Charles Williams (musician)
{{Short description|American saxophonist}}
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| birth_name = Charles Isaac Williams
| alias = C. I. Williams
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|7|18}}
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| origin = Halls, Tennessee
| instrument = Alto saxophone
| occupation = Musician, bandleader
| years_active = 1971–1997
| label = Mainstream, Mapleshade
| associated_acts = Don Pullen, Bubba Brooks, Larry Willis
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Charles Isaac Williams (born July 18, 1932) is an alto saxophonist based in New York City.Henderson, A., [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ci-williams-mn0001208422/biography C. I. Williams: Allmusic Artist Biography], accessed November 11, 2014
Biography
Williams was born in Halls, Tennessee, and moved to Alton, Illinois, at the age of eight where he later played in the junior high school band, majored in music education at Lincoln University, in Jefferson City, Missouri, and taught orchestral music in St. Albans, Queens.Griffiths, David, Hot Jazz: From Harlem to Storyville, Scarecrow Press, 1998, pp. 82–85 He released three albums on the Mainstream label in the early 1970s.Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/mainstream.pdf Discography of the Mainstream Label (Preview)], accessed October 18, 2014 Williams also played with Clark Terry, Frank Foster, and singer Ruth Brown. In 1995 Hamiett Bluiett approached record producer Pierre Sprey's Mapleshade label and convinced them to record Williams first album in more than two decades.
Discography
- Charles Williams (Mainstream, 1971)
- Trees and Grass and Things (Mainstream, 1971)
- Stickball (Mainstream, 1972)
- Snake Johnson with Ted Curson (Chiaroscuro, 1981)[http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-williams/catalog/#mainstream-mrl-312 Charles Williams discography], accessed November 11, 2014
- When Alto Was King (Mapleshade, 1997)
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Category:American jazz musicians
Category:People from Halls, Tennessee