{{Short description|American jazz drummer (1941–2022)}} {{distinguish|Leroy Williams (baseball)}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2023}} '''Leroy Williams''' (February 3, 1937 – June 1, 2022)<ref>[https://ethaniverson.com/2022/06/11/vicissitudes-john-heard-leroy-williams-and-grachan-moncur-iii/ Vicissitudes: John Heard, Leroy Williams, and Grachan Moncur III]</ref> was an American drummer, mostly known for his work in [[jazz]].
Williams first began playing drums as a teenager in the 1950s. From 1959 to the middle of the 1960s he played with singer Judy Roberts, and following this he moved to [[New York City]] and played with [[Booker Ervin]] in 1967. In 1968 he played with [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Archie Shepp]], and [[Clifford Jordan]]; in 1969 he first began playing with [[Barry Harris]], with whom he would collaborate often. 1970 saw him playing with [[Hank Mobley]], [[Wilbur Ware]], and [[Thelonious Monk]], the latter of which he went with on a tour of [[Japan]]. Later in the 1970s he played with [[Yusef Lateef]], [[Ray Bryant]], [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]], [[Stan Getz]], [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]], [[Sonny Stitt]], [[Junior Cook]], [[Al Cohn]], [[Buddy Tate (musician)|Buddy Tate]], and [[Bob Wilber]].
In the 1980s Williams played with [[Art Davis (bassist)|Art Davis]], [[Barry Harris]], [[Tommy Flanagan (musician)|Tommy Flanagan]], [[Steve Turre]], and [[Bill Hardman]]. In the 1990s he performed with [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Lee Konitz]], Ralph Lalama, and Pete Malinverni. He was a member of the group El Mollenium with [[Roni Ben-Hur]], [[Bertha Hope]], and [[Walter Booker]]. He recorded with Rodney Kendrick, Roy Hargrove, and Justin Roberson.
==Discography== ===As sideman=== '''With [[Pepper Adams]]''' *''[[The Master (Pepper Adams album)|The Master...]]'' (Muse, 1980) '''With [[Anthony Braxton]]''' *''[[9 Standards (Quartet) 1993]]'' (Leo, 1993) '''With [[Al Cohn]]''' *''[[Al Cohn's America]]'' (Xanadu, 1976) '''With [[Junior Cook]]''' *''[[Pressure Cooker (album)|Pressure Cooker]]'' (Catalyst, 1977) *''[[Good Cookin']]'' (Muse, 1979) *''[[The Place to Be (Junior Cook album)|The Place to Be]]'' (SteepleChase, 1988) *''[[On a Misty Night]]'' (SteepleChase, 1989) '''With [[Ted Dunbar]]''' *''[[Opening Remarks]]'' (Xanadu, 1978) '''With [[Slide Hampton]]''' *''[[World of Trombones]]'' (West 54, 1979) '''With [[Bill Hardman]]''' *''[[Focus (Bill Hardman album)|Focus]]'' (1980 [1984]) *''[[Politely (album)|Politely]]'' (Muse, 1981 [1982]) * ''[[What's Up (Bill Hardman album)|What's Up]]'' (SteepleChase, 1989) '''With [[Barry Harris]]''' *''[[Magnificent!]]'' (Prestige, 1969) *''[[Vicissitudes]]'' (MPS, 1972) *''[[Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron]]'' (Xanadu, 1975) *''[[Live in Tokyo (Barry Harris album)|Live in Tokyo]]'' (Xanadu, 1976) *''[[Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris]]'' (Xanadu, 1978) *''[[For the Moment (Barry Harris album)|For the Moment]]'' (Uptown, 1985) '''With [[Andrew Hill (jazz musician)|Andrew Hill]]''' *''[[Blue Black (album)|Blue Black]]'' (East Wind, 1975) *''[[Divine Revelation]]'' (Steeplechase, 1975) ;With [[Lee Konitz]] *''[[Lullaby of Birdland (album)|Lullaby of Birdland]]'' (Candid, 1991 [1994]) '''With Samuel Lerner''' *''Zombi(e)bop'' (Black & Blue, 2014) '''With [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]]''' *''[[Charles McPherson (album)|Charles McPherson]]'' (Mainstream, 1971) *''[[Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)]]'' (Mainstream, 1972) *''[[Beautiful!]]'' (Xanadu, 1975) *''[[Live in Tokyo (Charles McPherson album)|Live in Tokyo]]'' (Xanadu, 1976) '''With [[Hank Mobley]]''' *''[[Thinking of Home]]'' (Blue Note, 1970) '''With [[Frank Morgan (musician)|Frank Morgan]]''' *''[[Bop!]]'' (Telarc, 1997) '''With [[John Patton (musician)|John Patton]]''' *''[[Accent on the Blues]]'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], 1969) *''[[Memphis to New York Spirit]]'' (Blue Note, 1969-70 [1996]) '''With [[Jimmy Raney]]''' *''[[Live in Tokyo (Jimmy Raney album)|Live in Tokyo]]'' (Xanadu, 1976) '''With [[Red Rodney]]''' *''[[Home Free (Red Rodney album)|Home Free]]'' (Muse, 1977 [1979]) '''With [[Sonny Stitt]]''' *''[[My Buddy: Sonny Stitt Plays for Gene Ammons]]'' (Muse, 1975) '''With [[Warren Vaché Jr.|Warren Vache]]''' *''[[The Warren Vache Quintet Remembers Benny Carter]]'' (Arbors, 2015) '''With [[Doug Lawrence (jazz)|Doug Lawrence]]''' * ''Soul Carnival'' (Fable, 1997) '''With [[Ryo Fukui]]''' * ''In New York'' (1999)
==References== ;Footnotes {{Reflist}}
;General references *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p138452/biography|pure_url=yes}} Leroy Williams] at [[Allmusic]]
==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/Leroy+Williams Leroy Williams] at [[Discogs]]
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