Tony Williams (American jazz drummer)

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collaborator on:	Artists United Against Apartheid
member of:	Geri Allen Trio (ended: drums (drum set)) Arcana (American Jazz band) (drums (drum set)) Fuse One (drums (drum set)) V.S.O.P. (Famous jazz quintet: Hancock, Carter, Shorter, Hubbard, Williams) Miles Davis Quintet (US jazz group, active 1955–58 and 1964–68) (from 1963 until 1969: drums (drum set))
original eponymous member of:	Tony Williams Trio (drums (drum set)) The Tony Williams Lifetime (from 1969 until 1974: drums (drum set)) The New Tony Williams Lifetime (from 1975 until 1976: drums (drum set))
original member of:	The Master Trio (jazz super group) (drums (drum set)) The Great Jazz Trio (from 1976 until 1978: drums (drum set)) Trio of Doom (jazz fusion super trio) (from 1979 until 1979-03-08: drums (drum set))

has personal publisher:	Tillmon Music Co. (publisher for Anthony Williams)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/261295 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81055688 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901207b [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/134557867 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tony_williams [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81055688 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TW90GjShgkjySrxBxcwQe [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/15610 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000791318 [info]
VIAF ID:	86908948 [info]
Wikidata:	Q453604 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/517366 [info]
YouTube Music:	https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCbGKDXRcPxT9GJgJwppptUg [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1962-08-21	Nothing Like You (mono)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	1:55
1963-02-11	Cheers		drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	4:55
1963-02-11	Dusty Foot		drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	6:54
1963-02-11	Marney		drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	6:15
1963-02-11	Vertigo		drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	8:17
1963-02-11	Yams		drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	7:53
1963-03-19	A Tribute to Someone		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	8:45
1963-03-19	A Tribute to Someone (mono)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	?:??
1963-03-19	And What If I Don't (mono)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	?:??
1963-03-19	And What If I Don’t		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	6:34
1963-03-19	Blind Man, Blind Man		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	8:22
1963-03-19	Blind Man, Blind Man (mono)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	?:??
1963-03-19	Blind Man, Blind Man (alternate take)		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	8:24
1963-03-19	King Cobra		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	6:56
1963-03-19	King Cobra (mono)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	?:??
1963-03-19	The Pleasure Is Mine (mono)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	?:??
1963-03-19	The Pleasure Is Mine		drums (drum set)	Herbie Hancock	4:05
1963-04-01	If Ever I Would Leave You	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Kenny Dorham	5:08
1963-04-01	Sao Paolo	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Kenny Dorham	7:19
1963-04-01	Straight Ahead	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Kenny Dorham	8:59
1963-04-01	Una Mas (One More Time)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Kenny Dorham	15:19
1963-04-30	Blue Rondo	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	4:52
1963-04-30	Frankenstein	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	7:31
1963-04-30	Ghost Town	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	14:39
1963-04-30	Saturday and Sunday	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	10:30
1963-04-30	Saturday and Sunday (alternate take)	Anthony Williams	drums (drum set)	Jackie McLean	9:24
1963-05-14	Joshua		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	7:00
1963-05-14	Seven Steps to Heaven		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	6:26
1963-05-14	Seven Steps to Heaven (rehearsal take)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	6:59
1963-05-14	So Near, So Far		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	6:59
1963-06	All Blues		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	12:42
1963-06	All Blues		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	12:49
1963-06	I Thought About You		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	8:05
1963-06	Seven Steps to Heaven		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	10:34
1963-06	Seven Steps to Heaven		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	10:42
1963-06	Thought About You		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	7:57
