Rudy Williams

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American jazz saxophonist (alto, tenor, baritone) and clarinetist, born 1909 in Newark, New Jersey, died September 1954.
Williams was a prominent member of Al Cooper And His Savoy Sultans 1937-1943, who also worked with Hot Lips Page, Tadd Dameron, Howard McGhee, Gene Ammons and others.

ALBUMS

Jimmy Leyden / Rudy Williams

Four Walls / Pledge Of Love

1957, 7", Single, Mono, Bell Records,

J.J. Johnson, Howard McGhee, Oscar Pettiford, Ketter Betts*, Rudy Williams, Charlie Rice

Jazz South Pacific

Babs' 3 Bips And A Bop* with Rudy Williams and Charles Simon

Lop-Pow / Pay Dem Dues

1947, Shellac, 10", Blue Note,

Babs' 3 Bips And A Bop* with Rudy Williams & Charles Simon

Oop-Pop-A-Da / Stomping At The Savoy

1947, Shellac, 10", Blue Note,

Al Cooper And His Savoy Sultans

1983, LP, Comp, Affinity,

Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra

Through For The Night / Latino

APPEARANCES +

Classic Don Byas Sessions 1944 - 1946

2023, 10xCD, Mono + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Uncompromising Expression

2014, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, Blue Note,

Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Vocal/Modal/Post Bop/Swing/Piano Blues

Four Classic Albums

2010, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment

The Best Small Jazz Bands (1936-1955)

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Bop/Rhythm & Blues/Swing

An Ace Face - The Adventures of Allen Eager

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Giant Steps Recordings,

Charlie Christian

The Original Guitar Genius

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

A Proper Introduction To Babs Gonzales: Real Crazy

2004, CD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Dud* And Paul Bascomb

The Chronological Dud And Paul Bascomb 1945-1947

2003, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Big Band/Rhythm & Blues

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

The Blue Note Years: Boogie Blues & Bop 1939 - 1955 Volume One

Complete American Small Group Recordings

2001, 4xCD, Comp, Definitive Records (2),

Classic Jazz: The Forties

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Jazzin' The Blues (Vol. 5 1930-1953) (Remaining Titles And Supplements)

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Blue And Sentimental

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Past Perfect Silver Line,

Swing/Rhythm & Blues

Charlie Christian

Volume 9 - 1939-1941 - Complete Edition

2001, CD, Comp, RE, Masters Of Jazz (2),

Complete 1927 - 1950 Studio Recordings

Stockholm - New York - Paris 1938 - 1949

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

2000, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

The Fats Navarro Story

Joe Battaglia (3) And The New York Big Band

Once More... With Feeling

1998, CD, Album, Not On Label (Joe Battaglia Self-Released),

1997, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

An Introduction To Don Byas-His Best Recordings 1938-1946

1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Best Of Jazz,

Swinging At The Savoy (The Home Of Happy Feet!)

1996, CD, Comp, RM, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2)

1996, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Rabbit - The Complete 1941-1954 Small Group Sessions Vol. 4 1952-1953

1995, CD, Comp, Blue Moon (4)

Jazz South Pacific

1994, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RE, Savoy Jazz

Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*

Jazz South Pacific

Dizzy Gillespie, Bennie Green, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Red Rodney

Prestige First Sessions Volume Three

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Prestige

Fats Navarro Featured With Tadd Dameron's Band*

Royal Roost Sessions 1948

1990, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Blue Note : The SP Days 1939-1952

Stride/Swing/Boogie Woogie

Jazz 'Round Midnight - The Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Songbook

1989, CD, Comp, Verve Records

The Complete Johnny Hodges Sessions 1951 - 1955

1989, 6xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Jazz En Verve Vol. 4 Tropical

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Roy Brown, Wynonie Harris

Battle Of The Blues Volume 4

Rhythm & Blues/Jump Blues

Le Trombe Del Jazz Moderno

1986, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop

Maynard Ferguson / Dizzy Gillespie / Miles Davis & The Metronome All Stars*

Trumpets On High!

1984, LP, Comp, Tall Tree Records,

1948 At Royal Roost

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, Vee Jay Records,

Charlie Christian

1941 Live Sessions

Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

The Rarest Sessions Of The 40's

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Raretone,

Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*

Jumpin' At The Savoy 1938-1941

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records

The Blues Alley All Stars

Beale Street Blues "Alive And Well" At Blues Alley - Memphis, TN

1978, LP, Blues Alley Records,

Featured With The Tadd Dameron Band

J.J. Johnson - Kai Winding - Bennie Green With Sonny Rollins, John Lewis (2), Gerry Mulligan, Art Blakey

The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era

Savoy Jam Party

After Hours In Harlem

Tadd Dameron, Babs Gonzales, Dizzy Gillespie

The Golden Book Of Classic Swing - Volume 2

1963, 3xLP, Comp, Brunswick,

The Tadd Dameron Band*

The Tadd Dameron Band

Eddie Thomas Singers

Voices From The Apartment Below

1961, LP, Mono, FTP (3)

Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet*

Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet

J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding / Benny Green*

Trombone By Three

Swing With Johnny Hodges

Bobby Sherwood And His Orchestra / Various

Jam Session At Savoy, 52nd St. All Stars Vol. 2

1952, 7", EP, Savoy Records,

Big Band/Swing/Bop

Howard McGhee's Korean All Stars

12th Street Bop / Man With A Horn

1952, Shellac, 10", Hi-Lo Records (4),

Howard McGhee's Korean All Stars

Stardust / Body And Soul

1952, Shellac, 10", Hi-Lo Records (4)

Howard McGhee's Korean All Stars

How High The Moon

1952, Shellac, 10", Hi-Lo Records (4)

Charlie Barnet / Dizzy Gillespie / Bill Harris / Stan Kenton / Woody Herman / Miles Davis

The Modern Idiom

Illinois Jacquet

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

Coast To Coast / Oo-la-la

Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson With Sonny Stitt

Modern Jazz Trombones Volume Two

1951, 10", Prestige,

Gene Ammons Band*

Ammons Boogie / Echo Chamber Blues

Bennie Green And His Band

Flowing River / Green Junction

Sir Charles And His All Stars

Benson Alley / Mr. Big Horn

1948, Shellac, 10", Apollo Records (2),

Don Byas's Swing Shifters

Bass-C-Jam / Free And Easy

1944, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records

What Do You Want With My Heart / Don's Idea

1942, 5xShellac, 10", Album, Decca

Una Mae Carlisle, Frankie Newton*, Lester Young, Oran "Hot Lips" Page*

The Greatest Of The Small Bands Vol. 3

LP, Comp, RCA, RCA, RCA,

Jam Session At Savoy

7", EP, RE, Savoy Records,

J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding / Benny Green*

Trombone By Three

LP, Album, RE, Original Jazz Classics, Prestige

Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans*

Jumpin' At The Savoy

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra, Lennie Tristano Sextet

Jazz Of The Forties / Hot Vs Cool

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Illinois Jacquet

All The Hits On Bell

1958, 7", EP, Bell Records

All The Hits On Bell

1958, 7", EP, Bell Records,

Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron

At Royal Roost - Volume 2

Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron

At The Royal Roost 1948 (Volume 1)