Milton Bland (October 3, 1936 – July 3, 1986), better known as Monk Higgins, was an American composer, producer, arranger, tenor saxophonist, keyboardist, and music executive born in Menifee, Arkansas.

Higgins worked with a variety of musicians including Gene Harris, Bobby Bland, The Chi-Lites, Junior Wells, Freddy Robinson, Muddy Waters, Cash McCall, Etta James, Blue Mitchell and The 3 Sounds.

Higgins' 1968 move to Los Angeles was prompted by the offer to orchestrate strings for Nina Simone's Gifted & Black.

He wrote most of the material for Blue Mitchell's Collision in Black and also released a solo album, Monk Higgins in Macarthur Park.

[8] 45 rpm singles LP albums +As Milton Bland ‡As both Milton Bland and Monk Higgins In 1987, "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)", from Higgins' 1974 LP Dance to the Disco Sax, was featured on the breakbeat series Ultimate Breaks and Beats (SBR 517).

Higgin's 1968 cover of "Little Green Apples" on Extra Soul Perception was sampled in Gang Starr's "Code of the Streets" (1994).

[12] For "Bad Boy No Go a Jail" on the Clockers soundtrack, Mega Banton sampled Higgins' "Sittin' Duck" from Elegant Soul by The 3 Sounds.