Person · Open Library
- Works
- 52
Top works
- Zero Belly Diet Recipes
- Dash Diet Cookbook : A 7-Day-7lbs Dash Diet Plan
- Freddie the Footballer
- It Starts with Food Cookbook
- War in Korea, an Early War
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
2008 universal fire victimacademy award winneramericanamerican composercinematic classicalclassical
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17,565
- Total plays
- 97,474
Tags
jazzmodern jazzSmooth JazzHard Bopbass
Jazz bassist Ben Williams is a forward-thinking musician who crosses easily between straight-ahead, funk, and gospel-influenced jazz. A native of Washington, D.C., Williams graduated from the Duke Ellington School of Music before studying with renowned bassist Rodney Whitaker while earning a B.A. in jazz studies at Michigan State University. He is an in-demand sideman and has performed with a veritable who's who of jazz, including Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Educated at
- Michigan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- electric bass guitar
- Image
- Ben Williams 01.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1984-12-28
- Commons category
- Ben Williams (musician)
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