Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins
Billy Higginswas an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth11 October 1936
CountryUnited States of America
voice firsts instruments
You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.
beautiful kids world
Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.
music japan people
The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
people vision young
I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.
levels boots approach
The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
japan europe littles
I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
art kids culture
Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.
care jazz backgrounds
It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you.
tools defeated ifs
If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.
people playing-music levels
If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
real japan situation
But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.
long jazz long-time
The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.
needs tvs helping
Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.