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Buster Williams
US jazz bassist
Camden, United States • b. 1942-04-17
Buster Williams is credited on 1,351 releases across 367 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,351
Pressings credited
367
Albums
7
Decades active
278
In collections
Biography
Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, as well as working with guitarist Larry Coryell, the Thelonious Monk repertory band Sphere and as the accompanist of choice for many singers, including Nancy Wilson.
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Credited work
1,351 releases · 367 albums · active 1962–2026
- Performance · 1,933
- Other credits · 30
- Production · 3
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Different Fur Studios · C.I. Recording Studios · Tivoli, Copenhagen
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sextant
1973
Sorcerer
1967
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992
Crossings
1972
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
1995
V.S.O.P.
1977
The Prisoner
1970
Mwandishi
1971
Fat Albert Rotunda
1969
The Jewel In The Lotus
1974
Spirit Of The New Land
1972
Twin Peaks • Season Two Music And More
2007
'Nard
1981
Treasure Chest
1974
Thought Gang
2018
Sunburst
1975
Outback
1972
Lighthouse '68
1968
Miles Davis Quintet 1965-'68
1998
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984
The Return Of The 5000 Lb. Man
1976
Pinnacle
1975
The Best Of Herbie Hancock
1971
Daddy Bug
1969
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Herbie Hancock
- The Jazz Crusaders
- Sphere (16)
- Dexter Gordon
- Gene Ammons
- Larry Coryell
- Eddie Henderson
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