Chris Higginbottom

Chris Higginbottom: One

by Eric J. Iannelli
February 20, 2006

Drummer Chris Higginbottom's first album as leader is a straight-ahead quartet outing with Seamus Blake (tenor and soprano sax), Aaron Goldberg (piano) and Orlando le Fleming (bass). None of these four musicians are household names--yet, at any rate--but none are green by any standards. All have frequently gigged around their current stomping ground, New York, and elsewhere around the globe, working with such highly regarded musicians as Tim Garland, Jane Monheit, John Scofield and Joshua Redman. The ...