I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.
Billy Higgins Quotes
Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.
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| Birth: | 11th October, 1936 |
| Death: | 3rd May, 2001 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Drummer, Educator, Lyricist |
About
Billy Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California. He was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. He was one of the house drummers for Blue Note Records and played on dozens of Blue Note albums of the 1960s. On a whole, he played on over 700 recordings, including recordings of rock and funk. He appeared as a jazz drummer in the 2001 movie Southlander. Higgins also taught in the jazz studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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