Name Monk Higgins | Role Musician | |
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Albums Sheba, Baby, Little Mama, Dance to the Disco Sax of Monk Higgins, Extra Soul Perception, Heavyweight Similar People Gene Harris, Blue Mitchell, Opio | ||
Monk higgins three hoods sheba baby ost 1975
Milton Bland (October 17, 1936 - July 3, 1986) better known as Monk Higgins, was an American musician and saxophonist who was born in Menifee, Arkansas.
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- Monk higgins three hoods sheba baby ost 1975
- Monk higgins the specialties heavyweight full album 1972
- Biography
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Monk higgins the specialties heavyweight full album 1972
Biography
Higgins biggest hits were the instrumental tracks "Who Dun It" (which reached #30 on the US R&B chart in 1966), and "Gotta Be Funky" (#22 on the US R&B chart). His instrumental "Ceatrix Did It" (1967) was the sign-off song for soul DJ "Dr. Rock" on WMPP, East Chicago Heights, Illinois. Higgins worked with a variety of musicians including Gene Harris, Bobby Bland, The Chi-Lites, Junior Wells, Freddy Robinson, Muddy Waters, Cash McCall, Etta James, Blue Mitchell and The Three Sounds. His track "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" was featured on the breakbeat compilation album, Ultimate Breaks and Beats.
Late in his career Monk, together with his band "the Specialties", was the featured performer at television actress Marla Gibbs' Los Angeles, California supper club, known as Marla's Memory Lane Club.
Higgins died from respiratory disease in July 1986, in Los Angeles, at the age of 49.
As leader
As sideman
With Blue Mitchell
With The Three Sounds
With Gene Harris