Buster Williams
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Background information | |
Birth name | Charles Anthony Williams |
Born | Camden, New Jersey, United States | April 17, 1942
Genres | Mainstream jazz, hard bop, post bop, jazz fusion |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, bandleader |
Instrument(s) | Double bass |
Years active | 1959–present |
Website | www.busterwilliams.com |
Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942, Camden, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz bassist.[1]
Biography
Early life and career
Williams’ father, Charles Anthony Williams, Sr., was a musician who played bass, drums, and piano, and had band rehearsals in the family home in Camden, New Jersey, exposing Williams to jazz at an early age.[2] Williams was particularly inspired to focus on bass after hearing his father’s record of Star Dust, performed by Oscar Pettiford, and started playing in his early teens.[2] He had his first professional gig while he was still a junior high school student, filling in for Charles, Sr., who had double booked himself one evening.[2] Williams later spent his days practicing with Sam Dockery, who was playing in Jimmy Heath’s band in Philadelphia on a regular double bill with Sam Reed.[2] Charles, Sr. hosted a jam session at a club called Rip’s and gave Williams the opportunity to put his own group together for a Monday night show in 1959,[3] and in an effort to work his way into Heath’s band, Williams hired Sam Reed.[2] The plan worked, as two days later Reed contacted Williams about playing in his band that coming Saturday, which demonstrated Williams' talent to Heath, who in turn hired Williams the following week.[2] Just after graduating high school[2] in 1960,[3] Williams had the opportunity to play with Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt when Nelson Boyd reached out to Charles, Sr. to cover for him.[2] Charles, Sr. was also unable to make the gig, and sent Buster in his stead.[2] After the first set on a Friday night, Ammons and Stitt asked Williams to join the band on tour, starting in Chicago, after playing through the weekend in Philadelphia.[2] Williams toured with them for about a year, from 1960 into 1961,[3][4] until the group got stranded in Kansas City and was abandoned by Ammons, who fled without paying the band.[3] The rhythm section managed to work with Al Hibbler for one week in order to earn enough for train fare to return home.[3] Williams made his first two recordings with the Ammons/Stitt group in August of 1961, Dig Him! for Argo Records and Boss Tenors for Verve, both recorded in Chicago.
Education
Williams attended Combs College of Music in Philadelphia irregularly during and after his tenure with the Ammons/Stitt group.[3] He learned composition, syntax, harmony and theory from Dr. Roland Wiggins.[2]
Vocal accompanist
Williams was hired by Dakota Staton after hearing him at a gig in Wilmington, Delaware with the Gerald Price Trio in 1961.[3][4] This was closely followed by work with Betty Carter in 1962 and Sarah Vaughan in 1963.[2][3][4] Vaughan took him on his first European tour, during which he connected with the Miles Davis Quintet on the French Riviera.[3] In 1964, Williams formed a more lasting working relationship with Nancy Wilson, with whom he recorded several albums for Capitol Records, and as a result he moved to Los Angeles.[2][3][4] Williams would go on to work with numerous other vocalists throughout his career, including Sathima Bea Benjamin, Shirley Horn, Betty Carter, Jonathan Schwartz, Carmen McRae, Roseanna Vitro, Helen Merrill, Nnenna Freelon, Jon Lucien, Marguerite Mariama, and Champian Fulton.
