Today is Tony Williams' birthday /mu/
What is your favorite album that Tony Williams plays on and what is the best track from that album?
>>60995113
Glad to see someone else recognizes this. Not sure about my favorite album, but my favorite performance of his is probably this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2EW7CxQjIY
the fill at 0:56 rips my fucking face off
How exactly was it that 17 year old kid was able to become recognized and rise to the top of jazz drumming at such a young age?
>>60995553
he was really good
>>60995564
How did he get that good at such a young age? I mean people have argued that he was better than Elvin Jones who was 20 years his senior?
>>60995553
>began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers. Saxophonist Jackie McLean hired Williams when he was 16.
Wow, that's fucking young.
https://youtu.be/XcMKWGTBGRM
He sounds like a fucking tsunami ripping through a city here
>>60995113
I don't know if Tony ever sounded better than he did with Ron Carter and they sound their absolute best on this I think.
>>60995639
He had the opportunity to play with some amazing musicians from a very young age.
>>60995848
Jaco is walking that fucking bass to hell, what an awesome performance
>>60995639
he practiced like a fucking madman. i've heard stories of when he was a kid, on the weekends literally all he would do is practice.
