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Tony Williams
Albums
There were 10 albums found for this artist, now showing 1 through 10.
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Tony Williams' Emergency was one of the first and most influential albums in late-'60s fusion, a record that shattered the [more]
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The better of the two albums the Tony Williams Lifetime recorded in 1970, Turn It Over, is a far more focused and [more]
![Believe It [Bonus Tracks]](/cache/JS/100x100_g39251xcch3.png)
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Tony Williams leads a hard-edged fusion quartet with guitarist Allan Holdsworth. [Columbia's 2004 reissue of Believe It [more]
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Verve's Ultimate Tony Williams may not live up to its billing but the budget-priced collection is nevertheless a terrific [more]
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This is a hard-edged fusion quartet with guitarist Allan Holdsworth. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
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This CD has all of the music from drummer Tony Williams' Believe It and Million Dollar Legs LPs. The best-known [more]
Appearances
This artist appears on 124 albums, now showing 1 through 10.
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Out to Lunch stands as Eric Dolphy's magnum opus, an absolute pinnacle of avant-garde jazz in any form or era. Its rhythmic complexity [more]
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From the start of his solo recording career in 1962, when he was 22, Herbie Hancock was a very original [more]
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Blue Note Plays the Beatles contains 11 previously released performances by jazz artists dipping into the [more]
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Miles Davis' concert of February 12, 1964, was originally divided into two LPs, with all of the ballads put on My Funny Valentine. [more]
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This CD sampler draws its 18 selections from the Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Roulette, Solid State and [more]
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There's little argument that the quintet Miles Davis led between 1965 and 1968 was [more]
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In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary #Jazz, Columbia issued 22 single-disc [more]
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Of all the recording sessions completed by Miles Davis with his various bands, the sessions surrounding In a Silent [more]
![Filles de Kilimanjaro [Bonus Track]](/cache/JS/100x100_j87911amkr7.png)
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Since it's billed as "Directions in Music by Miles Davis," it should come as little surprise that Filles de [more]
Biography
Tony Williams' death in 1997 of a heart attack after routine gall bladder surgery was a major shock to the jazz world. Just 51, Williams (who could be a very loud drummer) seemed so youthful, healthy, and ageless even though he had been a major drummer for nearly 35 years. The open style that he created while with the Miles Davis Quintet in the mid- to late '60s remains quite influential, and he had a long list of accomplishments during the decades that followed. Williams' father, a saxophonist, took his son out to clubs that gave him an opportunity to sit in; at 11, the youngster already showed potential. He took lessons from Alan Dawson, and at 15 was appearing at Boston-area jam sessions. During 1959-1960, Williams often played with Sam Rivers, and in December 1962 (when he was barely 17), the drummer moved to New York and played regularly with Jackie McLean. Within a few months he joined Miles Davis, where his ability to imply the beat while playing quite freely influenced and inspired the other musicians; together with Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter he was part of one of the great rhythm sections. Williams, who was 18 when he appeared on Eric Dolphy's classic Out to Lunch album, stayed with Davis into 1969, leading his own occasional sessions and becoming a household name in the jazz world.
In addition to his interest in avant-garde jazz, Tony Williams was a fan of rock music, and when he left Miles he formed the fusion band Lifetime, a trio with Larry Young and John McLaughlin. After leading other versions of Lifetime (one of them starring Allan Holdsworth), Williams stuck to freelancing for a time, studied composition, and toured with Herbie Hancock's V.S.O.P. band. By the mid-'80s, he was heading his own all-star hard bop group which featured Wallace Roney as a surrogate Miles Davis and a repertoire dominated by the drummer's originals (including the standard "Sister Cheryl"). After breaking up his longtime quintet in 1995, Williams gigged a bit with a trio, recorded a very interesting set of original music for the Ark 21 label, and seemed to have a limitless future. His premature death makes one grateful that he started his career early and that he was extensively documented. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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