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
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
Astralsignal
1974
Once Again
2006
Soul Symphony
1969
Extra Soul Perception
1968
Elegant Soul
1968
Shaolin Soul (Episode 4)
2018
Blue Break Beats Volume Three
1996
Blue Break Beats
1992
You've Got Me Loving You
1984
Doing What Comes Naturally
1973
Heavyweight
1972
Happy And In Love
1970
Super Breaks. Essential Funk, Soul And Jazz Samples & Break Beats. Volume Three
2002
Blue Break Beats Volume Four
1998
Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk
1997
Ism & Blues
1994
Tell Mr. Bland
1983
Credited work
1,079 releases · 281 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 1,877
- Production · 526
- Other credits · 60
- Engineering · 5
Studios: RPM International Studios · United Artists Recording Studio · Ter Mar Studios · D&D Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bobby Bland
- Etta James
- Freddy Robinson
- Johnny Sayles
- Gene Harris
- McKinley Mitchell
- Junior Wells