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</style><table class="infobox charts-infobox"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-size:smaller">Billy Higgins (1978)</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#F3F3F3;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20px;font-stretch:condensed">Chart­plat­zie­rungen</span><span style="font-size:smaller"><br>Erklärung der Daten</span></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 .3em;background:#EAECF0;color:#202122"><span style="font-size:larger;font-weight:bold">Alben</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 .3em .5em .3em"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">Stick-Up! <small>(mit <a href="Bobby_Hutcherson" title="Bobby Hutcherson">Bobby Hutcherson</a>, <a href="Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a>, <a href="McCoy_Tyner" title="McCoy Tyner">McCoy Tyner</a> &amp; <a href="Herbie_Lewis_(Bassist)" title="Herbie Lewis (Bassist)">Herbie Lewis</a>)</small>
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<p><b>Billy Higgins</b> (* <a href="11._Oktober" title="11. Oktober">11. Oktober</a> <a href="1936" title="1936">1936</a> in <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>; † <a href="3._Mai" title="3. Mai">3. Mai</a> <a href="2001" title="2001">2001</a> in <a href="Inglewood" title="Inglewood">Inglewood</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>) war ein <a href="USA" class="mw-redirect" title="USA">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>-<a href="Schlagzeuger" class="mw-redirect" title="Schlagzeuger">Schlagzeuger</a>.
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<p>Higgins begann als <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues" title="Rhythm and Blues">Rhythm-and-Blues</a>-Musiker unter <a href="Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a>, <a href="Amos_Milburn" title="Amos Milburn">Amos Milburn</a> und <a href="Jimmy_Witherspoon" title="Jimmy Witherspoon">Jimmy Witherspoon</a>. 1953 trat er den <i>Jazz Messiahs</i> seines Freundes <a href="Don_Cherry_(Musiker)" title="Don Cherry (Musiker)">Don Cherry</a> bei. Um 1956 nahm er mit <a href="Lucky_Thompson" title="Lucky Thompson">Lucky Thompson</a> und <a href="Red_Mitchell" title="Red Mitchell">Red Mitchell</a> auf, in dieser Zeit lernte er auch den noch unbekannten <a href="Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a> kennen, an dessen Debüt-LP <i>Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman</i> er 1958 mitwirkte. 1959 ging er mit Coleman nach <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, wo er mit ihm bis 1961 zusammenarbeitete und u.&nbsp;a. auf <i><a href="Free_Jazz%3A_A_Collective_Improvisation" title="Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation">Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation</a></i> mitwirkte.
</p><p>Danach war er überwiegend als <a href="Studiomusiker" title="Studiomusiker">Studiomusiker</a> aktiv und wirkte als Sideman von <a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a> (<i><a href="At_the_Blackhawk" title="At the Blackhawk">At the Blackhawk</a></i>, 1960), <a href="Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a>, <a href="Jackie_McLean" title="Jackie McLean">Jackie McLean</a>, <a href="Lee_Morgan" title="Lee Morgan">Lee Morgan</a> (<i><a href="Search_for_the_New_Land" title="Search for the New Land">Search for the New Land</a></i> 1964) und <a href="Archie_Shepp" title="Archie Shepp">Archie Shepp</a>. Er war häufiger Partner des Pianisten <a href="Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a> (u.&nbsp;a. in deren Bandprojekt <a href="Eastern_Rebellion" title="Eastern Rebellion">Eastern Rebellion</a>) und leitete Anfang der 1970er Jahre mit <a href="Bill_Lee_(Musiker)" title="Bill Lee (Musiker)">Bill Lee</a> und <a href="Bill_Hardman" title="Bill Hardman">Bill Hardman</a> die <i>Brass Company</i>. Zu hören ist er auch auf <a href="Clifford_Jordan" title="Clifford Jordan">Clifford Jordans</a> Album <i><a href="Drink_Plenty_Water" title="Drink Plenty Water">Drink Plenty Water</a></i> (ed. 2023).
</p><p>1978 kehrte er nach Los Angeles zurück, wo er im Folgejahr seine erste LP als Bandleader veröffentlichte. Daneben trat er mit <a href="Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a> und <a href="Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a> auf. 1986 wirkte er neben <a href="Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a> in <a href="Bertrand_Tavernier" title="Bertrand Tavernier">Bertrand Taverniers</a> Film <i>Round Midnight</i> mit. 1987 unternahm er eine Tournee mit Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry und <a href="Charlie_Haden" title="Charlie Haden">Charlie Haden</a>, bei der das Studioalbum <i><a href="In_All_Languages" title="In All Languages">In All Languages</a></i> entstand.
