To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, join us in celebrating the Birthday of L. C. Speedy Higgins today 12/09/1913.
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. His booking agent nicknamed him Speedy for his slow, soft shoe relaxed style.
A Multi-talented Jazz Musician/Drummer, singer, a self taught tap dancer performed mainly with The Three Clouds of Rhythm.
A Kansas City Icon known as it’s King of Nightlife. Speedy Huggins was one of the most beloved musicians in Kansas City. He was one of the few jazzmen working whose musical roots reached back to the heyday of Kansas City jazz, when the 18th and Vine district boasted one of the liveliest music and nightclub scenes in the country.
After WWII, he returned to Kansas City and enrolled in the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in drum and percussion classes. Toured extensively. In the 1980s, he added singing to his repertoire of talents and played with Speedy Huggins and His Legends of Jazz and with The Scamps