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Name
  
Leroy Williams

Role
  
Drummer


Movies
  
Leap of Faith, Bird Now

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Albums
  
Altered Slates, You Know What I Mean, Hi-Tension

Similar People
  
Barry Harris, Warren Vache, Houston Person, Nicki Parrott, Sam Jones

Music groups
  
Hi-Tension, Atmosfear

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Leroy Williams (born 1937) is an American jazz drummer.

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Williams first began playing drums as a teenager in the 1950s. From 1959 to the middle of the 1960s he played with Judy Roberts, and following this he moved to New York City and played with Booker Ervin in 1967. In 1968 he played with Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, and Clifford Jordan; in 1969 he first began playing with Barry Harris, with whom he would collaborate often. 1970 saw him playing with Hank Mobley, Wilbur Ware, and Thelonious Monk, the latter of which he went with on a tour of Japan. Later in the 1970s he played with Yusef Lateef, Ray Bryant, Charles McPherson, Stan Getz, Andrew Hill, Sonny Stitt, Junior Cook, Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, and Bob Wilber.

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In the 1980s Williams played with Talk Talk, Art Davis, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Steve Turre, and Bill Hardman. In the 1990s he performed with Anthony Braxton, Lee Konitz, Ralph Lalama, and Pete Malinverni. Most recently, he was a member of El Mollenium with Roni Ben-Hur, Bertha Hope, and Walter Booker.

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As sideman

With Pepper Adams

  • The Master... (Muse, 1980)
  • With Anthony Braxton

  • 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 (Leo, 1993)
  • With Al Cohn

  • Al Cohn's America (Xanadu, 1976)
  • With Junior Cook

  • Pressure Cooker (Catalyst, 1977)
  • Good Cookin' (Muse, 1979)
  • The Place to Be (SteepleChase, 1988)
  • On a Misty Night (SteepleChase, 1989)
  • With Ted Dunbar

  • Opening Remarks (Xanadu, 1978)
  • With Slide Hampton

  • World of Trombones (West 54, 1979)
  • With Barry Harris

  • Magnificent! (Prestige, 1969)
  • Vicissitudes (MPS, 1972)
  • Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu, 1975)
  • Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
  • Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris (Xanadu, 1978)
  • With Andrew Hill

  • Blue Black (East Wind, 1975)
  • Divine Revelation (Steeplechase, 1975)
  • With Lee Konitz
  • Lullaby of Birdland (Candid, 1991 [1994])
  • With Samuel Lerner

  • Zombi(e)bop (Black & Blue, 2014)
  • With Charles McPherson

  • Charles McPherson (Mainstream, 1971)
  • Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (Mainstream, 1972)
  • Beautiful! (Xanadu, 1975)
  • Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
  • With Hank Mobley

  • Thinking of Home (Blue Note, 1970)
  • With John Patton

  • Accent on the Blues (Blue Note, 1969)
  • Memphis to New York Spirit (Blue Note, 1969-70 [1996])
  • With Jimmy Raney

  • Live in Tokyo (Xanadu, 1976)
  • With Sonny Stitt

  • My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons (Muse, 1975)
  • With Warren Vache

  • The Warren Vache Quintet Remembers Benny Carter (Arbors, 2015)
  • With Ryo Fukui

  • In New York (1999)
  • References

    Leroy Williams Wikipedia