Extra Soul Perception is an album by American saxophonist Monk Higgins recorded in 1968 and released on the Solid State label.Payne, Doug. "Monk Higgins discography", Sound Insight. July 20, 2009. Accessed July 26, 2017Solid State Records discography accessed July 26, 2017
Track listing All compositions by Monk Higgins except where noted "Extra Soul Perception" – 2:35 "The Look of Slim" – 3:00 "A Good Thing" (Dee Ervin) – 2:30 "Watermelon Man" (Herbie Hancock) – 3:10 "Straight Ahead" (Vee Pea) – 2:40 "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:56 "Collision in Black" – 4:00 "Just Around the Corner" (Pea) – 2:58 "Little Green Apples" (Bobby Russell) – 2:25 "Poker Chips" (Pea) – 3:08 "Sittin' Duck" – 3:00 "Doing It to Deff" – 2:50
Personnel Monk Higgins – tenor saxophone, organ, arranger Bill Peterson – trumpet, flugelhorn Thomas Scott – trumpet David Duke – French horn Jim Horn – flute Miles Grayson – piano, percussion Arthur Adams, Freddy Robinson, Albert Vescovo – guitar Bob West, Ron Brown – electric bass John Guerin – drums Dee Ervin – percussion, organ Alan Estes – vibraphone, percussion Jerry Williams – congas Strings directed by Sidney Sharp
Legacy "Little Green Apples" was sampled in Gang Starr's "Code of the Streets", Gang Starr included Keith Elam and Christopher Edward MartinBonnette-Bailey, Lakeyta. For the Culture: Hip-Hop and the Fight for Social Justice. University of Michigan Press, 2022. 23.
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