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
certain learning people tradition
To know the tradition of the music, you have to know about certain people and certain concepts. It's a learning process.
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.
people playing-music levels
If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
american-musician people
I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.
people races
It brings people together. It brings the races together. It brings religions together.
drums instrument older people younger
Not just younger people but older people, too, because the drums are that kind of instrument where people are not intimidated.
gotten greatest happening jazz point
Jazz has still not gotten to the point where it is totally, the most, the greatest thing is happening in music.
american-musician came jazz reason
Look, jazz has always had, because of its origins, that's the only reason. It's the only reason it's like that. Where it came from. It's not accepted.
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.
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.