West Coast
Williams’ move to the West Coast facilitated touring and recording with Nancy Wilson as well as The Jazz Crusaders, with whom he recorded five albums for Pacific Jazz.[2][3][4] According to Williams, he was "the number one sub for Ray Brown" during this time,[3] playing with Kenny Dorham,[5] recording a date with the Harold Land/Bobby Hutcherson quintet,[4] and ultimately working with Miles Davis for several months in 1967.[2][3][4]
Herbie Hancock Sextet
In October, 1968,[3] Williams moved to New York City and continued to work steadily, playing shows with Art Blakey, Herbie Mann, and Mary Lou Williams,[5] while recording for Atlantic, Blue Note, and Prestige with artists such as McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon, Roy Ayers, Stanley Turrentine, Frank Foster, Illinois Jacquet, and, once again, Gene Ammons (recently returned from a seven-year stint in Joliet). Having worked with Herbie Hancock in the Miles Davis Quintet, Williams became a fixture of Hancock’s Mwandishi Sextet, recording three albums for Warner Bros., Sextant for Columbia, The Prisoner for Blue Note, and two more under Eddie Henderson’s name for Capricorn.[4] The Mwandishi Sextet explored new electronic sounds in jazz and featured Williams on both acoustic and electric bass.[4]
Debut as leader
Buster Williams made his recording debut as leader in 1975 with the album Pinnacle for Muse Records, and he went on to lead several more sessions for Muse, Denon, and Buddah through 1980.[4] He also backed Ron Carter on several recording dates which featured Carter soloing on piccolo bass. From the 1970s onward, Williams worked steadily as a sideman for Mary Lou Williams,[3][6] Kenny Barron,[7] Jimmy Rowles,[8] Larry Coryell, Stanley Cowell, Steve Turre,[4] and Frank Morgan,[4][9] among others. For eighteen years between 1980 and 1998, Williams made only one record as leader, 1989’s Something More, with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Al Foster, and trumpeter Shunzo Ono, featuring five original compositions by Williams. He continues to perform with a rotating lineup as Buster Williams' "Something More," touring Europe in 2013 with Joey Baron, Eric Reed, and saxophonist Bruce Williams.[3] Beginning with Somewhere Along the Way in 1998, Williams increased his output as leader into the new century, notably recording Griot Libertè for HighNote in 2004, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Rudy Van Gelder and released in the Hybrid SACD format with a 5.0 surround sound mix.[10] In June 2008, Williams self-released Live Volume 1 exclusively as a digital download.
Further collaborations
Williams was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work with Hank Jones and Tony Williams on Love For Sale, the first of Jones’ records credited to "The Great Jazz Trio."[3] Williams also continued to tour with Herbie Hancock throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and performed at a Grammy Awards ceremony with Hancock, Tony Williams, and Bobby McFerrin.[3] 1982 saw Williams form two important collaborative ensembles, the Timeless All-Stars, a sextet featuring Harold Land, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, and Billy Higgins, which recorded four albums for the Dutch label Timeless Records, and Sphere, featuring Kenny Barron, Ben Riley, Charlie Rouse, and later Gary Bartz.[3][4] Sphere began as a tribute to Thelonious Monk, making their first recording for Elektra on February 17, 1982, the day Monk died, but soon incorporated the band members' own compositions along with other jazz standards.[11]
Recent work
From 2010 into 2014, Buster Williams toured with Sonny Fortune, Mike Stern, and Jimmy Cobb as "4 Generations of Miles," named after a 2002 concert and recording for Chesky representing four different eras of Miles Davis bands. The original group featured Ron Carter and George Coleman in place of Williams and Fortune.[12] The Buster Williams School of Music developed from a summer class Williams ran for the IDEA Performing Arts Center in Camden in 2012. Williams formed his own non-profit corporation to continue this work in 2013.[13] "Something More" performed at the Portland Jazz Festival and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in February 2014, this time consisting of Williams' former Mwandishi bandmates Bennie Maupin and Julian Priester, along with Cindy Blackman-Santana and George Colligan.[14] Williams made a short tour of Europe in March, 2014 as part of the Steve Kuhn trio with Billy Drummond.
