The Tony Williams Thread

[Lucas Ives]

This is new to me: an almost 3 hour audio recording of a 1987 Tony Williams masterclass.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9a1RRAKUDg[/youtube]

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

I think Mr. Williams, or Sir Williams rather, deserves his own dedicated virtual space aka "The thread about Tony."

He is after all Vinnie's own "Vinnie."

Gonna put this on when I get home from rehearsals.

[Lucas Ives]

Done, thread renamed. Have at it, TW fans!

[langmick]

Tony Williams? Never heard of him.

This solo sums up a lot of why I love the drums.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfEWC64ury0[/youtube]

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Intense.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcMKWGTBGRM[/youtube]

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

Guess I'll just add the clinic vid we've all probably seen a million times before.

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/36181572[/vimeo]

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<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/36181572">Tony Williams Drum Clinic</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user10293096">Andrew Peterson</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>[/vimeo]


Ok. Computer geeks. Feel free to edit until it works.

[langmick]

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36181572[/vimeo]

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

There we go. Thanks.

And the favourite tune w/lactic acid hats.

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[AllenS]

Short clip of the master at 21. Great demonstration of Tony's shockingly well-developed ride cymbal technique, which would have been super-impressive at ANY age. Such a legend...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDu6w66F5dU

[GoAndPractice]

That ride cymbal in the black & white videos is insane