Dave O'Higgins

Dave O'Higgins (b. 1 September 1964)^[1] is an English jazz saxophonist.

Born in Birmingham, O'Higgins first emerged on the British jazz scene in the 1980s.^[2] After playing in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for three years O'Higgins joined the band of Jim Mullen before moving on to Martin Taylor's band.^[3]

O'Higgins performs as a sideman, as the leader of the Dave O'Higgins Quartet and as part of Most Wanted, with trumpeter Graeme Flowers and trombonist Barnaby Dickinson. He is currently Professor of Saxophone at Leeds College of Music and Goldsmiths College.^[4]

O'Higgins was the busking saxophone player on the second Mr Bean episode ("The Return of Mr. Bean") - accompanying Bean as he performed a dance routine to earn money to pay the busker.

Discography

Solo and as leader

• All Good Things
• Beats Working For A Living
• Under The Stone
• The Secret Ingredient
• The Grinder’s Monkey
• Big Shake Up by Dave O’Higgins’ Biggish Band
• Fast Foot Shuffle
• Push (Short Fuse)
• In the Zone (Jazzizit)
• Sketch Book (with Eric Alexander)(Jazzizit)
• 2010 Relaxin’ At Mount Lavinia (JVG Productions)
• 2011 The Devil’s Interval (with Eric Alexander)(JVG Productions)
• 2012 Got The Real Note (Jazzizit) with the Gascoyne/O’Higgins Quartet
• 2013 Two Minds Big Band (JVG Productions)
• 2014 Standards (JVG Productions)
• 2014 The Real Note vol. 2 (Jazzizit) with the Gascoyne/O’Higgins Quartet

As sideman

• Jason Rebello - A Clearer View
• Roadside Picnic - Roadside Picnic, For Madmen Only
• Itchy Fingers - Full English Breakfast
• Jim Mullen - Soundbites, Rule of Thumb
• Clark Tracey Sextet - Full Speed Sideways
• Martin Taylor - Spirit of Django, Years Apart, The Gypsy, Celebrating Grapelli
• Matthew Herbert - Goodbye Swingtime
• Jamie Cullum - Pointless Nostalgic

External links

• Dave O'Higgins' website

References