Film and television work
Williams worked on several film soundtracks and television commercials (including Coca-Cola, Budweiser, and Old Spice) throughout his career. The 1969 film Mackenna's Gold featured Williams on the soundtrack working under Quincy Jones. Williams reunited with Ron Carter for Alain Corneau's 1981 film Le Choix des Armes, with music composed by Philippe Sarde and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. In the 1990s, Williams worked with Angelo Badalamenti on David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and Terence Blanchard for the Spike Lee film Clockers.[3] Williams made several television appearances as well, performing five of his own compositions with Branford Marsalis' The Tonight Show band, and backing Erroll Garner during an earlier Tonight Show appearance.[3] During his tenure with Nancy Wilson, they appeared on The Andy Williams Show, and Williams also performed with Bill Cosby on The Joan Rivers Show and with Joe Williams on Sesame Street.[3] Williams appeared as himself in the 2004 Steven Spielberg film The Terminal, playing in Benny Golson's quartet with Mike LeDonne and Carl Allen.[15]
Personal life
Williams was married in 1965 to Veronica, whom he met in junior high school,[16] and as of 2014, he lives in Camden with his wife.[13][16] Introduced to chanting Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō by his sister in 1972, Williams and his wife took up the Buddhist practice after she suffered a concussion in a car accident, and he has continued the practice since.[2] His 2004 album Griot Libertè was inspired by another health crisis when Veronica recovered from a coma following a heart attack.[16]
Awards and honors
In addition to his Grammy nomination, Williams was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant for composition as well as a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant in 1991.[3] Williams has also been recognized by the Min-On Concert Association, RVC Corporation, and Soka Gakkai International.[3]
Critical reception
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD declared Buster Williams "one of the key sidemen in modern jazz" with "a rock-solid grounding in harmony, counterpoint and orchestration."[17] The guide observed that "Buster's harmony is impeccable and he has a rhythmic sense that is unfailing, feeling and utterly original."[17] Critic Ron Wynn ranked the Mwandishi Sextet "among the finest jazz-rock and pop-tinged units of all time."[5] Critic Thomas Conrad praised Williams' work as a leader in his Down Beat review of the 2001 album Houdini, stating that the album "could in fact be taken as a clinic for bassists on how to assume a more proactive, forward position in an ensemble without throwing it out of balance," and that "in [Williams'] hands, the bass is a fully articulate solo voice."[18]
Gear
Williams' instrument is a copy of a late-1800s Boosey & Hawkes Panormo strung with La Bella strings, using a Fishman BP-100 pickup and a 1x15 Polytone Mini-Brute bass amp.[5]
Discography
As leader
- Pinnacle (Muse, 1975)
- Crystal Reflections (Muse, 1976)
- Tokudo (Denon, 1978)
- Heartbeat (Muse, 1978)
- Dreams Come True (Buddah, 1980)
- Something More (In+Out, 1989)
- Somewhere Along the Way (TCB, 1998)
- Lost in a Memory (TCB, 1999)
- Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1999 (TCB, 2001)
- Houdini (Sirocco Jazz Ltd., 2001)
- Joined at the Hip (TCB, 2002)
- Griot Liberte (HighNote, 2004)
- Live Volume 1 (Buster Williams, 2008)
- 65 Roses (Blueport, 2009)
As sideman
With Geri Allen
- Gathering (Verve, 1998)
- Jazzpar Concerts 2003 (Stunt, 2006)
With Gene Ammons
- Dig Him! (Argo, 1961) with Sonny Stitt, also released as We'll Be Together Again (Prestige, 1968)
- Boss Tenors (Verve, 1961) with Sonny Stitt
- The Boss Is Back! (Prestige, 1969)
- Brother Jug! (Prestige, 1969)
