Musician Dictionary

Tony Williams

American jazz drummer (1945–1997) · American jazz drummer

DescriptionAmerican jazz drummer (1945–1997)
Source: Wikidata
Born1945-12-12
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceChicago Chicago
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died1997-02-23
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathDaly City Daly City
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationcomposer musician director jazz musician drummer
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentsdrum kit
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsBlue Note
Source: Wikidata
Member ofMiles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime The New Tony Williams Lifetime The Great Jazz Trio Trio of Doom Arcana Fuse One V.S.O.P. Tony Williams Trio The Master Trio VSOP II Geri Allen Trio Pop Workshop Gil Evans And His Orchestra Arcana (4) Artists United Against Apartheid The Miles Davis Quintet The Charles Lloyd Quartet Stan Getz Quartet The V.S.O.P. Quintet CBS Jazz All-Stars George Russell Orchestra Herbie Hancock Trio Herbie Hancock Quartet Chet Baker Group The Bob Belden Ensemble The Michael Wolff Trio Tony Williams Group The Tony Williams Lifetime The Great Jazz Trio
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata

Also known as

A. Williams Anthony "Tony" Williams Anthony (Tony) Williams Anthony Tillmon Williams Anthony Williams T Williams T. Williams T.W. T.Williams TONY WILLIAMS Tillmon Anthony Williams Toni Williams Tony Tony WIlliams Tony Wiliams Tony William Tony Williams Tony Williamson Williams トニーウィリアムズ トニー・ウイリアムス

Links

Identifiers

mbid: b6a30b58-6b00-47c4-a031-c62a6981461f · wikidata: Q453604 · isni: 0000000109222097 · ipi: 00032995759 · discogs: 261295 · spotify: 1TW90GjShgkjySrxBxcwQe

Cite this page

{
 "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/tony-williams-b6a30b58",
 "cite_as": "Tony Williams, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/tony-williams-b6a30b58",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "musicbrainz",
   "dump": "20261024-001001",
   "date": "2026-10-24",
   "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
   "date": "2026-10-28",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "discogs",
   "dump": "20261001",
   "date": "2026-10-01",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
   "date": "2026-10-29",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
   "date": "2026-10-30",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
   "date": "2026-10-31",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
   "date": "2026-11-01",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
   "date": "2026-11-02",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
   "date": "2026-11-03",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "wikidata",
   "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
   "date": "2026-11-04",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ]
}

Machine-readable version: /artist/tony-williams-b6a30b58.json