As a member of the Bob Florence Limited Edition, Higgins won the Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Serendipity 18.
Based in Los Angeles, Higgins has performed with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, Ralph Carmichael, Les Brown, and Toni Tennille.
He has conducted master classes, clinics, and jazz workshops at high schools throughout California and Ohio, Kent State University, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
He has also worked with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Ray Anthony, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bill Holman, Tom Kubis, Wayne Bergeron, Nelson Riddle, Jack Sheldon, Ray Charles, Buddy Miles, and the L.A. Rams Band.
Higgins has recorded or performed with Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Natalie Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Sting, Kenny G, Arturo Sandoval, Michael Buble, Michael Feinstein, the Temptations, Diana Ross, Manhattan Transfer, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, and Avenged Sevenfold.