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Richard Williams
real name Richard Gene Williams
Richard Williams is credited on 1,062 releases across 196 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,062
Credits
196
Albums
8
Decades active
348
In collections
Biography
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American jazz trumpet player
Born May 4, 1931 in Galveston, Texas, died November 4, 1985 in Jamaica, Queens, New York
Performed with Yusef Lateef, Gigi Gryce, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Duke Jordan, Duke Ellington, and Thad Jones among others.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,062 releases · 196 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 1,240
- Other credits · 25
- Production · 12
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Atlantic Studios · Pep's Lounge
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Mingus Ah Um
1959
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
1963
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
1964
The Blues And The Abstract Truth
1961
Cage The Elephant
2008
Walking In Space
1969
Soul '69
1969
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
I Heard That!!
1976
Better Git It In Your Soul
1971
Mingus Dynasty
1960
Living Time
1972
1000 Smiling Knuckles
1991
The Wiz (The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz")
1975
Svengali
1973
Music Inc.
1971
The Body & The Soul
1963
Screamin' The Blues
1961
Pre-Bird
1961
The Intimate Ellington
1977
...Hello There, Universe
1970
Hoochie Cooche Man
1966
Live At Pep's
1965
Blue Break Beats Volume Three
1996
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