1963-07-26	All Blues		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	9:54
1963-07-26	If I Were a Bell		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	12:44
1963-07-26	Seven Steps to Heaven		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	21:33
1963-07-26	So What		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	12:38
1963-07-26	Stella by Starlight		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	14:16
1963-07-27	All of You (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	16:49
1963-07-27	All of You		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	16:54
1963-07-27	Autumn Leaves (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	13:52
1963-07-27	Autumn Leaves (mono)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	13:55
1963-07-27	Bye Bye (Theme)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	6:06
1963-07-27	Bye Bye Blackbird		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	16:47
1963-07-27	I Thought About You (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	11:44
1963-07-27	I Thought About You (mono)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	11:48
1963-07-27	Introduction (mono)		drums (drum set)	André Francis	1:00
1963-07-27	Introduction by André Francis (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	0:47
1963-07-27	Joshua		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	11:37
1963-07-27	Joshua (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	11:27
1963-07-27	Milestones (live, 1963-07-27: La Pinède, Juan les Pins, France)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	9:22
1963-07-27	Milestones (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	9:17
1963-07-27	Milestones (mono)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	9:17
1963-07-27	Walkin’ (live: Europe)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	16:15
1963-09-20	Autumn Leaves (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	11:24
1963-09-20	So What (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	11:20
1963-09-20	Stella by Starlight (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	14:36
1963-09-20	The Theme (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	1:16
1963-09-20	Waiting for Miles (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	0:42
1963-09-20	Walkin' (live, 1963-09-20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis Quintet	12:49
1963-10	The Time of the Barracudas		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	12:48
1963-10	The Time of the Barracudas		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	12:45
1963-11-21	Air Raid (stereo)		drums (drum set)	Grachan Moncur III	9:15
1963-11-21	Evolution (stereo)		drums (drum set)	Grachan Moncur III	12:20
1963-11-21	Monk in Wonderland (stereo)		drums (drum set)	Grachan Moncur III	7:53
1963-11-21	The Coaster (stereo)		drums (drum set)	Grachan Moncur III	11:36
1964-02-12	All Blues (live, 1964-02-12: Lincoln Center, New York, NY, USA)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	8:54
1964-02-12	All Blues		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	8:58
1964-02-12	All of You		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	14:40
1964-02-12	Autumn Leaves		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	10:40
1964-02-12	Four		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	6:20
1964-02-12	Go-Go (Theme and Re-Introduction)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	1:45
1964-02-12	I Thought About You		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	11:16
1964-02-12	Introduction		drums (drum set)	Billy Taylor	0:45
1964-02-12	Introduction by Mort Fega		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	2:49
1964-02-12	Joshua		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	9:32
1964-02-12	My Funny Valentine		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	14:54
1964-02-12	My Funny Valentine		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	14:55
1964-02-12	Seven Steps to Heaven		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	7:46
1964-02-12	So What		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	9:10
1964-02-12	So What		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	9:11
1964-02-12	Stella by Starlight		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	13:05
1964-02-12	Stella by Starlight (live, 1964-09-25: Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany)		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	12:53
1964-02-12	There Is No Greater Love		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	10:02
1964-02-12	Walkin’		drums (drum set)	Miles Davis	8:08
1964-02-25	Gazzelloni (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	7:22
1964-02-25	Hat and Beard (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25, main take)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	8:25
1964-02-25	Hat and Beard (alternate take) (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25, alternate take)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	8:37
1964-02-25	Out to Lunch (studio, “Out to Lunch”, 1964/02/25)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	12:08
