Identify a jazz musician with this many recordings

[I-missRichardTee]

Discography[edit] Of the incredibly grooving Billy of Higgins. And he only lived till his mid fifties. He played with a continuous smile on his face.

 

1979: Soweto (Red)

1979: The Soldier (Timeless, [1981])

1980 Once More (Red)

1984: Mr. Billy Higgins (Evidence)

1980-86: Bridgework (Contemporary)

1994: ¾ for Peace (Red)

1997: Billy Higgins Quintet (Evidence)

2001: The Best of Summer Nights at Moca (Exodus)

As a sideman[edit]

With Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt

God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 [2001])

Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 [2001])

With Chris Anderson

Blues One (DIW, 1991)

With Gary Bartz

Libra (Milestone, 1968)

With Paul Bley

Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 (Inner City, 1958 [1976])

Coleman Classics Volume 1 (Improvising Artists, 1958 [1977])

With Sandy Bull

Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (Vanguard, 1963)

Inventions (Vanguard, 1965)

With Jaki Byard

On the Spot! (Prestige, 1967)

With Donald Byrd

Royal Flush (Blue Note, 1961)

Free Form (Blue Note, 1962)

Blackjack (Blue Note, 1967)

Slow Drag (Blue Note, 1967)

With Joe Castro

Groove Funk Soul (Atlantic, 1959)

With Don Cherry

Brown Rice (EMI, 1975)

Art Deco (A&M, 1988)

With Sonny Clark

Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note, 1961)

With George Coleman

Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)

With Ornette Coleman

Something Else!!!! (Contemporary, 1958)

The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic, 1959)

Change of the Century (Atlantic, 1959)

The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959)

To Whom Who Keeps a Record (Warner, 195960)

Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (Atlantic, 1961)

Twins (Atlantic, 1961)

Science Fiction (Columbia, 1971)

In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)

With John Coltrane

Like Sonny (Roulette, 1960)

With Junior Cook

Somethin's Cookin' (Muse, 1981)

With Bill Cosby

Hello, Friend: To Ennis With Love (Verve, 1997)

With Stanley Cowell

Regeneration (Strata East, 1976)

With Ray Drummond

The Essence (DMP, 1985)

With Teddy Edwards

Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair (MetroJazz, 1958)

Sunset Eyes (Pacific Jazz, 1960)

Teddy's Ready! (Contemporary, 1960)

Nothin' But the Truth! (Prestige, 1966)

Young at Heart (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee

Wise in Time (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee

Mississippi Lad (Verve/Gitanes, 1991)

Tango in Harlem (Verve/Gitanes, 1994)

With Booker Ervin

Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note, 1968)

With Art Farmer

Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971)

Yesterday's Thoughts (East Wind, 1975)

To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975)

The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976)

Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)

With Curtis Fuller

Smokin' (Mainstream, 1972)

With Stan Getz

Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (1958, Fantasy) with Cal Tjader

With Dexter Gordon

Go (Blue Note, 1962)

A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note, 1962)

Clubhouse (Blue Note, 1965 released 1979)

Gettin' Around (Blue Note, 1965)

Tangerine (Prestige, 1972 [1975])

Generation (Prestige, 1972)

Something Different (SteepleChase, 1975 [1980])

Bouncin' with Dex (SteepleChase, 1976)

The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1985)

With Grant Green

First Session (Blue Note, 1961)

Goin' West (Blue Note, 1962)

Feelin' the Spirit (Blue Note, 1962)

With Dodo Greene

My Hour of Need (Blue Note, 1962)

With Charlie Haden

Quartet West (Verve, 1986)

Silence (Soul Note, 1987)

The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 [2000])

First Song (Soul Note, 1990 [1992])

With Slide Hampton

Roots (Criss Cross, 1985)

With Herbie Hancock

Takin' Off (Blue Note, 1962)

Round Midnight (soundtrack) (Columbia, 1985)

With Barry Harris

Bull's Eye! (Prestige, 1968)

With Eddie Harris

The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965)

Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966)

The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966)

Excursions (Atlantic, 196673)

How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)

With Johnny Hartman

Today (Perception, 1972)

With Jimmy Heath

Love and Understanding (Muse, 1973)

The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 [1994])

Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)

With Joe Henderson

Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)

With Andrew Hill

Dance with Death (Blue Note, 1968 not released until 1980)

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

Get Up & Get It! (Prestige, 1967)

With Paul Horn

Something Blue (HiFi Jazz, 1960)

With Toninho Horta

Once I Loved (Verve, 1992)

With Freddie Hubbard

Bolivia (Music Master, 1991)

