Results for "Dan Higgins"

Dan Higgins

Rich Willey: Down & Dirty

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 21, 2019

Back in 2001, trumpeter/composer/educator Rich Willey released a critically acclaimed album titled Gone with the Piggies (CAP Records). As a result, a savvy audience has followed him cult-like ever since. With Down and Dirty, the former Maynard Ferguson standout delivers a bacchanalia presentation both as player and composer, surrounded by a unit of Los Angeles' finest ...

Rich Willey's Boptism Big Band: Down & Dirty

by Jack Bowers
July 21, 2019

What's in a name? While that maxim remains a matter for debate, don't let this particular name mislead you. In the parlance of trumpeter Rich Willey's Los Angeles-based Boptism Big Band, Down & Dirty translates into well-scrubbed & swinging. There's really no better way to describe the performance of eleven of Willey's wide-ranging compositions and one ...

Code Blue!

By Doc Stewart

Label: Cannonball Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Code Pink; Ironman Blues; The Last Breath Blues; Code Jesus; The Sticks; Homage to Bud Shank; Snakin' the Grass; Patty's Bossa; Dis Here; Introduction to a Samba; Poor Butterfly; Song My Lady Sings; The Way You Look Tonight; Bohemia after Dark.

A Twist of Jobim

By Dave Grusin

Label: i.e. Music
Released: 1997
Track listing: Water To Drink (Agua De Beber); Captain Bacardi; Dindi; Waters Of March; Bonita; Stone Flower; Favela; Children's Games; Lamento; Mojave; Girl From Ipanema.