Tony Williams
December 12th, 1945 -
February 23rd, 1997

Influences: Max Roach, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Roy Haynes

Selected Discography
Year Title Artist
2007 Mosaic Select Tony Williams
1969 In a Silent Way Miles Davis
1966 Miles Smiles Miles Davis
1965 The Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68: The Complete Columbia Studio Miles Davis
1964 My Funny Valentine Miles Davis
1969 Emergency! Tony Williams
1992 Lifetime: The Collection Tony Williams
1964 Joy of Flying Tony Williams
1968 Miles in the Sky Miles Davis
1968 Filles De Kilimanjaro Miles Davis
1967 Nefertiti Miles Davis
1970 Turn It Over Tony Williams
1975 Life Time Tony Williams
1977 V.S.O.P: The Quintet V.S.O.P.
1963 Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 Miles Davis
1977 Third Plane H. Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams
1979 V.S.O.P: Live Under the Sky V.S.O.P.
1965 Spring Tony Williams
1972 Captain Marvel Stan Getz
 

Selected DVDs
Year Title Artist
2002 Miles Davis Story Miles Davis
1967 European Tour 1967 Miles Davis
1989 Live in New York Tony Williams
1970 Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue Miles Davis
1985 One Night With Blue Note Various Artists

Selected Books
Year Title
2000 The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson
2001 Drum Standards: Classic Jazz Masters Series
1995 Star Sets: Drum Kits of the Great Drummers
2006 Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography
2005 Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis
1989 Miles: The Autobiography
1997 Beyond Bop Drumming
2005 The Jazz Drummer's Workshop
2006 The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention

Tony Williams' Drum Equipment (most recent configuration):
1994 Configuration:


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Solid Yellow Finish
1. 6.5"x14" Solid Maple Shell Snare
2. 9"x12" Tom
3. 10"x13" Tom
4. 14"x14" Floor Tom
5. 14"x16" Floor Tom
6. 14"x18" Floor Tom
7. 24" Bass Drum
During Tony's career, he also used:


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Last Configuration:
A. 15" K Hi-Hats
B. 18" A Medium Thin Crash
C. 15" A Custom Crash
D. 22" A Custom Ride
E. 8" A Splash
F. 18" A Medium Crash
G. 10" A Splash
H. 18" K Dark Crash Thin
Tony Williams Artist Series Drumstick
1994 Configuration:
A. 15" K Hi-Hats
B. 18" K Dark Crash Medium Thin
C. 15" K Dark Crash Thin
D. 22" K Ride
E. 20" K Dark Crash

Accessories

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