His’n’Hers: The Christmas Song (UBU0127)
Judith O’Higgins and Dave O’Higgins (Photographer: Imageplotter)
Ubuntu Music is delighted to announce a seasonal single release from Judith and Dave O’Higgins that features the ‘His’n’Hers frontline tenor saxes playing straight-ahead jazz.
The tenor sax couple are at it, yet again, with a seasonal single release from Judith and Dave O’Higgins that features the ‘His’n’Hers frontline tenor saxes playing straight-ahead jazz.
The Christmas Song is an all-time classic, originally written by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé in 1945. This song has also been commonly referred to as Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire and was originally subtitled Merry Christmas to You.
His’n’Hers affectionately pits Mr & Mrs O’Higgins against each other as in the movie, Mr & Mrs Smith. In reality, this is a swinging tenors band in the good humoured tradition of the great Johnny Griffin - Eddie Lockjaw Davis group. It’s a special collaboration of mutual inspiration due to the similarity and contrast of the two protagonists.
BIOGRAPHIES
Judith O’Higgins is a forensic pathologist, although she plays the saxophone to a high standard and her CV includes Matthew Herbert Big Band, Two Minds Big Band, and Barnes/O’Higgins and the Sax Section. Judith also produced and played on the critically acclaimed Abstract Truth Big Band recording which was made under the direction of Jörg Achim Keller at the famous Abbey Road Studio in 2015.
Saxophonist Dave O’Higgins has 24 albums as leader to his credit. The last Ubuntu release “That’s the Way to Live” (2021) has had great reviews in the Observer, Jazzwise, BBC Magazine & many online jazz sites. In 2017 “It’s Always 9:30 in Zog” was nominated for best CD (British Jazz Awards) & Dave for best tenor saxophonist. O’Higgins & Luft were nominated for best band in 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