</p><p>Ein Jahr später gründete er mit dem Dichter <a href="Kamau_Da%C3%A1ood" title="Kamau Daáood">Kamau Daáood</a> das <i>World Stage</i>, ein Kulturzentrum, in dem er, unterstützt von Musikern wie <a href="Ron_Carter" title="Ron Carter">Ron Carter</a>, <a href="Kenny_Barron" title="Kenny Barron">Kenny Barron</a>, <a href="Barry_Harris" title="Barry Harris">Barry Harris</a> und <a href="Geri_Allen" title="Geri Allen">Geri Allen</a>, Konzerte und Workshops für junge Jazzmusiker veranstaltete. Daneben unterrichtete Higgins auch Jazz an der <a href="University_of_California" title="University of California">University of California</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie_(Auswahl)"><span id="Diskografie_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Diskografie (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li>1962: <i><a href="Go!_(Album)" title="Go! (Album)">Go!</a></i> mit <a href="Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon">Dexter Gordon</a></li>
<li>1963: <i><a href="The_Sidewinder" title="The Sidewinder">The Sidewinder</a></i> mit <a href="Lee_Morgan" title="Lee Morgan">Lee Morgan</a> (ed. 1964)</li>
<li>1964: <i><a href="Search_for_the_New_Land" title="Search for the New Land">Search for the New Land</a></i> mit Lee Morgan (ed. 1966)</li>
<li>1965: <i>Dippin’</i> mit <a href="Hank_Mobley" title="Hank Mobley">Hank Mobley</a> (ed. 1966)</li>
<li>1965: <i>A Caddy for Daddy</i> mit Hank Mobley (1967)</li>
<li>1967: <i>Hi Voltage</i> mit Hank Mobley (ed. 1968)</li>
<li>1979: <i>The Soldier</i> (<a href="Timeless_Records" title="Timeless Records">Timeless</a>) mit <a href="Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a>, <a href="Walter_Booker" title="Walter Booker">Walter Booker</a>, Roberta Davis, <a href="Monty_Waters" title="Monty Waters">Monty Waters</a></li>
<li>1979: <i>Soweto</i> (<a href="Red_Records" title="Red Records">Red</a>) mit <a href="Bob_Berg" title="Bob Berg">Bob Berg</a>, Cedar Walton, <a href="Tony_Dumas_(Bassist)" title="Tony Dumas (Bassist)">Tony Dumas</a></li>
<li>1981: <i>Rejoicing</i> mit <a href="Pat_Metheny" title="Pat Metheny">Pat Metheny</a>, <a href="Charlie_Haden" title="Charlie Haden">Charlie Haden</a></li>
<li>1984: <i>Mr. Billy Higgins</i> (Evidence) mit <a href="Gary_Bias" title="Gary Bias">Gary Bias</a>, Tony Dumas, <a href="Bill_Henderson_(Jazzs%C3%A4nger)" title="Bill Henderson (Jazzsänger)">Bill Henderson</a></li>
<li>1987: <i>Billy Higgins Quintet</i> mit <a href="Harold_Land" title="Harold Land">Harold Land</a>, Cedar Walton, <a href="Oscar_Brashear" title="Oscar Brashear">Oscar Brashear</a>, <a href="David_Williams_(Musiker)" title="David Williams (Musiker)">David Williams</a></li>
<li>1987: <i><a href="Quartet_West" title="Quartet West">Quartet West</a></i> mit Charlie Haden</li>
<li>1989: Silence (Soul Note) mit Charlie Haden, Chet Baker und Enrico Pieranunzi</li>
<li><i>3/4 for Peace</i> (Red) mit Harold Land, Bill Henderson, Jeff Littleton</li>
<li>1999: <i>Which Way Is East</i> mit <a href="Charles_Lloyd" title="Charles Lloyd">Charles Lloyd</a> (ed. 2001)</li>
<li>2001: <i>Hyperion with Higgins</i> mit Charles Lloyd (ed. 2004)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Billy_Higgins?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Billy Higgins</a></span></b>&nbsp;– Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&amp;query=134405862">Werke von Billy Higgins</a> im Katalog der <a href="Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek" title="Deutsche Nationalbibliothek">Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000070507">Billy Higgins</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Billy+Higgins">Billy Higgins</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<p><b>Musikbeispiele</b>
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<ul><li>Lee Morgan feat. Billy Higgins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQtco0UvHY"><i>Our Man Higgins</i></a> auf <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li>
<li>Sonny Clark feat. Billy Higgins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK_NSpaWpIQ"><i>Somethin’ Special</i></a> auf <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li>
<li>Hank Mobley feat. Billy Higgins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygk9Cpfpvw8"><i>The Turnaround</i></a> auf <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li>
<li>Blue Mitchell feat. Billy Higgins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C3KXqTdY6Q"><i>Bring It Home to Me</i></a> auf <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-charts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-charts_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Billy+Higgins&amp;do_search=do">Deutschland</a></span>
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