{{short description|American jazz musician}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2025}} '''Edgar Willis''' is a jazz bassist. He toured regularly with Ray Charles in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Goldsby |first=John |date=January 2015 |title=More Great Intros |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1646546592 |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=Bass Player |id={{ProQuest|1646546592}}}}</ref> Together they recorded hits such as "Hit the Road Jack", "What'd I Say", and "I Got a Woman".<ref name=":0" />
Willis was also a member of the late 1950s Sonny Stitt Quartet, with Bobby Timmons and Kenny Dennis.
== Discography == ;With Curtis Amy * ''Mustang'' (Verve, 1967) '''With Ray Charles''' * ''The Genius of Ray Charles'' (Atlantic, 1959) '''With Hank Crawford''' * ''The Soul Clinic'' (Atlantic, 1962) * ''From the Heart'' (Atlantic, 1962) * ''True Blue'' (Atlantic, 1964) * ''Dig These Blues'' (Atlantic, 1966) '''With David "Fathead" Newman''' * ''Fathead Comes On'' (Atlantic, 1962) '''With Sonny Stitt''' * ''37 Minutes and 48 Seconds with Sonny Stitt'' (Roost, 1957) * ''Personal Appearance'' (Verve, 1957)
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