Tony Williams

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bandleader human jazz drummer musician

Tony Williams was a pioneering American jazz drummer best known for his innovative work with the Miles Davis Quintet and his influential role in the development of modern jazz fusion.

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Label Occurrences
Tony Williams canonical 24
Tony Williams – drums 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz drummer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart early 1960s ⓘ
birthName Anthony Tillmon Williams ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Chick Corea ⓘ
Eric Dolphy ⓘ
Freddie Hubbard ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Jackie McLean ⓘ
John McLaughlin ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Ron Carter ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1997-02-23 ⓘ
formed The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
influenced jazz fusion ⓘ
modern jazz drumming ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
memberOf Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
Second Great Quintet of Miles Davis ⓘ
surface form: Miles Davis Second Great Quintet

The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
name Tony Williams ⓘ
notableAlbum Believe It ⓘ
Emergency! ⓘ
Life Time ⓘ
Spring ⓘ
notableWork The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
member of the Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Daly City ⓘ
surface form: Daly City, California, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic highly interactive ensemble playing ⓘ
polyrhythmic drumming ⓘ
use of metric modulation ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Herbie Hancock → collaboratedWith → Tony Williams ⓘ
Miles Davis → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Maiden Voyage → performer → Tony Williams ⓘ
Empyrean Isles → performer → Tony Williams ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet → memberOfSecondGreatQuintet → Tony Williams ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Ron Carter → collaboratedWith → Tony Williams ⓘ
Ron Carter → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
In a Silent Way → composer → Tony Williams ⓘ
In a Silent Way → featuresMusician → Tony Williams ⓘ
Nefertiti → mainPerformer → Tony Williams ⓘ
Sorcerer → performer → Tony Williams ⓘ
E.S.P. → performer → Tony Williams ⓘ
Andrew Hill → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Sam Rivers → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Alan Dawson → associatedWith → Tony Williams ⓘ
Alan Dawson → influenced → Tony Williams ⓘ
Footprints → notableRecordingPersonnel → Tony Williams ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis (debut album) → featuresMusician → Tony Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Wynton Marsalis (album)
Cantaloupe Island → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Cantaloupe Island → originalPersonnel → Tony Williams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Williams – drums
Tony Allen → influencedBy → Tony Williams ⓘ
Mulgrew Miller → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
Allan Holdsworth → associatedAct → Tony Williams ⓘ
John McLaughlin → collaboratedWith → Tony Williams ⓘ