Eddie Higgins (album)

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Eddie Higgins
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Studio album by
Eddie Higgins
Released1961
RecordedNovember 18, 1960 and June 6, 1961
StudioUniversal Recording, Chicago, IL
Label Vee-Jay
LP/SR 3017
Producer Sid McCoy
Eddie Higgins chronology
The Ed Higgins Trio
(1957)		Eddie Higgins
(1961)		 Soulero
(1962)

Eddie Higgins is an eponymous album by jazz pianist Eddie Higgins recorded in Chicago in 1960/61 and released by the Vee-Jay label. [1] [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Higgins except where noted

  1. "Zarac, The Evil One" – 5:14
  2. "Falling in Love With Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:34
  3. "You Leave Me Breathless" (Friedrich Hollaender) – 4:25
  4. "AB's Blues" – 2:29
  5. "Blues for Big Scotia" (Oscar Peterson) – 4:05
  6. "Foot's Bag" – 7:12
  7. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) – 4:19

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Gallagher, B. Jazz Discography: Eddie Higgins Discography 1956 - 2008, accessed July 30, 2019
  2. ↑ Callahan, M. & Edwards, D. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 1: Main Series LP-100-101 & LP-1001-1070 (1956-1963), accessed July 30, 2019
  3. ↑ Eddie Higgins: Eddie Higgins – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 701. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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