Billy Higgins
Drums Solo on
Public Eye

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Billy Higgins's drums solo is the closing of 5 solos on this recording, following Christian McBride's acoustic bass. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a bright 257 BPM with a swing feel in C, the solo runs approximately 33 seconds. Billy Higgins closes with three choruses of drums, the veteran's presence lending the date a weight and authority that helped ground the young musicians. Billy Higgins was 53 to 54 years old at the time of this 1990 recording. Public Eye is an original blues composition by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, written around 1990 and first recorded for his sophomore album of the same name, released on the Novus/RCA label in 1991.

Billy Higgins was 53 to 54 years old at the time.