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Action Action Action (aka Action) is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Billy Higgins.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "This album is full of exciting music that has long been overshadowed." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emyuK5Luj6k&list=PLXlq4LVUyCx4payF7Rk5_GgjxXd_RJHAJ&index=2

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Action Action Action (aka Action) is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] It features McLean in a quintet with trumpeter Charles Tolliver, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Billy Higgins.

On the Spot! is an album by the pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1967 apart from one track from the 1965 live recordings that produced Jaki Byard Quartet Live!. It was released on the Prestige label.

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "the music serves as a perfect outlet for Jaki Byard's eclectic talents". - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtVqWAftdIw&list=RDGtVqWAftdIw&start_radio=1

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On the Spot! is an album by the pianist Jaki Byard recorded in 1967 apart from one track from the 1965 live recordings that produced Jaki Byard Quartet Live!. It was released on the Prestige label.

I've missed out on knowing, who Billy Higgins († 2001) was for almost 60 years, until last week. So in the spirit of best wishes for 2026:

Dance of the Clones
#^
Dance of the Clones - Billy Higgins
by jazznik2 on YouTube
No, it's the drummer. What an elegant, excellent, well-versed & melodicly playing rhythmicist.
I've watched all those otherwise non-crediting YT videos already, along the lines of "Extended Drum Solo".
What's your album recommendation for when Mr. Higgins wasn't just featured as a side man?
The more experimental, the more sound painting, the better for me.
Thank you in advance.

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Billy Higgins, 1978, Wikipedia - a black man playing drums, smiling, upright

Free Form is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring Byrd with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label later in 1966.

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album four stars and stated "Free Form is both a smorgasbord of modern jazz styles and a breakthrough album showing the Detroit born trumpeter's versatility and interest in diversity... This may be close to Donald Byrd's best early work, a strong statement that is by no means homogeneous, but expresses many of the avenues in jazz he was exploring while finding his own unique voice on the trumpet" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJqWeYy_ock&list=PLIxd7Gx6spCXQbLSCdcX2fnCYGjw_pfNS&index=1

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Free Form is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd featuring Byrd with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label later in 1966.

"What Reason Could I Give?" -- from Ornette's 1972 release, "Science Fiction"

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#BillyHiggins
#music
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK0-mZVJYgY&list=RDZK0-mZVJYgY&start_radio=1

Science Fiction is an album by the American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded in September and October 1971 and released on Columbia Records in February 1972.

Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Daniel Felsenthal called it "a one-of-a-kind dispatch from the vibrant, polygenic, and contested lofts of downtown New York" and "a welcome return to the singable, quintessentially Southern melodicism that counterbalanced [Coleman's] dauntless early oeuvre" - Wikipedia

#OrnetteColeman #DonCherry #BobbyBradford #DeweyRedman #CharlieHaden #BillyHiggins #EdBlackwell #DavidHenderson #AshaPuthli #Jazz #FreeJazz #Music #AltoSax #JazzViolin

Science Fiction is an album by the American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, recorded in September and October 1971 and released on Columbia Records in February 1972.

Morgan accompanied by Herbie Hancock, Jackie McLean, Billy Higgins, Hank Mobley and Larry Ridley. Very enjoyable album.

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

(2019 – Worldwide, Tone Poet, Stereo 180 Gram, Blue Note – B0029911-01, BST 84222)

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The Quintet/Live! is a live album led by saxophonist Charles McPherson recorded in 1966 at the Five Spot Café and released on the Prestige label.

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "McPherson is a commanding performer, with a penetrating tone and an ability to explore a song for subtler possibilities" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41fkEg-x40&list=RDi41fkEg-x40&start_radio=1

#charlesmcpherson #jazz #hardbop #fivespot #barryharris #billyhiggins #prestigerecords

The Quintet/Live! is a live album led by saxophonist Charles McPherson recorded in 1966 at the Five Spot Café and released on the Prestige label.

Dexter Gordon Quartet - "Bouncin With Dex" (1975)

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https://youtu.be/bsH507tB4RY

Album cover features a b&w photograph of DG playing the sax.

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

Given this was recorded in '65, it starts off sounding more "late 60s" to me, for some reason.

