Jeff Williams (musician)

Jeff Williams (born in Oberlin, Ohio, United States) is an American jazz drummer who has worked with Stan Getz, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Bill McHenry, and Phil Robson.

Williams teaches drumming at the Royal Academy of Music, the Birmingham Conservatoire, The New School, the University of Connecticut, Long Island University, the University of Connecticut, and Maine Jazz Camp.

He currently lives in London with his wife, the American author Lionel Shriver.

Discography

As a leader/co-leader

• Eon with Richard Beirach (ECM, 1974)
• Coalescence (Timeless, 1992)
• Another Time (Whirlwind, 2011)
• The Listener (Whirlwind, 2013)

As sideman

With Paul Bley

• Paul Plays Carla (SteepleChase, 1992)

With Lee Konitz

• Lunasea (Soul Note, 1992) with Peggy Stern
• Dig-It (SteepleChase, 1999) with Ted Brown

With Dave Liebman

• Lookout Farm (ECM, 1973)
• Drum Ode (ECM, 1974)
• Sweet Hands (Horizon, 1975)

External links

• Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2009 Retrieved 8 January 2011
• Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-08-11) Retrieved 8 January 2011
• All About Jazz at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-10-25) Retrieved 8 January 2011
• London Jazz 2009 at archive.today (archived 2012-11-22) Retrieved 8 January 2011
• Guardian interview with Lionel Shriver at archive.today (archived 2013-04-20) Retrieved 8 January 2011