The Tony Williams Lifetime

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The Tony Williams Lifetime was a jazz rock group led by jazz drummer Tony Williams .

history

Tony Williams Lifetime was founded in 1969 as a trio with John McLaughlin (electric guitar) and Larry Young (aka Khalid Yasin) (organ). Their debut album was called Emergency! , a double album released by on Polydor / PolyGram Records in 1969. It was rejected by jazz critics and listeners at the time of its release because of its rock influences. It was later viewed as a classic fusion album. Jack Bruce played bass and sang on the group's second album, released in 1970 .

McLaughlin left the group in 1971 and was replaced by Ted Dunbar while recording the 1971 album, Ego . The album also featured Ron Carter on bass and cello, Warren Smith and Don Alias on drums and Larry Young on organ. After Young left in 1972, Williams formed a trio called Life Time Experience in August 1972 with bassist Stanley Clarke and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty , which only existed for a short time.

The fourth and final album The Old Bum's Rush was recorded in Boston with a completely new band consisting of singer and guitarist Laura Logan , Webster Lewis on organ and clavinet, David Horowitz on piano and synthesizer, and Herb Bushler on bass. Tony Williams' father Tillmon Williams made a guest appearance as a saxophonist.

Because of the poor sales, Polydor then dissolved the contract with Williams. From the next formation, which was formed in 1974 with Laura Logan, Jack Bruce and Allan Holdsworth , also known as Wildlife , no albums were released. In 1975 Williams founded The New Tony Williams Lifetime , which released various albums with Columbia Records in different line-ups (initially with Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass) .

Discography

  • 1969: Emergency!
  • 1970: Turn It Over
  • 1971: ego
  • 1972: The Old Bum's Rush
  • 1975: Believe It
  • 1976: Million Dollar Legs
  • 1978: The Joy of Flying
  • 1980: Play or Die

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leo Stanley: Review of Emergency. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved January 2, 2015 .
  2. ^ Brad Farberman: The musical life of bassist Jack Bruce existed between the worlds of jazz and rock. Retrieved January 2, 2015 .