With Bobby Hutcherson

Stick-Up (Blue Note, 1969)

Solo / Quartet (Contemporary, 1982)

Farewell Keystone (Theresa, 1982 [1988])

Color Schemes (Landmark, 1985 [1986])

With J. J. Johnson

Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)

With Hank Jones and Dave Holland

The Oracle (EmArcy, 1990)

With Sam Jones

Seven Minds (East Wind Records, 1974)

Cello Again (Xanadu, 1976)

Something in Common (Muse, 1977)

With Clifford Jordan

Soul Fountain (Vortex, 1966 [1970])

Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974)

Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975)

On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1977])

On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978])

On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979])

Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975)

The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)

With Fred Katz

Fred Katz and his Jammers (Decca, 1959)

With Steve Lacy

Evidence (New Jazz, 1962) with Don Cherry

With Charles Lloyd

Acoustic Masters I (Atlantic, 1993)

Voice in the Night (ECM, 1999)

The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000)

Hyperion with Higgins (ECM, 2001, released posthumously)

Which Way Is East (ECM, 2004, released posthumously)

With Pat Martino

The Visit! (Cobblestone, 1972) also released as Footprints

With Jackie McLean

A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note, 1961)

Let Freedom Ring Blue Note, 1962)

Vertigo (Blue Note, 1962-63)

Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964)

Consequence (Blue Note, 1965 [2005])

New and Old Gospel (Blue Note, 1967)

With Charles McPherson

The Quintet/Live! (Prestige, 1966)

Horizons (Prestige, 1968)

Today's Man (Mainstream, 1973)

With Pat Metheny

Rejoicing (ECM, 1983)

With Blue Mitchell

Bring It Home to Me (Blue Note, 1966)

With Red Mitchell

Presenting Red Mitchell (Contemporary, 1957)

With Hank Mobley

The Turnaround (Blue Note, 1965)

Dippin' (Blue Note, 1965)

A Caddy for Daddy (Blue Note, 1965)

A Slice of the Top (Blue Note, 1966 [1979])

Hi Voltage (Blue Note, 1967)

Third Season (Blue Note, 1967)

Far Away Lands (Blue Note, 1967)

Reach Out! (Blue Note, 1968)

Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972) with Cedar Walton

Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1964-66 [1980])

With Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)

With Buddy Montgomery

Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987)

With Tete Montoliu

Secret Love (Timeless, 1977)

Live at the Keystone Corner (Timeless, 1979 [1981])

With Frank Morgan

Easy Living (Contemporary, 1985)

Lament (Contemporary, 1986)

Bebop Lives! (Contemporary, 1987)

Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995)

With Lee Morgan

The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963)

Search for the New Land (Blue Note, 1964)

The Rumproller (Blue Note, 1965)

The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965)

Cornbread (Blue Note, 1965)

Infinity (Blue Note, 1965 [1980])

Delightfulee (Blue Note, 1966)

Charisma (Blue Note, 1966)

The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966 [1984])

Sonic Boom (Blue Note, 1967 [1979])

The Sixth Sense (Blue Note, 196768)

The Procrastinator (Blue Note, 1967 [1978])

Taru (Blue Note, 1968 [1980])

Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)

With Bheki Mseleku

Star Seeding (Polygram Records, 1995)

With David Murray

Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1984)

Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1984)

With Horace Parlan

Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note, 1963)

With Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen

Jaywalkin' (SteepleChase, 1975)

Double Bass (SteepleChase, 1976) with Sam Jones

With Art Pepper

So in Love (Artists House, 1979)

Artworks (Galaxy, 1979 [1984])

Landscape (Galaxy, 1979)

Besame Mucho (JVC, 1979 [1981])

Straight Life (Galaxy, 1979)

Art 'n' Zoot (Pablo, 1981 [1995]) with Zoot Sims

With Dave Pike

It's Time for Dave Pike (Riverside, 1961)

Pike's Groove (Criss Cross Jazz, 1986) with Cedar Walton

With Jimmy Raney

The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)

With Sonny Red

Sonny Red (Mainstream, 1971)

With Freddie Redd

Live at the Studio Grill (Triloka, 1990)

With Joshua Redman

Wish (1993)

With Red Rodney

The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975)

With Sonny Rollins

Our Man in Jazz (RCA Victor, 1965)

There Will Never Be Another You (recorded 1965 released 1978)

With Charlie Rouse

Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1965)

With Hilton Ruiz

Piano Man (SteepleChase, 1975)

With Pharoah Sanders

Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)

With John Scofield

Works for Me (Verve, 2001)

