Legendary jazz drummers ART BLAKEY and BILLY HIGGINS share a birthday and a love for jazz rhythms. Blakey would begin a career in the late 1940's and perform with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and others before forming the JAZZ MESSENGERS which he co-led initially with pianist Horace Silver.
BILLY HIGGINS would be the go to jazz drummer for many of the greats beginning in the 1960's and enjoy a career that had him driving the bands led by Jaki Byard, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman and many others...
Tune in on SUNDAY OCTOBER 11 from 4-7pm EDT with a repeat broadcast on THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 from 11am-2pm for a brief excursion into the careers of these 2 drum greats.
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WHFR PRESENTS airs every Sunday with a rotating cast of WHFR DJs, taking in-depth looks into the many genres of music that WHFR has to offer. Tune in at 89.3 on the FM dial in Dearborn/Detroit and surrounding communities, or listen anywhere via our online streamer.
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