Mars Williams

Death

Williams died in Chicago from periampullary cancer on November 20, 2023, at the age of 68. He had been diagnosed with cancer in 2022. Williams had played his final concerts with the Psychedelic Furs in October 2023.

Discography As leader/co-leader Eftsoons (Nessa, 1981 ) with Hal Russell Cinghiale: Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (Eight Day, 1996) with Ken Vandermark Witches & Devils: At the Empty Bottle (Knitting Factory, 2000) Moments Form (Idyllic Noise, 2013)

With Boneshaker (Mars Williams, Paal Nilssen-Love, Kent Kessler) Boneshaker (Trost, 2012) Unusual Words (Soul What, 2014) Thinking Out Loud (Trost, 2017) Fake Music (Soul What, 2019) With EPD (Jim Baker, Steve Hunt, Brian Sandstrom)

The Last Quintet (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2025)

With the NRG Ensemble Calling All Mothers (Quinnah, 1994) This Is My House (Delmark, 1996) Bejazzo Gets a Facelift (Atavaistic, 1998) Hold That Thought (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2024) Mars Archive #2

With Liquid Soul Liquid Soul (1995) Make Some Noise (1998) Here's the Deal (2000) Evolution (2002) One-Two Punch (2006) With Switchback (Wacław Zimpel / Hilliard Greene / Klaus Kugel)

Switchback (Multikulti, 2015) Live in Ukraine (Multikulti, 2016)

As sideman With Harrison Bankhead Morning Sun/Harvest Moon (Engine, 2011) Velvet Blue (Engine, 2013)

With Peter Brötzmann The Chicago Octet/Tentet (Okka Disc, 1998) With Hamid Drake

I Know You Are But What Am I? (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2024) Mars Archive #1

With Hal Russell / NRG Ensemble Elixir (Atavistic, 1979 ) Hal on Earth (Abduction, 1989) The Finnish/Swiss Tour (ECM, 1991) The Hal Russell Story (ECM, 1993)

With Ken Vandermark Standards (Quinnah, 1995) Barrage Double Trio: Utility Hitter (Quinnah, 1996) Vandermark 5: Single Piece Flow (Atavistic, 1997) Vandermark 5: Target or Flag (Atavistic, 1998) With Darin Gray, Chris Corsano

Elastic (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2024) Mars Archive #3

With The Swollen Monkeys Afterbirth of the Cool (Cachalot, 1981) produced by Hal Willner

With The Luck of Eden Hall Ten Meters Over The Ground (Alligators Eat Gumdrops, ltd edition 200, 2012) With Custard Flux Oxygen/Gelatinous Mass (Oxygen CFX002, 2020) Phosphorus, The Gardener, Strawberry Squid, Orbital Transport (Phosphorus CF003, 2022)