The Tony Williams Lifetime

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jazz fusion band

The Tony Williams Lifetime was an influential late-1960s jazz fusion band led by virtuoso drummer Tony Williams, known for its pioneering blend of jazz improvisation with rock energy and electric instrumentation.

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The Tony Williams Lifetime canonical 3
The New Tony Williams Lifetime 1
Tony Williams Lifetime 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz fusion band ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1969 ⓘ
album Believe It NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ego NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emergency! NERFINISHED ⓘ
Million Dollar Legs NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Old Bum’s Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turn It Over NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Jack Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
John McLaughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larry Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahavishnu Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Emergency! NERFINISHED ⓘ
era early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
genre jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
hasLeaderRole drummer ⓘ
influencedArtist John McLaughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahavishnu Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
fusion-era Miles Davis bands ⓘ
later jazz fusion drummers ⓘ
influencedGenre jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
instrumentation drums ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
electric organ ⓘ
leader Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor pioneering blend of jazz improvisation and rock energy ⓘ
use of electric instrumentation in jazz ⓘ
notableWork Emergency! NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turn It Over NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMember Jack Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
John McLaughlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larry Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Polydor Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex rhythms ⓘ
extended improvisation ⓘ
high-volume electric sound ⓘ

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Tony Williams → formed → The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
Tony Williams → memberOf → The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
Tony Williams → notableWork → The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
Allan Holdsworth → associatedBand → The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
this entity surface form: The New Tony Williams Lifetime
John McLaughlin → associatedAct → The Tony Williams Lifetime ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tony Williams Lifetime