Barbara Higbie is an American Grammy nominated, Bammy award winning pianist, composer, violinist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has played on over 100 CDs including songs with Carlos Santana and Bonnie Raitt. The first female instrumentalist signed to Windham Hill records, she also recorded solo or duo projects for Olivia/Second Wave records and Slowbaby Records. Higbie is a folk, jazz, pop, and fusion composer and singer-songwriter, noted for her highly melodic, jazz/folk performances. She has toured nationally and internationally since the early 1980s.
In 1984, she co-lead a group live album recording at the Montreux Jazz Festival, which then became the successful group "Montreux" with Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Todd Phillips, Andy Narrell and Michael Manring. She recorded a critically acclaimed album titled Unexpected with singer Teresa Trull in 1983, which was included in The Boston Globe's Guide to Best Albums of 1983. Higbie and Trull teamed up again on the 1998 release Playtime. Since 1990, Higbie has released a number of solo albums on the Windham Hill and Slowbaby labels. Her first solo album, 1990's Signs of Life (Windham Hill Records) was named one of the top ten albums of 1990 by The Washington Post. She is known as a versatile and soulful musician.
Born in Michigan and raised in Indiana, she spent several years as a teenager in Ghana with her family, while her father, Nathan B. Higbie III helped establish the successful non-profit "Technoserve". Barbara also worked one summer in Honduras, Central America as a medical volunteer with the non-profit, Amigos de Las Americas. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Mills College, she attended the Sorbonne in Paris, and was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to collect traditional music in West Africa. It was in Paris that she met Darol Anger and began a fruitful musical collaboration. Together they recorded the album Tideline (1982), one of the early successful records of Windham Hill. She has performed with Bonnie Raitt, Terry Riley, Pete Seeger, The Kronos Quartet, Jaron Lanier, Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Teresa Trull and Ferron.
Higbie maintains an active touring schedule, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Windham Hill Winter Solstice ensemble. She has performed on all 7 continents and in all 50 states. As of 2019, Higbie is co-chair of the non-profit Board of the Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music (Freight and Salvage) in Berkeley, California. She has served on the board of the Freight on and off since 2005.
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Some of their strengths
Barbara Higbie has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Energetic, Loyal, Courageous, Intelligent, Passionate, Intuitive, and Creative.
Charming and Quick-witted
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Barbara Higbie is someone who is a charming, quick-witted, and energetic person who combines passion and intelligence with an ability to feel what others are feeling and to effectively communicate with them. A person who is known for being a good partner.
Passionate and Intense
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Barbara Higbie well know them as someone who can be passionate, proud, and intense, like the sun or a blazing fire.
Ambitious and Forceful
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Barbara Higbie as someone who is ambitious, hard-working, determined, and intelligent.
A person who has a knack for identifying opportunities, has amazing concentration and focus, who can work independently, who likes starting new things, and who is somewhat of an intellectual.
Justice-seeking and Insightful
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Barbara Higbie is someone who tends to be intolerant of unfairness in life, and who has an uncanny ability to reveal the truth in any situation.
They are also someone who is creative, expressive, and insightful, and who has a pioneering spirit with self-determination and natural artistic expression.
Logical and Reasonable
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Barbara Higbie tends to be someone who is understanding, logical, and reasonable. Who can be intellectual and intuitive, speak the truth at any cost, be witty and sociable, and live life to its fullest.
Some of Barbara Higbie's challenges
While Barbara Higbie has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Barbara Higbie can be Self-centered, Emotional, Hypocritical, Standoffish, Impulsive, Careless, and Relentless.
Hypocritical and Self-centered
One of Barbara Higbie's key challenges is that they are someone who can be perceived as hypocritical and self-centered.
Barbara Higbie must also exercise caution as they can have difficulty dealing with responsibility, authority, or criticism.
Relentless and Inflexible
Barbara Higbie is someone who can be relentless, obsessive, and inflexible, who can be confrontational with work colleagues, can have difficulty communicating feelings and be somewhat reclusive, and who can be self-destructive, overindulgent, and extravagant.
Indecisive and Distracted
Finally, Barbara Higbie also can have a hard time staying focused and can easily become restless.
