JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, FLUTIST
Patience Higgins
Patience Higgins is a New York based jazz saxophonist, flutist and multi-reed musician who has a 20 year working relationship with Artistic Director Leonardo Suarez Paz both as his jazz teacher and colleague. Patience represents an important aspect of the jazz influence in Nuevo Tango and his inclusion also pays homage to Piazzolla’s collaboration with Gerry Mulligan. Patience was featured on the double Grammy winning recording Dee Dee Bridgewater's Dear Ella, played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Barry Harris, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Scott, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, and the Sugar Hill Jazz Quartet.
Patience is a Broadway musician, educator and has toured with Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestra, of which he was a member for over 20 years, funder the direction of Mercer Ellington and Paul Ellington. His touring and recording credits include Frank Foster, Rodney Kendrick, Yoko Ono, Cleo Laine, Vanessa Rubin, The Pointer Sisters, Don Byron, Hamiett Bluiett, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Nicolas Payton, David Murray, Aretha Franklin, Savion Glover, Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, Sam Rivers, Charles Tolliver, Bobby Watson & Tailor Made, Wilson Pickett and Stevie Wonder. His Broadway credits include Avenue Q, Dreamgirls, The Wiz, Ain't Misbhevin', Black & Blue among others.
Patience is a Broadway musician, educator and has toured with Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestra, of which he was a member for over 20 years, funder the direction of Mercer Ellington and Paul Ellington. His touring and recording credits include Frank Foster, Rodney Kendrick, Yoko Ono, Cleo Laine, Vanessa Rubin, The Pointer Sisters, Don Byron, Hamiett Bluiett, The Boys Choir of Harlem, Nicolas Payton, David Murray, Aretha Franklin, Savion Glover, Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, Sam Rivers, Charles Tolliver, Bobby Watson & Tailor Made, Wilson Pickett and Stevie Wonder. His Broadway credits include Avenue Q, Dreamgirls, The Wiz, Ain't Misbhevin', Black & Blue among others.