MusicFactsDB.com (Pre-Beta)

J.C. Higginbotham (11 May 1906 - 26 May 1973)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. J.C. Higginbotham Quintet original, eponymous
  2. J.C. Higginbotham and His Six Hicks
  3. Mills Blue Rhythm Band
  4. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

Recordings by (26)

  1. Give Me Your Telephone Number 3:14 (1998)
  2. Dutch Treat 2:49 (1999)
  3. A Penny for Your Blues 3:10 (1999)
  4. The Sheik of Araby 3:05 (2003)
  5. That’s How I Feel Today 2:32 (2003)
  6. Casa Loma Stomp 3:11 (2003)
  7. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:28 (29 Aug 2005)
  8. It Should Be You 3:09 (29 Aug 2005)
  9. Swing Out 3:16 (29 Aug 2005)
  10. Feelin’ the Spirit 3:14 (29 Aug 2005)
  11. Jersey Lightning 3:24 (29 Aug 2005)
  12. St. Louis Blues 3:02 (29 Aug 2005)
  13. Doctor Blues 3:19 (29 Aug 2005)
  14. Saratoga Shout 3:31 (29 Aug 2005)
  15. Sugar Hill Function 3:02 (29 Aug 2005)
  16. You Might Get Better, but You’ll Never Get Well 3:06 (29 Aug 2005)
  17. On Revival Day 3:09 (29 Aug 2005)
  18. Muggin’ Lightly 2:56 (29 Aug 2005)
  19. Ease on Down 2:55 (29 Aug 2005)
  20. Symphony in Riffs 3:05 (29 Aug 2005)
  21. Roll Along Prairie Moon 2:51 (29 Aug 2005)
  22. I Double Dare You 2:57 (29 Aug 2005)
  23. Let That Be a Lesson to You 2:35 (29 Aug 2005)
  24. When the Saints Go Marching In 2:44 (29 Aug 2005)
  25. Feelin' the Spirit 3:14 (2005)
  26. Roll Along, Prairie Moon 2:51 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:24 Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Apr 1929) trombone
  2. Six or Seven Times 3:25 The Little Chocolate Dandies (Nov 1929) trombone
  3. That’s How I Feel Today 3:01 The Little Chocolate Dandies (Nov 1929) trombone
  4. St. Louis Blues 3:00 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Jan 1930) trombone
  5. Lookin' for Another Sweetie 3:06 Fats Waller and His Buddies (Feb 1930) trombone
  6. When I’m Alone 3:31 Fats Waller and His Buddies (Feb 1930) trombone
  7. Bessie Couldn’t Help It 3:23 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Mar 1930) trombone
  8. Blue, Turning Grey Over You 3:29 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1930) trombone
  9. Case on Down ?:?? Luis Russell and His Orchestra (Mar 1931) trombone
  10. Saratoga Drag ?:?? Luis Russell and His Orchestra (Mar 1931) trombone
  11. Song of the Islands 3:31 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1931) trombone
  12. Take Me Away From the River 3:20 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) trombone
  13. Poor Old Joe 2:59 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (May 1932) trombone
  14. Doctor Blues ?:?? Luis Russell and His Orchestra (1933) trombone
  15. Won’t You Get Off It, Please 3:01 Fats Waller and His Buddies (Dec 1934) trombone
  16. Truckin’ 2:45 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Aug 1935) trombone
  17. Cotton 3:09 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Aug 1935) trombone
  18. Ride, Red, Ride 3:00 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Sep 1935) trombone
  19. Congo Caravan 2:43 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Sep 1935) trombone
  20. I’ve Got a Heart Full of Rhythm 3:09 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1937) trombone
  21. Alexander’s Ragtime Band 2:36 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1937) trombone
  22. Savoy Shout ?:?? Luis Russell and His Orchestra (1937) trombone
  23. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In 2:44 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Dec 1938) trombone
  24. As Long as You Live 2:15 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Dec 1938) trombone
  25. Something Tells Me 2:32 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1938) trombone
  26. Jubilee 2:37 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1938) trombone
  27. Satchel Mouth Swing 2:36 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1938) trombone
  28. True Confession 3:07 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1938) trombone
  29. Love Walked In 2:31 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1938) trombone
  30. After Hour Blues 4:09 Frankie Newton Quintet (1939) trombone
  31. Savoy Blues 3:13 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1939) trombone
  32. Pounding Heart Blues 4:02 Port of Harlem Seven (1939) trombone
  33. Rocking the Blues 4:25 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) trombone
  34. Weary Land Blues 2:52 J.C. Higginbotham Quintet (1939) trombone
  35. Blues for Tommy (in memory of Tommy Ladnier) 4:25 Port of Harlem Seven (1939) trombone
  36. Mighty Blues 4:35 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) trombone
  37. Port of Harlem Blues 4:33 Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1939) trombone
  38. What Is This Thing Called Swing? 3:07 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1939) trombone
  39. Jeepers Creepers 2:40 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1939) trombone
  40. Daybreak Blues 2:41 Frankie Newton Quintet (1939) trombone
  41. Hard Time Blues 2:56 Ida Cox (Jan 1940) trombone
  42. I Can't Give You Anything but Love 3:31 Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (1951) trombone
  43. Froggy Bottom 2:36 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone
  44. Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya 3:06 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1957) trombone
  45. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 3:17 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone
  46. Jumpin' the Blues 3:03 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone
  47. Confessin' the Blues 4:15 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone
  48. Save It, Pretty Mama 2:58 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1957) trombone
  49. Hootie Blues 3:20 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone
  50. Blue Monday Blues 3:40 Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1957) trombone

Credited as (6)

  1. J.C. Higginbotham
  2. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers, Jack Teagarden, J.C. Higginbotham, Benny Carter
  3. Tiny Grimes & J.C. Higginbotham
  4. J.C. Higginbotham / Edmond Hall
  5. Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, J.C. Higginbotham, Coleman Hawkins, Bud Freeman, Hank Jones, Billy Bauer, Milt Hinton, Gus Johnson, Ernie Wilkins
  6. Tiny Grimes / J.C. Higginbotham

Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Harlem Stomp
  2. Seventh Avenue

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106094
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895197h
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89616721
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n89616721
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6jt0b40
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134748107

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307315

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000115896

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3513360/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/69115713

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601523

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jay_Higginbotham,_Jimmy_Ryan's_(Club),_New_York,,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_04121).jpg