Tommy Williams

Tommy Williams was an American jazz double bassist. He played with Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Stan Getz and others before he stopped playing in the 1960s. His last recording from that period was in 1965. He played in the Jazztet, where, Golson reported, "I hated to follow [Williams'] bass solos [...] because he could put horn players to shame."

Accounts of why he left music vary. Golson reported that Williams worked in a hardware store after his wife forced him to stop playing;

Williams latterly lived in Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Audrey.

Discography

As sideman