Morgan, here, is joined by Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Jackie McLean (alto sax), Larry Ridley (bass), and Billy Higgins (drums). The set is four Morgan tunes and one standard (Ill Wind). Ceora is, indeed, a standout.

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Lee Morgan - Cornbread LP cover.

On a red background, a black and white photo of Lee holding his trumpet, surrounded by the word "Cornbread". Artist names above.

The black LP plays on a vintage, restored Bang & Olufsen Beogram 8002 linear-tracking turntable to the right.

Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo is the debut album of the folk guitarist Sandy Bull, released in 1963 through Vanguard Records.
Recording

Bull recorded the album accompanied by Billy Higgins, a session jazz drummer who had previously appeared on early Ornette Coleman records.

The highlight of Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo is usually considered to be its opener "Blend", a lengthy improvisational piece. According to Bull, the ideas behind the piece originated from his admiration of Folkways Records, which documented ethnic music from across the world. He also claimed to being particularly inspired from hearing Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan in New York City.[3] "Blend" has been viewed as a "virtual travelogue of styles done in a then revolutionary modal tuning" - Wikipedia

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3HuHV00DMI&list=PLmP3m-_XsexepmBuq-zSTwkx7SBi9KJCq&index=1

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Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo by Sandy Bull LP cover.

Royal Flush is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded on September 21, 1961 and released on Blue Note the following year. Byrd's quintet features saxophonist Pepper Adams and rhythm section Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins.

The album is Herbie Hancock's first Blue Note session to be released.

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine states, "For the most part, the quintet plays a set of vital hard bop... But what's really interesting is when they begin pushing the boundaries." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuODj-awzDo

#donaldbyrd #hardbop #bluenote #herbiehancock #billyhiggins

Hank Mobley - Third Season

Yet another one of those “recorded in 1967 but released years later” Blue Note albums, this strong set by Mobley, Lee Morgan (trumpet), Cedar Walton (piano), Billy Higgins (drums), Walter Booker (bass), Sonny Greenwich (guitar), and James Spaulding (alto) is well worth seeking out.

I’m not sure the last track works, but the rest is a very enjoyable, swinging hard bop set.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #HankMobley #BlueNote #LeeMorgan #CedarWalton #BillyHiggins

Hank Mobley - Third Season LP cover.

A red-tinted shot of Mobley, smoking a cigarette, holding his sax, facing left.

The black LP plays on a vintage, restored Bang & Olufsen Beogram 8002 linear-tracking turntable to the right.

#nowspinning #hankmobley #leemorgan #haroldmabern #larryridley #billyhiggins #dippin #bluenoterecords #toshibaemi #compactdisc #pioneerdv545 #sansui607xr #nsbp200

Real vs Fake bokeh is always interesting…

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Donald Byrd - Royal Flush

I guess it's 1961-day here.

An enjoyable hard bop session, and Herbie Hancock's Blue Note debut, accompanying Byrd (trumpet), Butch Warren (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), and Pepper Adams (sax).

Nice, un-limited remaster has that distinct RvG sound (including putting Hancock's piano in a cardboard box).

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #hardbop #DonaldByrd #HerbieHancock #ButchWarren #BillyHiggins #PepperAdams

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Billy Higgins & Kamau Daaood:
🎵 Liberator of the Spirit

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The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe - "A Spirit Speaks" (1974)

This album features siblings Bill Lee (bass), Consuela Lee Moorhead (piano), Grace Lee Mims (vocal), and Cliff Lee (fluegelhorn). The group was named after slave ancestors of the Lee family. This is an extraordinary record and one of the gems of the #StrataEast catalog.

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfysgdM2KWxOYwQtThk8EJEaXLdge4ww5&si=4CTbEPH9sbgUCGlb

Album cover features a slightly yellow tinted black and white photograph of the Lees standed next to trees in a wooded area with a house in the background.

Milt Jackson - At the Kosei Nenkin

1976 live album on Pablo, recorded in Japan, playing a swinging set with Ray Brown (bass), Teddy Edwards (sax), Cedar Walton (keys), and Billy Higgins (drums).

Japanese pressing retains most of the Pablo style, but without the huge Pablo Live top.

Interesting to note that Japanese gatefolds always come with the first LP in the 2nd (back) location.

#nowplaying #vinyl #jazz #miltjackson #japan #raybrown #teddyedwards #cedarwalton #billyhiggins #pablorecords