1 album as leader and 19 as sideman (1967–2015), each listed chronologically.
1969 · The Prisoner and 3 more
In 1969, Buster Williams played bass under a full orchestra on Herbie Hancock's The Prisoner. In 2005, the same bassist turned up on Native Lands, an album led by the drummer of a rock band — a jazz veteran quietly crossing into rock territory.
1973 · Generation
Cedar Walton's longtime drummer Billy Higgins is a name in the small print of countless records. But in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, he built a place called The World Stage, gathering and encouraging young musicians. He was never only a player.
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1991 · You Won't Forget Me
Stung around age 20 by critics who called him soulless, Wynton Marsalis later waved off comparisons to Miles Davis: don't, he said — Miles came up in blues bands, and he hadn't. The standard-bearer of the tradition conceding he lacked the older man's blues roots.
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Cedar Walton
Miles Davis
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