With Kenny Barron
- Innocence (Wolf, 1978)
- Golden Lotus (Muse, 1980)
- Green Chimneys (Criss Cross Jazz, 1983)
- Two As One (Red, 1986)
- Live (Whynot, 2010) live in Tokyo 1982
With Sathima Bea Benjamin
- Windsong (Ekapa, 1985)
- Love Light (Enja, 1987)
- Southern Touch (Enja, 1989)
- SongSpirit (Ekapa, 2006)
With Art Blakey
- Art Blakey and the All Star Messengers (Jazz Line, 1982)
- The Art of Jazz: Live in Leverkusen (In+Out, 1989)
With Ron Carter
With Larry Coryell
- Equipoise (Muse, 1986)
- Toku Do (Muse, 1987)
- Air Dancing (Jazzpoint, 1988)
- Shining Hour (Muse, 1989)
- New High (HighNote, 2000)
- Cedars of Avalon (HighNote, 2002)
With The Crusaders
- Uh Huh (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
- Lighthouse '68 (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
- Powerhouse (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
- Lighthouse '69 (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
- Give Peace a Chance (Liberty, 1970)
With Benny Golson
- Voices All (East World, 1982) with The Jazztet
- Saying Something (In+Out, 1995) as Roots
- Terminal 1 (Concord Jazz, 2004)
- New Time, New 'Tet (Concord Jazz, 2009)
With Dexter Gordon
- The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969)
- More Power! (Prestige, 1969)
- Tangerine (Prestige, 1972)
- Generation (Prestige, 1972)
With Herbie Hancock
- The Prisoner (Blue Note, 1969)
- Fat Albert Rotunda (Warner Bros., 1969)
- Mwandishi (Warner Bros., 1969)
- Crossings (Warner Bros., 1972)
- Sextant (Columbia, 1973)
- VSOP (Columbia, 1977)
With Eddie Henderson
With Shirley Horn
- Lazy Afternoon (SteepleChase, 1979)
- You Won't Forget Me (Verve, 1991)
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Abdullah Ibrahim
- African River (Enja, 1989)
- No Fear, No Die (TipToe, 1990)
With Steve Kuhn
With Harold Land
- The Peace-Maker (Cadet, 1967)
- A New Shade of Blue (Mainstream, 1971)
- Damisi (Mainstream, 1972)
With Harold Mabern
- Workin' & Wailin' (Prestige, 1969)
- Greasy Kid Stuff! (Prestige, 1970)
With Meeco
- Perfume e Caricias (Connector, 2010)
- Beauty of the Night (Connector, 2012)
With Frank Morgan
- Lament (Contemporary, 1986)
- Bebop Lives! (Contemporary, 1986)
- Mood Indigo (Antilles, 1989)
- Resurgence! (Muse, 1980)
- The Gift (HighNote, 2003)
With Houston Person
- The Big Horn (Muse, 1976 [1979])
- The Talk of the Town (Muse, 1987)
With Jimmy Rowles
- Paws That Refresh (Choice, 1980)
- The Chess Players (Candid, 2010) recorded 1976
With Hilton Ruiz
- Piano Man (SteepleChase, 1975)
- Excition (SteepleChase, 1977)
- Steppin' Into Beauty (SteepleChase, 1982)
With Woody Shaw
- The Moontrane (Muse, 1974)
- Woody III (Columbia, 1979)
- Setting Standards (Muse, 1983)
With Sphere
- Four in One (Elektra, 1982)
- Flight Path (Elektra, 1983)
- On Tour (Red, 1985)
- Pumpkin's Delight (Red, 1986)
- Four for All (Verve, 1987)
- Sphere (Verve, 1987)
- Bird Songs (Verve, 1988)
Template:Multicol-break With The Timeless All Stars
- It's Timeless (Timeless, 1982)
- Timeless Heart (Timeless, 1983)
- Essence (Delos, 1986)
- Time For The Timeless All Stars (Early Bird, 1991)
With Steve Turre
- Fire and Ice (Stash, 1988)
- Right There (Antilles, 1991)
- Lotus Flower (Verve, 1999)
- TNT (Trombone-N-Tenor) (Telarc, 2001)
- The Spirits Up Above (HighNote, 2004)
With McCoy Tyner
- Asante (Blue Note, 1970)
- Sama Layuca (Milestone, 1974)
With Michal Urbaniak
- Music for Violin and Jazz Quartet (Jam, 1980)
- Jazz Legends (Ubx, 1998)
With Cedar Walton
- Among Friends (Evidence, 1990) recorded live at Keystone Korner in 1982
- Voices Deep Within (HighNote, 2009)
With Nancy Wilson
- Hollywood - My Way (Capitol, 1963)
- The Nancy Wilson Show! (Capitol, 1965)
- Lush Life (Capitol, 1967)
- Welcome to My Love (Capitol, 1968)
- Hurt So Bad (Capitol, 1969)
With Denny Zeitlin
With Others
