Tony Williams

Jazz Retrospective: The Indelible Impact of “Emergency!” by the Tony Williams Lifetime

September 6, 2022
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If you don’t know those 1969 originals, get them and listen to them. And if you know the recordings well, listen to them again. No matter how familiar this 50-year-old music is to you, you’ll be struck by its timelessness.

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Jazz Album Review: Tony Williams’s “Play or Die” Gets Full Release, 40 Years On

September 5, 2022
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The shadow of Weather Report looms over this groove session of consonant harmonies, the only documentation of a short-lived band that should have had the chance to burn more brightly.

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Jazz Album Review: Drummer Tony Williams’s “Play or Die” — Electrifying Eclecticism

July 2, 2022
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Play or Die brilliantly showcases what Miles Davis heard in Tony Williams’ playing: variety of sound within a restricted framework.

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Dance Feature: Boston Dance Alliance Celebrates Tony Williams and Duggan Hill

March 19, 2019
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Although hailing from different backgrounds, Tony Williams and Duggan Hill share important commonalities, most notably their engagement with urban youth.

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Dance Review: City Ballet of Boston’s Urban Nutcracker — A Marvelous Mash-up

December 25, 2018
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This entertaining version of The Nutcracker reflects Boston’s rich multicultural diversity.

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