As leader • 1979:
Soweto (
Red) • 1979:
The Soldier (
Timeless, [1981]) • 1980:
Once More (Red) • 1984:
Mr. Billy Higgins (
Evidence) • 1980-86:
Bridgework (
Contemporary) • 1994:
¾ for Peace (Red) • 1997:
Billy Higgins Quintet (Evidence) • 2001:
The Best of Summer Nights at Moca (Exodus)
As a sideman With Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt •
God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige, 1973 [2001]) •
Left Bank Encores (Prestige, 1973 [2001])
With Chris Anderson •
Blues One (DIW, 1991)
With Gary Bartz •
Libra (Milestone, 1968)
With Paul Bley •
Live at the Hilcrest Club 1958 (Inner City, 1958 [1976]) •
Coleman Classics Volume 1 (Improvising Artists, 1958 [1977])
With Sandy Bull •
Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (Vanguard, 1963) •
Inventions (Vanguard, 1965)
With Jaki Byard •
On the Spot! (Prestige, 1967)
With Donald Byrd •
Royal Flush (Blue Note, 1961) •
Free Form (Blue Note, 1962) •
Blackjack (Blue Note, 1967) •
Slow Drag (Blue Note, 1967)
With Joe Castro •
Groove Funk Soul (Atlantic, 1959)
With Don Cherry •
Brown Rice (EMI, 1975) •
Art Deco (A&M, 1988)
With Sonny Clark • ''
Leapin' and Lopin''' (Blue Note, 1961)
With George Coleman •
Amsterdam After Dark (Timeless, 1979)
With Ornette Coleman •
Something Else!!!! (Contemporary, 1958) •
The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic, 1959) •
Change of the Century (Atlantic, 1959) •
The Art of the Improvisers (Atlantic, 1959) •
To Whom Who Keeps a Record (Warner, 1959–60) •
Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (Atlantic, 1961) •
Twins (Atlantic, 1961) •
Science Fiction (Columbia, 1971) •
Broken Shadows (Columbia, 1971–1972 [1982]) •
The Complete Science Fiction Sessions (Columbia, 1971–1972 [2000]) •
In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)
With John Coltrane •
Like Sonny (Roulette, 1960)
With Junior Cook • ''
Somethin's Cookin''' (Muse, 1981)
With Bill Cosby •
Hello, Friend: To Ennis with Love (Verve, 1997)
With Stanley Cowell •
Regeneration (Strata East, 1976)
With Ray Drummond •
The Essence (DMP, 1985)
With Teddy Edwards • ''
Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair'' (MetroJazz, 1958) •
Sunset Eyes (Pacific Jazz, 1960) • ''
Teddy's Ready!'' (Contemporary, 1960) • ''
Nothin' But the Truth!'' (Prestige, 1966) •
Young at Heart (Storyville, 1979) with
Howard McGhee •
Wise in Time (Storyville, 1979) with Howard McGhee •
Mississippi Lad (Verve/Gitanes, 1991) •
Tango in Harlem (Verve/Gitanes, 1994)
With Booker Ervin •
Tex Book Tenor (Blue Note, 1968)
With Art Farmer •
Homecoming (Mainstream, 1971) • ''
Yesterday's Thoughts'' (East Wind, 1975) •
To Duke with Love (East Wind, 1975) •
The Summer Knows (East Wind, 1976) •
Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (East Wind, 1976)
With Curtis Fuller • ''
Smokin''' (Mainstream, 1972)
With Stan Getz •
Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet (1958, Fantasy) with
Cal Tjader With Dexter Gordon •
Go (Blue Note, 1962) • ''
A Swingin' Affair'' (Blue Note, 1962) •
Clubhouse (Blue Note, 1965 – released 1979) • ''
Gettin' Around'' (Blue Note, 1965) •
Tangerine (Prestige, 1972 [1975]) •
Generation (Prestige, 1972) •
Something Different (SteepleChase, 1975 [1980]) • ''
Bouncin' with Dex'' (SteepleChase, 1976) •
The Other Side of Round Midnight (Blue Note, 1985)
With Grant Green •
First Session (Blue Note, 1961) • ''
Goin' West'' (Blue Note, 1962) • ''
Feelin' the Spirit'' (Blue Note, 1962)
With Dodo Greene •
My Hour of Need (Blue Note, 1962)
With Charlie Haden •
Quartet West (Verve, 1986) •
Silence (Soul Note, 1987) •
The Private Collection (Naim, 1987-88 [2000]) •
First Song (Soul Note, 1990 [1992])
With Slide Hampton •
Roots (Criss Cross, 1985)
With Herbie Hancock • ''
Takin' Off'' (Blue Note, 1962) •
Round Midnight (soundtrack) (Columbia, 1985) ==== With
Roy Hargrove ==== •
Public Eye (
Novus/RCA, 1991)
With Barry Harris • ''
Bull's Eye!'' (Prestige, 1968) ==== With
Eddie Harris ==== •
The In Sound (Atlantic, 1965) •
Mean Greens (Atlantic, 1966) •
The Tender Storm (Atlantic, 1966) •
Excursions (Atlantic, 1966–73) •
