

With
Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...