Eddie Higgins

Edward Haydn Higgins (February 21, 1932 – August 31, 2009) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and orchestrator. His performance and composition in 1959's "Cry of Jazz" is preserved in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.

Biography

Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, Higgins initially studied privately with his mother. He started his professional career in Chicago, Illinois, while studying at the Northwestern University School of Music and earned a spot in fellow Northwestern alumnus Paul Severson's band in 1956 before leading his own band in 1957.

Compilations Relaxin' at the Lounge (Venus) Standard Higgins (Venus) Ballad Higgins (Venus) Tenderly: The Best of Eddie Higgins (Venus)

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As sideman With Paul Severson

1957 Jazz (Replica) 1957 Misty Island/Please Love Me (Altair)

With Meredith d'Ambrosio 1989 South to a Warmer Place 1991 Love Is Not a Game 1993 Shadowland 1995 Beware of Spring! 2001 Love Is for the Birds

With Wayne Shorter 1962 Wayning Moments 2002 All or Nothing at All 2013 Beginnings

With Lee Morgan 1960 Expoobident 2002 Just in Time

With Sonny Stitt 2000 Sonny, Sweets, and Jaws: Live at Bubba's 2001 No Greater Love 2004 Just Friends: Live at Bubba's Jazz Restaurant 1981

With Warren Vaché 1999 Mrs. Vache's Boys 2007 Remember

With Chuck Hedges 1992 No Greater Love 2001 Just for Fun

With others 1957 This Is Lucy Reed, Lucy Reed 1959 Touff Assignment, Cy Touff 1961 Brilliant, Don Goldie 1961 The Thinking Man’s Trombone Al Grey 1963 Sextet in Person, Jack Teagarden 1985 The Great Fontana, Carl Fontana 1992 The Wonderful World of George Gershwin, George Masso 1996 A Time for Love, John Doughten 1996 Stolen Goods, Betty Dickson 1997 Double Rainbow, Rebecca Parris 1999 Great Duets, Jay Leonhart 2001 Indian Summer, Greg Fishman 2005 Hot & Blue Vol. 1–2, Bill Allred 2016 One Night in Indy, Wes Montgomery

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