Tony Williams
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Miles Davis: Davis Has His Best Jazz Unit
Profile by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 18 April 1967
THE MILES Davis Quintet which enters its last week at the Both/And tonight is an exhilarating and important jazz ensemble. ...
Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 20 September 1969
Sound Troubles: Monterey Opens Weirdly ...
Mass Music: The Band, Allman Brothers, Tony Williams and Miles Davis
Review by Miller Francis Jr., The Great Speckled Bird, 8 December 1969
EACH OF the record albums discussed here could be termed a masterpiece worthy of a full-length "rave." But the Review format can often be nothing ...
After Miles comes Tony's Lifetime
Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 17 January 1970
THE IMPORTANCE of the use of rock rhythms by the Miles Davis Quintet is only now beginning to be realised. Like everything Miles does, it ...
John McLaughlin: The Truth Comes Out
Interview by Dave Marsh, Creem, July 1970
IT IS amazing that John McLaughlin has not become more renowned than he already is. He's the most thoroughly progressive genius of that instrument ever. ...
John McLaughlin: Devotion (Douglas 4); Tony Williams Lifetime: Turn it Over (Polydor 24-4021)
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, August 1970
THIS IS the real shit. ...
Tony Williams, Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin: Risk of a Lifetime
Profile and Interview by Rob Partridge, Record Mirror, 3 October 1970
JACK BRUCE described Lifetime as simply the best band in the world. Jack, as quarter of Lifetime, might of course be a little biased. But ...
Jack Bruce: Royal Court, London
Live Review by Karl Dallas, The Times, 3 November 1970
WHEN JACK BRUCE played bass guitar with Cream, he extended what had until then been the instrument's limited range into nearly equal status with Eric ...
Review by Bruce Malamut, Crawdaddy!, November 1976
HERBIE & TONY: THEY CAN SEE FOR MILES... ...
Interview by J.D. Considine, Musician, June 1988
Becoming a Drumhead in 6 Easy Lessons ...
Jazz Drummer Tony Williams: A Lifetime of Risky Riffs
Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 17 August 1989
"Every time I go on stage to I play, I'm risking," declared jazz drummer/bandleader Tony Williams. "That's part of my job and part of my ...
Tony Williams Reinvents Himself
Interview by Tony Scherman, Musician, June 1991
Can't stop worrying, can't stop growing. The world's best drummer turns to composing. ...
Robert Wyatt: Invisible Jukebox
Interview by Mike Barnes, The Wire, December 1995
Every month we play a musician a series of records which they're asked to identify and comment on — with no prior knowledge of what ...
Tony Williams: Tribute to Tony
Obituary by Jon Newey, Jazzwise, April 1997
Tony Williams' sudden death in February has deprived us of one of our foremost drummers. Jon Newey pays tribute to a musical master ...
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