Tony Williams

USA

Born: 12 December 1945

Died: 23 February 1997

Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90

Genres: Jazz

Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop

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Tony Williams' death in 1997 of a heart attack after routine gall bladder surgery was a major shock to the jazz world. Just 51, Williams (who could be a very loud drummer) seemed so youthful, healthy, and ageless even though he had been a major drummer for nearly 35 years. The open style that he created while with the Miles Davis Quintet in the mid- to late '60s remains quite influential, and he had a long list of accomplishments during the decades that followed. Williams' father, a saxophonist, took his son out to clubs that gave him an opport...

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