Francis Williams (musician)
Francis Williams , also Franc Williams (born September 20, 1910 in McConnell's Mill . Pennsylvania , † October 2, 1983 in Houston , Texas ) was an American jazz trumpeter of the swing era .
Williams first appeared in the 1930s with Frank Terry's Chicago Nightingales . He moved to New York City in 1940 and worked with Fats Waller , Claude Hopkins , Edgar Hayes , Ella Fitzgerald , Sabby Lewis and Machito for the first half of the decade . From 1945 to 1949, and again in 1951, he was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra . In the following two decades, Williams played primarily in Latin jazz ensembles , in New York theater bands on Broadway and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band . From 1959 to 1962 he worked with Earl Coleman and also led his own quartet. In the 1970s he toured with Clyde Bernhardt ; in later years he still worked with Panama Francis . In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 114 recording sessions between 1946 and 1983.
Lexical entry
- Eddie Lambert, Francis Williams . In: Barry Kernfeld (Ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Vol. 2, Macmillan 1991, p. 1292.
Web links
- Francis Williams at Discogs (English)
- Francis Williams at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2017)
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SURNAME | Williams, Francis |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Franc |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | McConnell's Mill |
DATE OF DEATH | October 2nd 1983 |
Place of death | Houston , Texas |