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Williams worked primarily with Latin jazz ensembles and New York theater bands in the 1950s and 1960s, and played with Clyde Bernhardt and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in addition to working with his own quartet. Near the end of his life he worked with Panama Francis.
Williams was a sideman on many releases for Blue Note, Impulse!, New Jazz, Riverside, and Atlantic in the 1960s. Among the musicians he worked with, apart from Mingus, are Oliver Nelson , Grant Green , Lou Donaldson , Yusef Lateef , Gigi Gryce , and Duke Jordan and the big bands of Duke Ellington , Gil Evans , Thad Jones and Mel Lewis , Sam ...
Stu Williamson (May 14, 1933 – October 1, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter and valve trombonist. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Williamson was the younger brother of jazz pianist Claude Williamson. In 1949, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Billy May, Charlie Barnet, and Shelly Manne.
Cootie Williams: American jazz trumpeter (1911–1985) United States of America: 1911-07-10 1985-09-15 Mobile: New York City: Q523899: Lu Watters: American mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, bandleader (1911–1989) United States of America: 1911-12-19 1989-11-05 Santa Cruz: Santa Rosa: Q1872759: Alvin Alcorn: trumpeter (1912–2003) United ...
The following is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, [1] and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Biography [ edit ]
Lawrence Lowell Williams is an American record producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist. He is proficient on the keyboards, saxophone, flute, and clarinet. Williams began his musical career in the 1970s, and has since established himself as a prominent figure in the music industry.
Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 [1] – July 8, 1971) [2] [3] was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday. He was also an arranger and composer, and one of his compositions, "Undecided", is a jazz ...