I don’t know who wrote most of the tunes, though I assume TW at least had a hand in writing all of them. The music is, as you would expect from the line-up, almost exactly half way between the rock/R&B vocal-oriented music of The Old Bum's Rush and the jazz/rock of Believe It. At some point, collectors started referring to this music or this band as Wildlife.Ģ.) Hot And Sticky (which is TW’s ”Lawra")ĥ.) The Spirit (an instrumental interlude in this tune, between sections with vocals and a guitar solo, became the tune "Wildlife", from Believe It.) The session or sessions produced about 40 minutes of music. Wildlife or The Lost Wildlife Tapes refers to music recorded at a Stockholm, Sweden recording session (or sessions) in October 1974. What is/are "Wildlife" or "The Lost Wildlife Tapes"? What year was he most active as a recording artist? Sometime before his first recording session with Miles, on May 14th, 1963, is the most I can say for sure. Febru(Jackie McLean, Vertigo) Ma(Herbie Hancock, My Point Of View, the first album ever released to feature TW on drums), Ap(Kenny Dorham, Una Mas) Ap(Jackie McLean, One Step Beyond). Yes, on four dates, resulting in four Blue Note albums. The first album that he played on that was available at the the time it was made is My Point Of View, by Herbie Hancock.ĭid he record before joining Miles Davis? But this album wasn't released until 1980. He made his first recording on February 11, 1963- Vertigo, by Jackie McLean. How long did it take you to assemble this list?ĭo you own a copy of every album on this list. I’m a data show-offing jazz-bro knight of the first order, but I’m actually trying to do something else here. 000001% better.Īm I to be persuaded that there is more to this than jazz-bro data showoff?
If this occurred even once, the world would be a teeny, tiny, bit better. Maybe instead of pronouncing judgement, I should go listen, then decide.” Maybe the next time someone goes to say, “Tony Williams didn’t sound good after nineteen sixty-x or seventy-x”, instead of saying it, they’ll think to themselves, “Actually, I haven’t been into what I’ve heard, but there’s that huge list that Vinnie made, there’s probably one or two things on there that are pretty killing. Maybe we can learn to stop veering between praise and scorn. If we can think intelligently, and respectfully, about one musician, maybe we can learn to think intelligently and respectfully about all musicians, and then maybe learn to think intelligently and respectfully about all of humanity (I’m not kidding). What social good does your list of records serve? Instead of the usual praise of his work as a young man, and followed by respectful but rueful noises about his work as a middle-aged man, I’d like to simply lay out the records he left behind, and let the music speak for itself. He’s also been the subject of severe criticism and backlash from the musical community since the late 1960s. Tony Williams has been the subject of adulation and cult-like devotion since 1963. What do you mean by “a more intelligent assessment?” By having a list of all the records he made, we, as a community of musicians and music lovers, can make a more intelligent assessment of Williams’ musical achievement.
It will serve as a guide to anyone interested in Tony Williams’ playing and music. At any rate, I believe its more complete than any other I’ve seen.Ģ.) Because I’ve been a lifelong passionate fan of his playing, his music. No doubt I’m missing one or two things too, though I’ve made it as complete as I can. Every TW discography or record list I’ve seen on the Internet is missing one or two things. It is an ongoing, always-incomplete project.ġ.) Because I have seen no complete list.
It will be edited and checked for clarity and accuracy. It will be updated as I come across new things. It is as complete as I can make it today. Is this a complete list of all recordings ever made by TW?
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