With Shirley Scott

One for Me (Strata-East, 1974)

With Archie Shepp

Attica Blues (Impulse!, 1972)

With Sonny Simmons

Rumasuma (Contemporary, 1969)

With James Spaulding

James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1977)

With Robert Stewart

Judgement (World Stage, 1994 / Red Records, 1997)

The Movement (Exodus, 2002)

With Sonny Stitt

Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 [1978])

With Idrees Sulieman

Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)

With Ira Sullivan

Peace (Galaxy, 1978)

Multimedia (Galaxy, 1978 [1982])

With Sun Ra

Somewhere Else (Rounder, 198889)

Blue Delight (A&M, 1989)

With Cecil Taylor

Jumpin' Punkins (Candid, 1961)

New York City R&B (Candid, 1961)

With Lucky Thompson

Goodbye Yesterday (Groove Merchant, 1973)

With the Timeless All Stars

It's Timeless (Timeless, 1982)

Timeless Heart (Timeless, 1983)

Essence (Delos, 1986)

Time for the Timeless All Stars (Early Bird, 1990)

With Bobby Timmons

Soul Food (Prestige, 1966)

Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)

With Mal Waldron

Up Popped the Devil (Enja, 1973)

One Entrance, Many Exits (Palo Alto, 1982)

With Cedar Walton

Cedar! (Prestige, 1967)

Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) with George Coleman & Sam Jones

The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)

Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) with Bob Berg & Sam Jones

First Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1978])

Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1979])

Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1982])

Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Sam Jones

The Maestro (Muse, 1981)

Among Friends (Theresa, 1982 [1989])

Eastern Rebellion 4 (Timeless, 1984) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & David Williams

Cedar's Blues (Red, 1985)

The Trio 1 (Red, 1985)

The Trio 2 (Red, 1985)

The Trio 3 (Red, 1985)

Cedar Walton (Timeless, 1985)

Bluesville Time (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985)

Cedar Walton Plays (Delos, 1986)

As Long as There's Music (Muse, 1990 [1993])

Manhattan Afternoon (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992)

With Don Wilkerson

The Texas Twister (1960)

Preach Brother! (1962)

With David Williams

Up Front (Timeless, 1987)

With Jack Wilson

Easterly Winds (Blue Note, 1967)

[moj]

Smiling Billy Higgins

http://www.billiesilvey.com/billy.jpg

 

Oscar Peterson

From Wikipedia: "...He released over 200 recordings..." (not counting the many sideman session dates).

[Strays Dave]

I'm going to throw a guess out. Ron Carter. Another workhorse session dude.

[Jazz+]

Billy Higgins. Amazing.

[Mark Schmieder]

I had heard Billy so many times on record and live (with many different line-ups) that I was shocked to see his age when he died, as it didn't seem possible that someone with that much output could be so young!

 

I think my favourite Higgins date was the one with Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny in 1984 ("Rejoicing"), then his appearance on an early Quartet West disc, and the Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, Enrico Pieranunzi trio in 1992. I wish he and Haden had worked together even more than they did.

[I-missRichardTee]

Maybe Roy Haynes ? Amazingly, still playing well at 94.

 

I actually liked Billy's playing more. He was the consummate Artist , both personally and musically. Always tasty, never flashy. Not one bravado bone in his body.

 

The Trio recordings towards the end of his life with Cedar Walton were definitive of "Jazz Piano Trio".

 

Terry Trotter, my mentor, grew up playing with Billy, Herbie Lewis and Bobby Hutcherson in Pasadena. They played a lot of gigs but I don't believe ever recorded.

 

However, through that connection is how Miles came to call Terry for his group - at least for some West Coast gigs. Now part of LA Jazz lore, Terry turned him down being afraid of the Jazz life, not to mention Miles' volatile personality. He also was starting to get established in the LA studio scene and was just starting a family. So Victor Feldman was on "Seven Steps to heaven" as opposed to Terry. Maybe the only guy in history to say "no" to Miles.

 

Billy came up in the Golden Era of Jazz- so much playing and recording happening. Mind boggling to look at that Discography.

 

To the others here, YES Ron Carter has recorded thousands of times

 

Did Fritz Jones from Pittsburgh turn Miles Davis from St Louis down????

[cedar]

I've heard Billy Higgins described as the most recorded jazz musician ever. And I think the statement was meant to be literally true.

 

I have no problem believing that he was the most recorded jazz musician during the years he was working.

[Docbop]

Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history.

[JoeToGo]

Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history.

 

Got to hear them both, working together, on Turrentine's More Than a Mood ....