1964-02-25	Something Sweet, Something Tender (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25, main take)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	6:03
1964-02-25	Something Sweet, Something Tender (alternate take) (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25, alternate take)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	5:44
1964-02-25	Straight Up and Down (studio, "Out to Lunch", 1964/02/25)		drums (drum set)	Eric Dolphy	8:19
1964-03-21	Dedication		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	6:42
1964-03-21	Dedication (alternate take)		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	7:00
1964-03-21	Flight 19		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	4:13
1964-03-21	Flight 19 (alternate take)		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	3:49
1964-03-21	New Monastery		drums (drum set)	Andrew Hill	7:04
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	mixed
	Coming Back Home			Tony Williams	6:07
	Hip Skip			Tony Williams & George Benson	8:05
	Open Fire			Tony Williams	6:17
	performed
1976-05-22	Autumn Leaves			The Great Jazz Trio	5:50
1976-05-22	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You			The Great Jazz Trio	6:45
1976-05-22	Glad to Be Unhappy			The Great Jazz Trio	6:53
1976-05-22	Love for Sale			The Great Jazz Trio	6:57
1976-05-22	Secret Love			The Great Jazz Trio	6:08
1976-05-22	Someone to Watch Over Me			The Great Jazz Trio	6:23
	Round Midnight			Herbie Hancock	5:37
	produced
	All Blues (live)			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	15:16
	Ancient Eyes (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	11:29
	Ancient Eyes			Tony Williams	5:27
	Angel Street (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	11:09
	Angel Street			Tony Williams	8:19
	Arboretum			Tony Williams	5:56
	Beach Ball Tango			Tony Williams	11:11
	Birdlike			Tony Williams	3:31
	Blackbird			Tony Williams	5:35
	Blackbird (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	6:06
	Blue in Green			Wallace Roney	5:39
	Blue in Green			Wallace Roney	5:46
	Bouncing With Bud			Pepper Adams Quartet	10:55
	Circa 45			The Tony Williams Lifetime	6:28
	Citadel (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	18:06
	Citadel			Tony Williams	6:43
	City of Lights			Tony Williams	6:27
	Civilization			Tony Williams	4:28
	Civilization (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	12:11
	Civilization and Its Discontents			Pepper Adams Quartet	6:11
	Clap City			The Tony Williams Lifetime	0:54
	Clearways			Tony Williams	5:05
	Coming Back Home			Tony Williams	6:07
	Crime Scene			Tony Williams	7:04
	Crystal Palace			Tony Williams	7:02
	Crystal Palace (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	10:21
	Dreamland			Tony Williams	9:37
	Eighty One			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	7:31
	Elegy			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	8:43
	Ephemera			Pepper Adams Quartet	7:15
	Eris			Tony Williams	3:33
	Extreme Measures			Tony Williams	8:42
	Float			Wallace Roney	5:47
	Float			Wallace Roney	5:43
	Foreign Intrigue			Tony Williams	5:25
	Geo Rose			Tony Williams	7:22
	Geo Rose (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	11:33
	Going Far			Tony Williams	4:14
	Hellure			Pepper Adams Quartet	4:56
	Hip Skip			Tony Williams & George Benson	8:05
	Hittin’ on 6			Tony Williams	6:19
	Jam Tune			Tony Williams	9:43
	Jitterbug Waltz			Pepper Adams Quartet	6:17
	Juicy Fruit			Tony Williams	9:48
	Kiss Me			Tony Williams	0:54
	Lawra			Wallace Roney	6:36
	Lawra (aka There Comes a Time)			Tony Williams	5:38
	Liberty			Tony Williams	5:18
	Life of the Party			Tony Williams	6:09
	Life of the Party (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	2:30
	Little One			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	7:20
	Lonesome Wells (Gwendy Trio)			The Tony Williams Lifetime	7:29
	Mom and Dad			The Tony Williams Lifetime	5:25
	Morgan’s Motion			Tony Williams	8:18
	Mutants on the Beach (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	14:46
	Mutants on the Beach			Tony Williams	5:56
	My Michele			Tony Williams	6:52
	Native Heart			Tony Williams	8:43
	Neptune: Creatures of Conscience			Tony Williams	6:56
	Neptune: Fear Not			Tony Williams	6:56
	Neptune: Overture			Tony Williams	5:04
	Obsession			Tony Williams	4:19
	Only With You			Tony Williams	5:56
	Open Fire			Tony Williams	6:17
	Para Oriente			Tony Williams	6:33
	Patrice			Pepper Adams Quartet	6:09
	Pee Wee			Tony Williams	6:39
	Pinocchio			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	5:41
	Piskow’s Filigree			The Tony Williams Lifetime	3:52
	Poinciana			Tony Williams	10:10
	Quiet Lady			Pepper Adams Quartet	9:23
	Red Mask			Tony Williams	7:09
	RJ			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	4:07
	Sister Cheryl (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	14:40
	Sister Cheryl			Tony Williams	6:58
	Slaves			Wallace Roney	12:18
	So What (live)			Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney & Tony Williams	10:20
