Biography
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Tony Williams
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Birth name :
Anthony Tillmon Williams
Origin :
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Genres :
Jazz
Post-bop
Jazz fusion
Instruments :
Drums
Years active :
1961–1997
Born / Died
Born:(1945-12-12)December 12, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died:February 23, 1997(1997-02-23) (aged 51) Daly City, California, US
Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.
Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis and was a pioneer of jazz fusion. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986.
