Performance · Production
Monk Higgins
Menifee, United States • 1930-10-17 – 1986-07-03
Monk Higgins is credited on 817 releases across 281 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
817
Pressings credited
281
Albums
7
Decades active
459
In collections
Biography
Milton James Bland (October 3, 1930 – July 3, 1986), better known as Monk Higgins, was an American composer, producer, arranger, tenor saxophonist, keyboardist, and music executive born in Menifee, Arkansas.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
817 releases · 281 albums · active 1963–2024
- Performance · 1,389
- Production · 434
- Other credits · 33
Studios: RPM International Studios · Ter Mar Studios · United Artists Recording Studio · Master Sounds
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Odelay
1996
GNX
2024
Shades Of Blue
2003
93 'Til Infinity
1993
Moment Of Truth
1998
No Need For Alarm
1993
Legacy! Legacy!
2019
The Chess Box
1989
Astralsignal
1974
Once Again
2006
Doing What Comes Naturally
1973
Ism & Blues
1994
Blue Break Beats
1992
Soul Symphony
1969
Elegant Soul
1968
Extra Soul Perception
1968
Shaolin Soul (Episode 4)
2018
Blue Break Beats Volume Four
1998
Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk
1997
Blue Break Beats Volume Three
1996
You've Got Me Loving You
1984
Sweet Vibrations
1980
Heavyweight
1972
Gene Harris The 3 Sounds
1971
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bobby Bland
- Etta James
- Johnny Sayles
- Gene Harris
- Freddy Robinson
- Mamie Galore
- Junior Wells
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