Higgins, Billy

The shape of jazz to come by Ornette Coleman ( Recording )
30 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,045 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"...It's the entire album, which still has suck freshness: it spills all over your idea of what jazz is but makes inherent sense, cohering with the like-mindedness of a suite."--New York Times Essential Library Jazz

The sidewinder by Lee Morgan ( Recording )
43 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 687 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Go! by Dexter Gordon ( Recording )
35 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Free jazz a collective improvisation by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1961 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"By 1961, when Free Jazz was released, alto saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman was infamous in the jazz world. His searing alto sax and full-ensemble take on melody were assailed by critics. Free Jazz only furthered Coleman's infamy, with its seamless, seemingly atonal high energy and wholesale lack of a melodic or harmonic center. For the session, Coleman assembled two complete quartets and had them play the same music opposite each other, with diving power and a kind of strange grace usually associated with acoustic blues. The music is raw and incisive, with sharp tones and biting solos appearing amidst propulsive rhythms that still seem whispery in their swishing shuffle. This recording helped cast the 1960s--and every decade since--in jazz. It drew a line in the sand, and critics, fans, and musicians are still haggling over the line today."--Andrew Bartlett

Wish by Joshua Redman ( Recording )
13 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Change of the century by Ornette Coleman ( Recording )
10 editions published between 1959 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Takin' off by Herbie Hancock ( Recording )
27 editions published between 1962 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Round midnight original motion picture soundtrack by Dexter Gordon ( Recording )
10 editions published between 1986 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Works for me by John Scofield ( Recording )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Beauty is a rare thing the complete Atlantic recordings by Ornette Coleman ( Recording )
5 editions published in 1993 in 3 languages and held by 235 WorldCat member libraries worldwide