Chuck Higgins – “Blacksmith Blues”

It can be found on the album “Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues” and, as you can hear, is an absolute stonewall classic.

Charles Williams Higgins was an American tenor saxophonist best known for his first recording, the self-penned “Pachuko Hop”. He mixed elements of Latin Jazz with Blues and recorded in Los Angeles during the mid-fifties. I have the album “Pachuko Hop”, but, sadly, nothing on it can compete with this gem.