Fred Higuera

Fred Higuera didn’t record prolifically being a drummer, discographical bean counters discovering not much greater than a dozen . 5 recording periods between 1938 and 1957. His personal flavor in drummers extended much wider compared to the stack of edges which he performed, Higuera being truly a prime exemplory case of a Dixieland drummer who embraced the modernistic audio of timekeepers such as for example bebop and contemporary jazz maestro Potential Roach. He also produced a lifelong research of Latin rhythms, acquiring ways to suit all this diversity in to the combo led by Bob Scobey, which Higuera became a member of up with in the past due ’40s. Just like the Dutch Han Bennink, Higuera’s dad was a specialist drummer who didn’t brain starting his kid out early in percussion research — such as age seven along with his initial professional job approaching some eight years afterwards. When he changed 21, Higuera going for SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA and started gigging with several nightclub and dance rings. He went in to the military from 1943 and 1945, carrying on to drum in armed forces units. The majority of this drummer’s discography includes Scobey produces, although he also turns up on a assortment of past due-’30s and early-’40s monitors by Lu Watters & the Yerba Buena Jazz Music group.