	Some Hip Drum Shit			The Tony Williams Lifetime	1:31
	Soweto Nights			Tony Williams	6:35
	Takin’ My Time			Tony Williams	6:42
	The Announcements (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	3:41
	The Big Man			Tony Williams	6:41
	The Slump (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	9:51
	The Slump			Tony Williams	6:27
	The Urchins of Shermêse			The Tony Williams Lifetime	6:16
	There Comes a Time			The Tony Williams Lifetime	5:58
	Thrill Me			Tony Williams	0:46
	Tony			Tony Williams	6:53
	Topaz			Wallace Roney	5:37
	Touch Me			Tony Williams	1:23
	Two Worlds			The Tony Williams Lifetime	4:30
	Two Worlds			Tony Williams	5:16
	Verses			Wallace Roney	9:37
	Warrior			Tony Williams	5:32
	Warriors (live, 1992-03: Tokyo, Japan)			Tony Williams	15:23
	vocals
1980-05	Lawra (aka There Comes a Time)			Tony Williams	5:38
	Beyond Games			The Tony Williams Lifetime	8:20
	Beyond Games		spoken vocals	Tony Williams	8:26
	Via the Spectrum Road			The Tony Williams Lifetime	7:50
	Via the Spectrum Road			Tony Williams	7:56
	Where			The Tony Williams Lifetime	12:10
	instruments
1963-04-01	Una Mas (One More Time) (RVG Edition)		drums (drum set)	Kenny Dorham
1985	Album		drums (drum set)	Public Image Ltd.
1997-02	At the Village Vanguard, Volume 2		drums (drum set)	The Great Jazz Trio
	Atavachron		drums (drum set)	Allan Holdsworth
	Ballads for Two		guest and membranophone	Chet Baker & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
	My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert		membranophone	Miles Davis
	My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert		membranophone	Miles Davis
	The Golden Scarab		drums (drum set)	Ray Manzarek
	The Word		drums (drum set)	Jonas Hellborg
	performed
	Electric Guitarist			John McLaughlin
	dedications
	Dose			Gov’t Mule
	arranged
	Birdlike (Tony Williams arrangement)
	Blackbird (Tony Williams arrangement)
	Changing Man
	Crime Scene
	Mystic Knights of the Sea
	Neptune: Creatures of Conscience
	Neptune: Fear Not
	Neptune: Overture
	Poinciana (Tony Williams arrangement)
	The Boodang
	The Old Bum’s Rush
	What It’s About (Love and Me)
	What’cha Gonna Do Today
	You Make It Easy (Soothing + Yellow)
	composed
	2 Pieces of One: Green
	2 Pieces of One: Red
	Ancient Eyes
	Angel Street
	Arboretum
	Barb’s Song to the Wizard
	Beyond Games
	Black Comedy
	Black Rite
	Cape Wilderness
	Changing Man
	China Moon
	China Road
	China Town
	Circa 45
	Citadel
	City of Lights
	Civilization
	Clearways
	Crime Scene
	Crystal Palace
	Doctor’s Row
	Dreamland
	Drum Improvisation
	Echo	Anthony Williams
	Elegy
	Emergency
	Extras	Anthony Williams
	Extreme Measures
	Foreign Intrigue
	From Before	Anthony Williams
	Gambia
	Geo Rose
	Infant Wilderness
	Jam Tune
	Juicy Fruit
	Kiss Me
	Lawra
	Liberty
	Life of the Party
	Lonesome Wells (Gwendy Trio)
	Love Song	Anthony Williams
	Love Stone
	Memory
	Million Dollar Legs
	Mr. Biko
	Mutants on the Beach
	My Michele
	Mystic Knights of the Sea
	Native Heart
	Neptune: Creatures of Conscience
	Neptune: Fear Not
	Neptune: Overture
	Obsession
	Only With You
	Para Oriente
	Pee Wee
	Piskow’s Filigree
	Poets
	Red Mask
	Right On
	Sangria for Three
	Sea of Wilderness
	Sister Cheryl
	Soweto Nights
	Spirit
	Sweet Revenge
	Takin’ My Time
	Tee	Anthony Williams
	The Boodang
	The Old Bum’s Rush
	The Slump
	There Comes a Time
	This Night This Song
	Thrill Me
	Tomorrow Afternoon
	Touch Me
	Two Worlds
	Warrior
	What It’s About (Love and Me)
	What You Do to Me
	What’cha Gonna Do Today
	Wilderness Island
	Wilderness Rising
	Wilderness Voyager
	Wildlife
	You Make It Easy (Soothing + Yellow)
	dedicated works
	Goodbye Tony
	lyrics
	Beyond Games
	wrote
	Clap City
	Clear Ways
	Hand Jive
	Mom and Dad
	Soweto Nights
	The Urchins of Shermêse
	Via the Spectrum Road
	Vuelta Abajo

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