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Tony Williams
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The drummer Tony Williams grew up in Boston and as a boy studied the playing of Max Roach and Art Blakey. At seventeen, in 1963, he became the drummer of Miles Davis's second quintet. His playing was fast and mobile: he often did not spell out the beat, but let the cymbals and the hi-hat move freely around it. In 1969 he founded The Tony Williams Lifetime with the guitarist John McLaughlin and the organist Larry Young, one of the first fusion bands. Emergency! sounded loud and raw like rock music. Later he played acoustic jazz again. He died in 1997 after an operation.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the cymbals: a stream of ticks that pushes the band forward.
Emergency! · Tony Williams, 1969- Spectrum · Tony Williams, 1969
Orbits · Miles Davis, 1966
Discography
Studio albums
- 1964Life Time
- 1965Spring
- 1978Third Plane
- 1979The Joy of Flying
- 1980Chet Baker & Wolfgang Lackerschmid
- 1980Play or Die
- 1981Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter + Tony Williams
- 1983Etudes
- 1985Foreign Intrigue
- 1987Civilization
- 1988Angel Street
- 1990Native Heart
- 1992Pride of Lions
- 1992The Story of Neptune
- 1994A Tribute to Miles
- 1994Twenty One
- 1996Wilderness
- 2007Trio of Doom
Other work
- 1963Seven Steps to Heaven · Miles Davis
- 1966Miles Smiles · Miles Davis
- 1969Emergency! · The Tony Williams Lifetime
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader