Jazz Steps Live at the Libraries: The David 'Stickman' Higgins ensemble: Jazz & Poetry - Worksop Library

Don’t miss this Inspire Poetry Festival special event that fuses spoken word with live jazz.

Jazz poet David ‘Stickman’ Higgins interweaves poetry with live music from his jazz-funk, fusion ensemble. Expect poetry – alongside funky jazz - that explores roots and belonging, drawing on his life experience and British Caribbean heritage.

Our Jazz Festival Special featuring a fusion of jazz and poetry is a real treat, not to be missed.

Line-up: David Stickman Higgins - vocals and percussion, Andy Metcalfe - guitar, Karl Bingham - bass, Barry Lee - keyboards, Simon Potts - drum kit

Presented by Jazz Steps in partnership with Inspire.

About David ‘Stickman’ Higgins

Jazz and improvisation are formative and enduring imperatives for Dave ‘Stickman’ Higgins, whose artistic expressions embrace poetry, percussion and performance.  His poetry themes draw on his heritage - mum from Barbados, dad from Bury (Lancs), his life influences, healing and community. 

Dave is a Jazz Poet, using his innate sense of rhythm and pulse, and love of syncopation and improvisation that add to the elements of surprise in both jazz and poetry.  In the late 1980s, he toured internationally as the drummer with Kalima, a band promoted by Manchester’s famous Factory Records and part of the acid jazz scene in London at the time.

Family tragedy, linked to a racial injustice, was an epiphany for Dave, who promptly dropped his career in construction.  He embarked on a truth-seeking, compulsively creative artistic venture – and has never stopped.  He’s contributed to numerous poetry anthologies and works extensively in education contexts where he’s created stimulating poetry resources.

Presented by Jazz Steps in partnership with Inspire. Library called BEYOND THE BASSLINE, running from 11th September to 3rd October