- Sassy Swings the Tivoli - Sarah Vaughan (Mercury, 1963) as "Charles Williams"
- Sorcerer - Miles Davis (Columbia, 1967) alt. take of "Limbo" only on CD reissue
- Firebirds - Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons (Contemporary, 1968)
- Manhattan Fever - Frank Foster (Blue Note, 1968) previously unreleased 1969 session with Buster Williams appended to CD reissue
- Another Story - Stanley Turrentine (Blue Note, 1969)
- McPherson's Mood - Charles McPherson (Prestige, 1969)
- The Blues; That's Me! - Illinois Jacquet (Prestige, 1969)
- Daddy's Back - Roy Ayers (Atlantic, 1969)
- Kawaida - Albert Heath (O'Be, 1970)
- Outback - Joe Farrell (CTI, 1971)
- The Essence of Mystery - Alphonse Mouzon (Blue Note, 1972)
- Dark of Light - Norman Connors (Buddah, 1973)
- Essence - Eric Kloss (Muse, 1973)
- The Jewel in the Lotus - Bennie Maupin (ECM, 1974)
- Black Love - Carlos Garnett (Muse, 1974)
- Watch Out - René McLean (SteepleChase, 1975)
- The Peacocks - Stan Getz (Columbia, 1975)
- The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man - Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Warner Bros., 1975)
- Re-Entry - Charles Sullivan (WhyNot, 1976)
- The Betty Carter Album - Betty Carter (Bet-Car, 1976)
- Dune - Sam Morrison (Inner City, 1976)
- Saturday Night Fever - Cornell Dupree (Versatile, 1977)
- Sings Arthur Schwartz - Jonathan Schwartz (Muse, 1977)
- I Know About the Life - Charles Greenlee (Baystate, 1977)
- Illumination - Walter Davis, Jr. (Denon, 1977)
- My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me - Mary Lou Williams (Pablo, 1977)
- Love For Sale - The Great Jazz Trio (Inner City, 1978) originally released by East Wind in Japan, 1976
- Shadow Box - Bob Brookmeyer and Tom Harrell with Benny Aronov (Candid, 1978)
- Easy - Grant Green (Versatile, 1978)
- Yes, Yes, Nonet - Lee Konitz (SteepleChase, 1978)
- Ballads for Two - Chet Baker and Wolfgang Lackerschmid (Sandra, 1979)
- Scope - Buck Hill (SteepleChase, 1979)
- Look to the Sky - John McNeil and Tom Harrell (SteepleChase, 1979)
- I'm Coming Home Again - Carmen McRae (Buddah, 1980)
- Peaceful Heart, Gentle Spirit - Chico Freeman (Contemporary, 1980)
- 360° Experience - A Well-Kept Secret - Beaver Harris (Shemp, 1980)
- This One's For Pearle - Jim Schapperoew (Kerralee, 1980)
- The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society - Charlie Rouse (Enja, 1981)
- Somethin's Cookin' - Junior Cook (Muse, 1981)
- Outpost - Freddie Hubbard (Enja, 1981)
- Faun - John McNeil (SteepleChase, 1981)
- Dangerously Suite - Hamiet Bluiett (Soul Note, 1981)
- The Bash - Bruce Forman (Muse, 1982)
- The Arioso Touch - James Williams (Concord Jazz, 1982)
- Peace - Chet Baker (Enja, 1982)
- Page-Ing Nathen - Nathen Page (Hugo's Music, 1982)
- Wings - Franco Ambrosetti (Enja, 1983) also released as Gin and Pentatonic
- In Good Company - Ted Brown (Criss Cross Jazz, 1985)
- Opening Night - Kevin Eubanks (GRP, 1985)
- Listen Here - Roseanna Vitro (Skyline, 1985)
- Go for Watcha' Know - Jimmy Smith (Blue Note, 1986)
- Renaissance - Branford Marsalis (Columbia, 1986)
- Bridgework - Billy Higgins (Contemporary, 1987)
- We Three - Stanley Cowell (DIW, 1987)
- Rah - Billy Hart (Gramavision, 1987)
- 623 C Street - Ralph Moore (Criss Cross Jazz, 1988)
- Collaboration - Helen Merrill and Gil Evans (EmArcy, 1988)
- Arcane - Cindy Blackman (Muse, 1988)
- East to Wes - Emily Remler (Concord Jazz, 1988)
- Swiss Encounter - James Morrison and Adam Makowicz (EastWest, 1989)
- Third Phase - Kenny Drew (Jazz City, 1989)
- Sources of Inspiration - Donald Brown (Muse, 1989)
- In This Direction - Benny Green (Criss Cross Jazz, 1989)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Warner Bros., 1992)
- Suit of Armor - Rebecca Coupe Franks (Justice, 1992)
- Nnenna Freelon - Nnenna Freelon (Columbia, 1992)
- Without Words - Renee Rosnes (Blue Note, 1993)
