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About Town: Hermosa Beach
Drummer passes away
Billy Higgins, a widely recorded jazz drummer who was the subject of a recent benefit concert on the onetime jazz-soaked Pier Plaza, died last week.
The drummer played on early recordings by the pioneering Ornette Coleman.
Higgins "was considered one of the most musically sensitive jazz players around, with a light but active swing, a delicate cymbal sound and a melodic style of playing that made drumming with a normal kit sound like a watercolor painting in progress," stated a New York Times obituary.
Money talk
City officials will explain the municipal budget process to residents at an informal informational session 7 p.m. Thursday, May 17 in the city council chambers at City Hall, located at the southwest corner of Valley Drive and Pier Avenue. Councilwoman Kathy Dunbabin said some residents had approached her to ask how the budget is prepared.
Life is a cabaret
Tickets are on sale for cabaret concerts to benefit St. Cross and St. Andrews Episcopal churches Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9 at St. Cross, 1818 Monterey Blvd., Hermosa Beach. The evenings will feature folk and contemporary group Eskaton, the St. Cross Choir and Fr. Joe Frazier, a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio and a singing partner of the late John Denver. For reservations and information call 376-8989. ER