“Rico Jazz Select are the best sounding and most consistent reeds I’ve found”, says new Rico Artist Family Member, Dave O’Higgins.
Dave’s reeds of choice are Rico Jazz Select for Tenor and Soprano, and Rico Plasticover reeds for Baritone.
A top jazz saxophonist, composer and educator; Dave was the winner of the British Jazz Awards “BEST TENOR SAX” in 1995 and 1997. He currently tours worldwide with the Dave O’Higgins Quartet, appears with Ronnie Scott’s Allstars, Jazzcotech Dancers and the BBC Big Band.
Dave has performed, toured and recorded with Martin Taylor, Jim Mullen, Jason Rebello, Itchy Fingers, Matthew Herbert, Jamie Cullum, Joe Locke, Joey Calderazzo, Jimmy Smith, Kyle Eastwood, Meier Group, Incognito, Peter Gabriel, Salif Keita, Ray Charles, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth ...and many more
Chris Parker wrote of Dave's upcoming Album ‘In the Zone’:
“one of the most vigorously compelling tenor players on the UK scene, and on this wholly enjoyable, powerful album, he nods to the great saxophonists – Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Dexter Gordon chief among them – who so clearly influenced him, without unduly compromising his individuality; In the Zone is archetypal O'Higgins: unpretentious, accessible, no-nonsense acoustic jazz addressed with skilfully controlled energy.” - CHRIS PARKER
In The Zone is available from March 2008.
What the Press say:
“… he’s young, presentable and can play his socks off” THE SCOTSMAN
“O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out.”
THE OBSERVER
“Dazzling post-bop tenorist with a magnificent range and a dramatic turn of phrase.”
THE GUARDIAN
Discography:
Solo Albums: All Good Things (EFZ), Beats Working For A Living (recorded in New York and featuring Joey Calderazzo on piano) (EFZ), Under The Stone (EFZ), The Secret Ingredient (EFZ), The Grinder’s Monkey (Short Fuse). Big Shake Up by Dave O’Higgins Biggish Band (Big City), Fast Foot Shuffle (Candid), Push (Short Fuse), In the Zone (Jazzizit).