69th birthday of Tony Williams

(Born 12 December 1945, Chicago,US)

Brilliant drummer, composer and bandleader, child prodigy who, in 1963, just 17, joins the Miles Davis Second Great Quintet (full personnel: Davis, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone; Herbie Hancock, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Williams, drums)

(Tony Williams Quartet, “Extras” [personnel: Williams, drums; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone; Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone; Gary Peacock, bass; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US, 12 August 1965])

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