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Solo transcription: Billy Higgins – Dear John
- Todd Bishop
- April 28, 2023
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More soloing from Billy Higgins, on Dear John, on Freddie Hubbard’s record Bolivia. The tune has the same chord changes as John Coltrane’s Giant Steps, which is a 16 bar form, but the drum solo […]
Ornette live in ’58
- Todd Bishop
- May 5, 2015
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Here’s something remarkable: Ornette Coleman recorded live in LA in 1958, just before his big national exposure in New York. The band includes the musicians in his famous quartet: Don Cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy […]
Groove o’ the day: Billy Higgins Latin
- Todd Bishop
- April 10, 2023
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Addendum to yesterday’s Billy Higgins transcription— here’s the Latin groove he plays on the A sections of the head on Moose the Mooche, from Joshua Redman’s album Wish. More or less— it takes a couple of […]