Billy Higgins
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz drummer (1936–2001)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Works
- 2
Top works
- A Stranger And a Sojourner
- The Barling darling
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jazzfree jazzdrumsamericanHard Bop
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. He played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958. Higgins played on such important Coleman albums as Something Else!!!!:The Music of Ornette Coleman (1958), The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), Free Jazz (1960) and Science Fiction (1971). In 1961 a drug bust stripped Higgins of his cabaret card, prompting him to exit from Coleman's band. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Inglewood
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- swing
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Contemporary Records
- Image
- Billy Higgins.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1936-10-11
- date of death
- 2001-05-03
- cause of death
- liver failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Billy Higgins
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