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Portrait of Tony Williams

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer

  • 1945 to 1997
  • from Chicago
  • On fono: 55 songs
  • 31 collaborators
  • 14 cited facts
  • 14 sources

The people around them

Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Top songs

  1. 1

  2. From Third Plane

    1. 2

      United Blues

      1978

    2. 3

      Lawra

      1978

    3. 4

      Quiet Times

      1978

    4. 5

      Third Plane

      1978

  3. 6
  4. 7
  5. 8

  6. From Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter + Tony Williams

    1. 9

      A Slight Smile

      1981

    2. 10

      La Maison gorée

      1981

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Where the songs were made

Releases

  1. 2005

  2. 1992

  3. 1990

  4. 1988

  5. 1987

  6. 1985

  7. 1983

  8. 1981

  9. 1979

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (14)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Arcana

    Tony Williams is a member of Arcana

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Fuse One

    Tony Williams is a member of Fuse One

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Geri Allen Trio

    Tony Williams is a member of Geri Allen Trio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Miles Davis Quintet

    Tony Williams is a member of Miles Davis Quintet

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of The Great Jazz Trio

    Tony Williams is a member of The Great Jazz Trio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of The Master Trio

    Tony Williams is a member of The Master Trio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of The New Tony Williams Lifetime

    Tony Williams is a member of The New Tony Williams Lifetime

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of The Tony Williams Lifetime

    Tony Williams is a member of The Tony Williams Lifetime

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Tony Williams Trio

    Tony Williams is a member of Tony Williams Trio

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of Trio of Doom

    Tony Williams is a member of Trio of Doom

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of V.S.O.P.

    Tony Williams is a member of V.S.O.P.

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Tony Williams is a member of VSOP II

    Tony Williams is a member of VSOP II

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Tony Williams is from Chicago

    Tony Williams is from Chicago

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  14. 14Wikidata The genre of Tony Williams is jazz

    The genre of Tony Williams is jazz

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 2, 2026