How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)
With Johnny Hartman •
Today (
Perception, 1972)
With Jimmy Heath •
Love and Understanding (Muse, 1973) •
The Time and the Place (Landmark, 1974 [1994]) •
Picture of Heath (Xanadu, 1975)
With Joe Henderson •
Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980)
With Andrew Hill •
Dance with Death (Blue Note, 1968 – not released until 1980)
With Christopher Hollyday •
Christopher Hollyday (BMG, 1989)
With Richard "Groove" Holmes •
Get Up & Get It! (Prestige, 1967)
With Paul Horn •
Something Blue (HiFi Jazz, 1960)
With Toninho Horta •
Once I Loved (Verve, 1992)
With Freddie Hubbard •
Bolivia (Music Master, 1991)
With Bobby Hutcherson •
Stick-Up (Blue Note, 1969) •
Solo / Quartet (Contemporary, 1982) •
Farewell Keystone (Theresa, 1982 [1988]) •
Color Schemes (Landmark, 1985 [1986])
With J. J. Johnson •
Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)
With Hank Jones and Dave Holland •
The Oracle (EmArcy, 1990)
With Sam Jones •
Seven Minds (
East Wind Records, 1974) •
Cello Again (Xanadu, 1976) •
Something in Common (Muse, 1977)
With Clifford Jordan •
Soul Fountain (Vortex, 1966 [1970]) •
Glass Bead Games (Strata-East, 1974) •
Night of the Mark VII (Muse, 1975) •
On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1977]) •
On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1978]) •
On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase, 1975 [1979]) •
Firm Roots (Steeplechase, 1975) •
The Highest Mountain (Steeplechase, 1975)
With Fred Katz •
Fred Katz and his Jammers (Decca, 1959)
With Steve Lacy •
Evidence (New Jazz, 1962) with
Don Cherry With Charles Lloyd •
Acoustic Masters I (Atlantic, 1993) •
Voice in the Night (ECM, 1999) •
The Water Is Wide (ECM, 2000) •
Hyperion with Higgins (ECM, 2001, released posthumously) •
Which Way Is East (ECM, 2004, released posthumously)
With Pat Martino •
The Visit! (Cobblestone, 1972) also released as
Footprints With Jackie McLean •
A Fickle Sonance (Blue Note, 1961) •
Let Freedom Ring Blue Note, 1962) •
Vertigo (Blue Note, 1962–63) •
Action Action Action (Blue Note, 1964) •
Consequence (Blue Note, 1965 [2005]) •
New and Old Gospel (Blue Note, 1967)
With Charles McPherson •
The Quintet/Live! (Prestige, 1966) •
Horizons (Prestige, 1968) • ''
Today's Man'' (Mainstream, 1973)
With Pat Metheny •
Rejoicing (ECM, 1984)
With Blue Mitchell •
Bring It Home to Me (Blue Note, 1966)
With Red Mitchell •
Presenting Red Mitchell (Contemporary, 1957)
With Hank Mobley •
The Turnaround (Blue Note, 1965) • ''
Dippin''' (Blue Note, 1965) •
A Caddy for Daddy (Blue Note, 1965) •
A Slice of the Top (Blue Note, 1966 [1979]) •
Hi Voltage (Blue Note, 1967) •
Third Season (Blue Note, 1967) •
Far Away Lands (Blue Note, 1967) •
Reach Out! (Blue Note, 1968) •
Breakthrough! (Muse, 1972) with
Cedar Walton •
Straight No Filter (Blue Note, 1964-66 [1980])
With Thelonious Monk •
Thelonious Monk at the Blackhawk (Riverside, 1960)
With Buddy Montgomery •
Ties of Love (Landmark, 1987) ;With
Tete Montoliu •
Secret Love (Timeless, 1977) •
Live at the Keystone Corner (Timeless, 1979 [1981])
With Frank Morgan •
Easy Living (Contemporary, 1985) •
Lament (Contemporary, 1986) •
Bebop Lives! (Contemporary, 1987) •
Love, Lost & Found (Telarc, 1995)
With Lee Morgan •
The Sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963) •
Search for the New Land (Blue Note, 1964) •
The Rumproller (Blue Note, 1965) •
The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965) •
Cornbread (Blue Note, 1965) •
Infinity (Blue Note, 1965 [1980]) •
Delightfulee (Blue Note, 1966) •
Charisma (Blue Note, 1966) •
The Rajah (Blue Note, 1966 [1984]) •
Sonic Boom (Blue Note, 1967 [1979]) •
The Sixth Sense (Blue Note, 1967–68) •
The Procrastinator (Blue Note, 1967 [1978]) •
Taru (Blue Note, 1968 [1980]) •
Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)
With Bheki Mseleku •
Star Seeding (Polygram Records, 1995)
With David Murray •
Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1984) •
Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1984)
With Horace Parlan •
Happy Frame of Mind (Blue Note, 1963)
With Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen • ''
Jaywalkin''' (SteepleChase, 1975) •
Double Bass (SteepleChase, 1976) with
Sam Jones With Art Pepper •
So in Love (Artists House, 1979) •
Artworks (Galaxy, 1979 [1984]) •
Landscape (Galaxy, 1979) •
Besame Mucho (JVC, 1979 [1981]) •
Straight Life (Galaxy, 1979) • ''
Art 'n' Zoot'' (Pablo, 1981 [1995]) with
Zoot Sims With Dave Pike • ''
It's Time for Dave Pike'' (Riverside, 1961) • ''
Pike's Groove'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1986) with
Cedar Walton With Jimmy Raney •
The Influence (Xanadu, 1975)
With Sonny Red •
Sonny Red (Mainstream, 1971)
With Freddie Redd •
Live at the Studio Grill (Triloka, 1990)
With Joshua Redman •
Wish (1993)
With Red Rodney •
The Red Tornado (Muse, 1975)
With Sonny Rollins •
Our Man in Jazz (RCA Victor, 1965) •
There Will Never Be Another You (recorded 1965 released 1978)
With Charlie Rouse •
Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1965)
With Hilton Ruiz •
Piano Man (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Pharoah Sanders •
Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)
With Rob Schneiderman •
Smooth Sailing (
Reservoir, 1990)
With John Scofield •
Works for Me (Verve, 2001)
With Shirley Scott •
One for Me (Strata-East, 1974)
With Archie Shepp •
Attica Blues (Impulse!, 1972)
With Sonny Simmons •
Rumasuma (Contemporary, 1969)
With James Spaulding •
James Spaulding Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville, 1977)
With Robert Stewart •
Judgement (World Stage, 1994 / Red Records, 1997) •
The Movement (Exodus, 2002)
With Sonny Stitt •
Blues for Duke (Muse, 1975 [1978])
With Idrees Sulieman •
Now Is the Time (SteepleChase, 1976)
With Ira Sullivan •
Peace (Galaxy, 1978) •
Multimedia (Galaxy, 1978 [1982])
With Sun Ra •
Somewhere Else (Rounder, 1988–89) •
Blue Delight (A&M, 1989)
With Cecil Taylor • ''
Jumpin' Punkins'' (Candid, 1961) •
New York City R&B (Candid, 1961)
With Lucky Thompson •
Goodbye Yesterday (Groove Merchant, 1973)
With the Timeless All Stars • ''
It's Timeless'' (Timeless, 1982) •
Timeless Heart (Timeless, 1983) •
Essence (Delos, 1986) •
Time for the Timeless All Stars (Early Bird, 1990)
With Bobby Timmons •
Soul Food (Prestige, 1966) •
Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)
With Charles Tolliver •
The New Wave in Jazz (Impulse!, 1965)
With Stanley Turrentine •
More Than a Mood (MusicMasters, 1992)
With Mal Waldron •
Up Popped the Devil (Enja, 1973) •
Like Old Times (RCA Victor, 1976) •
One Entrance, Many Exits (Palo Alto, 1982)
With Cedar Walton •
Cedar! (Prestige, 1967) •
Eastern Rebellion (Timeless, 1976) with
George Coleman &
Sam Jones •
The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976) •
Eastern Rebellion 2 (Timeless, 1977) with
Bob Berg & Sam Jones •
First Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1978]) •
Second Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1979]) •
Third Set (SteepleChase, 1977 [1982]) •
Eastern Rebellion 3 (Timeless, 1980) with
Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg & Sam Jones •
The Maestro (Muse, 1981) •
Among Friends (Theresa, 1982 [1989]) •
Eastern Rebellion 4 (Timeless, 1984) with Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg,
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros &
David Williams • ''
Cedar's Blues'' (Red, 1985) •
The Trio 1 (Red, 1985) •
The Trio 2 (Red, 1985) •
The Trio 3 (Red, 1985) •
Cedar Walton (Timeless, 1985) •
Bluesville Time (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985) •
Cedar Walton Plays (Delos, 1986) • ''
As Long as There's Music'' (Muse, 1990 [1993]) •
Mosaic (Music Masters, 1990 [1992]) as Eastern Rebellion •
Simple Pleasure (Music Masters, 1993) as Eastern Rebellion •
Manhattan Afternoon (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992 [1994]) •
Just One of Those Nights: At the Village Vanguard (Music Masters, 1995) as Eastern Rebellion
With Don Wilkerson •
The Texas Twister (1960) •
Preach Brother! (1962)
With David Williams •
Up Front (Timeless, 1987)
With Jack Wilson •
Easterly Winds (Blue Note, 1967) ==References==