Al Williams
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"I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about."
"You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life."
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Al Williams
- Genres: Jazz
Biography
A blues-based pianist who played with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, trumpeter Buck Clayton, and saxophonist Johnny Hodges, among others, Williams lived in Chicago from an early age. He studied piano as a child and began playing professionally in Chicago around 1935. He formed a 12-piece dance band around 1936, and a trio in 1942. During the '40s he played with such musicians as Allen, clarinetist Jimmy Noone, and bandleader Erskine Tate. In the late '40s Williams played in a duo with his wife, singer Aubrey Hobbs; the pair was known as Alfred and Aubrey. Williams also arranged for Chicago-area bands around this time. In the '50s he played around New York, including gigs at the Metropole and Savoy Ballroom. He toured Europe with Clayton in 1959 and Hodges in 1961. ~ Chris Kelsey, RoviPost a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Mentioned in
Fall of an Angel: Ironside (TV Episode)
(1974 TV Episode)
At Sportpalast, Berlin
(1961 Album by Johnny Hodges)
Something Special
(1976 Album by Hampton Hawes)
Copenhagen Concert, Vol. 1
(1959 Album by Buck Clayton)
Songs for Swingers
(1958 Album by Buck Clayton)
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