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Judith & Dave O'Higgins: His 'n' Hers

Read "His 'n' Hers" reviewed by Chris May


Here is a great idea for a tough tenors face-off in the tradition of the Johnny Griffin / Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis group... Get hold of a tenor duo comprising a husband and wife who are on the verge of divorce and can barely stand being in the same room together and record them as they try to cut each other to ribbons. Nice. Better still, perhaps, get hold of a happily married tenor-wielding couple such as London-based ...

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Denise Mangiardi: Brown Book

Read "Brown Book" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Denise Mangiardi dwells in two musical worlds, as both a jazz singer and an accomplished classical composer. She puts all her talents to good use on this CD, singing a collection of self-written ballads, folk songs and torch songs, over her own haunting arrangements. Mangiardi's moving string-writing appears on the two brief “Soundscape" instrumentals which bookend the album, as well as on the songs “The Exchange," “Waves," and “My Beauty"--which is really Thelonious Monk's “Ugly Beauty" with lyrics ...

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Dave O'Higgins: Fast Foot Shuffle

Read "Fast Foot Shuffle" reviewed by Ben McDonnell


The idea of an album conceived for a jazz dance group may set alarm bells ringing for many. Whilst Fast Foot Shuffle was written for the talented JazzCotech Dancers, preconceptions and fears that the music may have been compromised in some way are soon waylaid as one listens to O'Higgins' lively collection of reworked standards and self-penned tunes.

In addition to his regular quintet, O'Higgins enlists the help of Pete Eckford on decks and percussion, plus trombonist Barnaby ...

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The Dave O'Higgins Biggish Band: Big Shake Up

Read "Big Shake Up" reviewed by Jack Bowers


British saxophonist Dave O’Higgins’ Biggish Band is what we used to call a tentet — but the ensemble is having so much fun playing his picturesque and always interesting charts on Big Shake Up that we won’t hold it against him. O’Higgins the composer draws on a number of influences from traditional and contemporary Jazz to funk, rock, Latin and whatever else enters his quick and resourceful mind. The music he writes is always rhythmic and consistently melodic; in other ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Brown Book

Alice's Loft
2020

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His 'n' Hers

Ubuntu Music
2020

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Push

Milestone Records
2004

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Fast Foot Shuffle

Candid Records
2004

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Fast Foot Shuffle

Milestone Records
2002

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Big Shake Up

Candid Records
2001

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