Dave O’Higgins

b. David O’Higgins, 1 Sept 1964, Birmingham, Western world Midlands, Britain. O’Higgins started playing trumpet as a little child but turned to saxophone. At age 14 he was an associate from the Derbyshire Youngsters Jazz Orchestra before shifting to London along with a spell using the Country wide Youngsters Jazz Orchestra. In the past due 80s he was with Mezzoforte, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth, and Jason Rebello. He also produced his own little groupings, including Roadside Picnic, touring thoroughly in European countries and the center East. On the convert of the hundred years, O’Higgins was leading his Biggish Music group, including Jim Watson (keyboards) and Winston Clifford (drums), with significant achievement at live schedules and on record. Energetic being a instructor, O’Higgins has trained at Laine and Dankworth’s music college at Wavendon and in addition in London on the Royal Academy of Music as well as the Guildhall College of Music. O’Higgins, who also has flute, has performed jazz with Sax Charm, Itchy Fingertips, Shorty Rogers, among others, and has followed singers as different as Nancy Wilson, Randy Crawford, Jimmy Witherspoon as well as the Four Tops, among many. He in addition has played traditional music using the London Symphony Orchestra. A considerable section of O’Higgins’ repertoire is certainly produced by his very own compositions, a lot of which show that this can be an area not merely of creditable development but additionally of seemingly endless potential. His playing, sharp and unmannered, displays his subtle usage of an extraordinary technique.