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Eddie Higgins: Christmas Songs
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Every year at this time I choose a favorite jazz Christmas album to share with you. My annual selection has nothing to do with new releases or hot new artists. My criterion simply is beauty, which isn't so easy, since a great Christmas album is hard to find. For me, most tend to be too solemn or sticky sweet. Just right is a fine line in this genre. To make the cut, a holiday jazz album needs to be uplifting ...
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Angela Bingham with Yotam Silberstein and Chris Higgins at Total Wine Bar This Sunday, May 9, 2010
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Michael Ricci
An Eddie Higgins Jam Session
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Because of the high volume of comments Rifftides received following our piece on the death of pianist Eddie Higgins, the staff thought there might be widespread interest in a memorial concert. We bring you the announcement as it arrived by e-mail from Florida. This will give you time to make plans to fly in from, say, Tokyo or St. Thomas.
There will be a Jam Session tribute to Eddie Higgins on Sunday, December 6 from 4pm to 6pm in the ...read more
Eddie Higgins, 1932-2009
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Eddie Higgins died on August 31st of lung cancer. Those who knew him called him by his given name, Haydn. He was a pianist of uncommon sensitivity, taste, subtlety and adaptability. He was equally accomplished and enthusiastic working with singers (his wife is Meredith d'Ambrosio), traditional bands (he unabashedly enjoyed the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee) and fiery young bebop lions (he wrote “Expoobident" for Lee Morgan and played on Morgan's album of that name).
His admirer and sometime colleague Ben Riley, ...
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Winard Harper Honors Jazz Appreciation Month with California Lineup and Billy Higgins Tribute
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Mosnar Communications, Inc
Drummer honoring personal legacy to celebrate jazz appreciation by making California appearances in Larkspur, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Cambria. (Detroit, MI) -- Exalt Entertainment Group, premiering jazz and spoken word artists internationally announced today that Winard Harper will appear with his sextet at several California venues to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month during April. One of the appearances in April also includes an event coproduced by The World Stage, known as The Stage. Harper stresses that this is ...
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Eddie Higgins in Concert in Tequesta, Florida, February 11
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All About Jazz
Sunday, February 11, 2007, 4pm Eddie Higgins & Company
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Sarah Lynch, Pete McCann, Chris Higgins and Diego Voglino at 169 Bar Friday the 18th
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All About Jazz
169 Bar favorite Sarah Lynch will sing again Friday night at 8 o'clock, this time with a whole new posse: Pete McCann on guitar, Chris Higgins on bass, and Diego Voglino on drums. Todd Jenkins calls guitarist Pete McCann “an exceedingly perceptive player with the good sense to approach songs in a way that befits their basic character, and the creativity to make something fresh out of those songs at the same time." (If you were at Kavehaz when he ...
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Jim Self with Strings "InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins
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All About Jazz
October 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Jim Self with Strings “InnerPlay" What the critics are saying about Jim Self's new CD “InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins. Awesome sound of Jazz Tuba and Strings! (You will never again think of the tuba as an “oompah" instrument--in Jim Self's hands it is gorgeou sand fluid--as melodic as Gerry Mulligan or Bob Brookmeyer) Brad Dechter's arrangements are special! ...
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