Billy Higgins

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Billy Higgins was a highly influential American jazz drummer known for his work in hard bop and free jazz, recording extensively with artists such as Ornette Coleman and Dexter Gordon.

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instanceOf American jazz musician
human
jazz drummer
musician
associatedAct Cedar Walton NERFINISHED
Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED
Donald Byrd NERFINISHED
Hank Mobley NERFINISHED
Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED
Jackie McLean NERFINISHED
Lee Morgan NERFINISHED
Ornette Coleman NERFINISHED
Pat Metheny NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Higgins NERFINISHED
fullName Billy Higgins NERFINISHED
genre free jazz
hard bop
jazz
post-bop
givenName Billy NERFINISHED
instrument drum kit
memberOf The Jazz Messengers NERFINISHED
movement free jazz
hard bop
notableFor extensive work as a sideman on Blue Note Records
subtle and swinging drumming style
notableWork recordings with Cedar Walton
recordings with Dexter Gordon
recordings with Dexter Gordon on the album “Go!”
recordings with Donald Byrd
recordings with Hank Mobley
recordings with Herbie Hancock
recordings with Jackie McLean
recordings with Lee Morgan
recordings with Lee Morgan on the album “The Sidewinder”
recordings with Ornette Coleman
recordings with Ornette Coleman on the album “Change of the Century”
recordings with Ornette Coleman on the album “The Shape of Jazz to Come”
recordings with Ornette Coleman on the album “This Is Our Music”
recordings with Pat Metheny
recordings with Sonny Rollins
recordings with Thelonious Monk
occupation drummer
jazz musician
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Contemporary Records NERFINISHED
Pacific Jazz Records NERFINISHED
Red Records NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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