- Mother Nature's Son - Jon Lucien (Mercury, 1993)
- Harlem Sunset - Chip White (Postcards, 1994)
- Acoustic Masters I - Charles Lloyd (Atlantic, 1994)
- Free Wheelin': The Music of Lee Morgan - Claudio Roditi (Reservoir, 1994)
- Four in One - Sonny Fortune (Blue Note, 1994)
- Episode One Children of Harlem - Gary Bartz (Challenge, 1994)
- Be Yourself - Winard Harper (Epicure, 1994)
- Out of the Blue - Carl Saunders (SNL, 1995)
- Weaver of Dreams - Ben Riley (Joken, 1996)
- It's Crazy, But I'm in Love - Freddy Cole (After 9, 1997)
- Midnight Creeper - Teddy Edwards (HighNote, 1997)
- Quest - Piotr Wojtasik (Power Bros, 1997)
- Up-Front - Carlos McKinney (Sirocco, 1997)
- Soulmates - Joan Hickey (Chicago Lakeside Jazz, 1998)
- Skim Coat - Billy Childs (Metropolitan, 1999)
- Lunar Eclypse - Gil Evans (Robi Droli, 2000) live 1981
- No Room For Argument - Wallace Roney (Concord Jazz, 2000)
- The Turbanator - Dr. Lonnie Smith (32 Jazz, 2000) recorded 1991
- With Malice Toward None - Tom McIntosh (IPO, 2004)
- Native Lands - Will Calhoun (Half Note, 2005)
- Wild Women Never Get the Blues... Well, Not Anymore! - Marguerite Mariama (From The Inside Out, 2006)
- The Big Push - Larry Willis (HighNote, 2006)
- Zodiac Suite: Revisited - The Mary Lou Williams Collective (Mary, 2006)
- New Momentum - Robert Irving III (Sonic Portraits, 2007)
- On the Wings of an Eagle - John Hicks (Chesky, 2007)
- Twin Peaks: Season Two Music and More - Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch (David Lynch Music Co., 2007)
- Black Nile - Cyrus Chestnut (Grave News, 2008)
- A Time in New York - Tiger Onitsuka (Savoy, 2008)
- Hancock Island: The Music of Herbie Hancock - Lenny White, George Colligan, Steve Wilson (Chesky, 2008)
- Sunwatcher - Jeff Lederer (Jazzheads, Inc., 2011)
- Encounters - Jaiman Crunk (Origin, 2012)
References
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- ^ a b c d Wynn, Ron. "Buster Williams: Blendability." JazzTimes, Apr. 2001. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.
- ^ Pittsburgh Press. "Jazz Pianist Opening Here Monday". October 19, 1974, p. 11. Retrieved on June 1, 2013.
- ^ Palmer, Robert. "Jazz scene is now devoid of bands". Times Daily, January 15, 1984, p. 10E. Retrieved on June 1, 2013.
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- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Artist Biography by Scott Yanow." AllMusic. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
- ^ Santella, Jim. "George Coleman, Mike Stern, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb: 4 Generations Of Miles (2002)." All About Jazz. 1 Oct. 2002. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
- ^ a b "Buster Williams School of Music | About." Buster Williams School of Music. 2014. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
- ^ Barros, Paul de. "Cecile McLorin Salvant, Julian Priester Shine at Portland Jazz Festival." The Seattle Times. 24 Feb. 2014. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
- ^ Boccella, Kathy. "Jazz Legend Buster Williams Brings His Groove to Abington Friends." Philly.com. Interstate General Media LLC, 05 Feb. 2013. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
- ^ a b c Sewell, Rhonda B. "Emergency inspires jazz bassist's new CD". Toledo Blade, September 15, 2004, p. D3. Retrieved on June 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. London: Penguin, 2000. Print.
- ^ Conrad, Thomas. "Buster Williams Trio: Houdini" Down Beat Nov. 2001: 69-70.
External links
- 1942 births
- Living people
- People from Camden, New Jersey
- Jazz fusion double-bassists
- Post-bop double-bassists
- Hard bop double-bassists
- Mainstream jazz double-bassists
- American jazz double-bassists
- American jazz bandleaders
- Members of Sōka Gakkai
- Muse Records artists
- SteepleChase Records artists
- HighNote Records artists