Buster Williams Discography
1975 (age 33)
Buster Williams
Woody Shaw, trumpet #3,5; Earl Turbinton, bass clarinet #1,3, soprano sax #3-5; Sonny Fortune, soprano sax #1,3, alto flute #3,4, flute #5; Onaje Allan Gumbs, acoustic, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Ensemble; Buster Williams, acoustic bass, Fender bass #1, vocal #3; Billy Hart, drums; Guilherme Franco, percussion; Suzanne Klewan, Marcus, vocal #2,3; Buster Williams, composer, arranger #1-4; Onaje Allan Gumbs, composer, arranger #5.
Blue Rock Studio, NYC, August 6, 7, 11 and 14, 1975
| 1. | The Hump | Muse MR 5080 |
| 2. | Noble Ego | - |
| 3. | Pinnacle | - |
| 4. | Tayamisha | - |
| 5. | Batuki | - |
* Muse MR 5080 Buster Williams - Pinnacle 1975
= 32 Jazz 32147 - 1998
1976
Buster Williams Quartet
Roy Ayers, vibes; Kenny Barron, acoustic, electric piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums; with Jimmy Rowles, acoustic piano #4,7; Nobu Urushiyama, percussion #1; Suzanne Klewan, voice #1.
Generation Sound Studios, NYC, August 30, 1976
| 1. | Prism | Muse MR 5101 |
| 2. | Enchanted Flower | - |
| 3. | I Love You | - |
| 4. | I Dream Too Much | - |
| 5. | Vibrations | - |
| 6. | My Funny Valentine | - |
| 7. | I Dream Too Much (alternate take) | Muse MCD 5430; 32 Jazz 32087 |
* Muse MR 5101 Buster Williams - Crystal Reflections 1976
= Muse MCD 5430 - 1991
= 32 Jazz 32087 - 1998
1978
Buster Williams Trio
Kenny Barron, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Ben Riley, drums.
Nippon Columbia's Studio, Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 1978
| Tokudo | Denon (J) YX-7531-ND | |
| This Time The Dream's On Me | - | |
| Fuego | - | |
| This Is The End Of A Beautiful Friendship | - | |
| Someday My Prince Will Come | - |
* Denon (J) YX-7531-ND Buster Williams Trio - Tokudo 1978
= Denon (J) DC-8549 - 1989
Buster Williams
same personnel.
Generation Sound Studios, NYC, March 28, 30, and April 3, 1978
| I Fall In Love Too Easily | Muse MR 5171 |
same session.
| Toku-Do | - |
Gayle Dixon, violin; Pat Dixon, cello; Kenny Barron, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums; Buster Williams, string arranger.
| Shadows | - |
Gayle Dixon, violin; Pat Dixon, cello; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums; Suzanne Klewan, vocal; Buster Williams, string arranger.
| Pygmy Lullabye | - |
Kenny Barron, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Billy Hart, drums.
| Ruby P'Gonia | - |
Buster Williams, solo bass.
| Veronica | - |
* Muse MR 5171 Buster Williams - Heartbeat 1979
Buster Williams
Eddie Henderson, trumpet, flugelhorn; Hubert Laws, flute; Hank Crawford, alto sax; Kenny Barron, acoustic piano; Onaje, electric piano, arranger, conductor; Buster Williams, acoustic bass, piccolo bass; Billy Hart, Ben Riley, drums; Nobu, percussion; with John Blake, Lloyd Carter, Valerie Collymore, Akua Dixon, Gayle Dixon, Eddie Drennon, Carl Ector, Clarissa Howell, Ulysses Kirksey, Ronald Lipscomb, Melvyn Roundtree, George Taylor, strings; Terri Gonzalez, Curtis Rance King Jr., Darryl S. Tookes, vocal.
Columbia Studios, NYC, September-October, 1978
| When The Sky Is Clear | Buddah BDS 5728 | |
| Betcha By Golly, Wow! | - | |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | - | |
| Seascape | - | |
| So Falls The Past | - | |
| Dreams Come True | - |
* Buddah BDS 5728 Buster Williams - Dreams Come True 1980
1989 (age 47)
Buster Williams Quintet
Shunzo Ohno, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor, soprano sax; Herbie Hancock, piano, keyboards; Buster Williams, bass, piccolo bass; Al Foster, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 8 and 9, 1989
| Air Dancing | IN+OUT Records (G) 7004-1 | |
| Christina | - | |
| Fortune Dance | - | |
| Something More | - | |
| Decepticon | - | |
| Sophisticated Lady | - | |
| I Didn't Know What Time It Was | IN+OUT Records (G) IOR CD 7004-2 |
* IN+OUT Records (G) 7004-1, IOR CD 7004-2 Buster Williams - Something More 1989
1996 (age 54)
Buster Williams Quintet
Gary Bartz, alto, soprano sax; Stefon Harris, vibes; Carlos McKinney, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lenny White, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 11 and 12, 1996
| Pop Dog | TCB (Swi) TCB 97602 | |
| All Of You | - | |
| Somewhere Along The Way | - | |
| Epistrophy | - | |
| Song For Sensei | - | |
| Sommertime | - | |
| Song For Thaddeus | - | |
| Where's That Rainbow | - |
* TCB (Swi) TCB 97602 Buster Williams Quintet - Somewhere Along The Way 1997
1998
Buster Williams Quartet
Stefon Harris, vibes; Geri Allen, piano; Buster Williams, bass, vocal; Lenny White, drums.
IIwII Studio, Weehawken, NJ, January 14 and 15, 1998
| A Different Place | TCB (Swi) TCB 99252 | |
| Lost In A Memory | - | |
| Deja | - | |
| I Thought About You | - | |
| Why Should I Pretend | - | |
| Skim Coat | - | |
| Ambiance And Pie | - | |
| Christina | - | |
| Tunnel Wind | - |
* TCB (Swi) TCB 99252 Buster Williams Quartet - Lost In A Memory 1999
Buster Williams Quartet
Steve Wilson, alto sax; Carlos McKinney, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Ali Muhammad Jackson Jr., drums.
Byton Studios, Hilversum, Holland, May 4 and 5, 1998
| Yardbird Suite | TCB (Swi) TCB 21202 | |
| Joined At The Hip | - | |
| Scrapple From The Apple | - | |
| Magic Samba | - | |
| What Is This Thing Called Love | - | |
| Leo | - | |
| Moose The Mooche | - | |
| Francis Dances | - | |
| Relaxin'at Camarillo | - |
* TCB (Swi) TCB 21202 Buster Williams Quartet - Joined At The Hip
1999
Buster Williams Quartet
Steve Nelson, vibes; Mulgrew Miller, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Carl Allen, drums.
Montreux Jazz Festival, Miles Davis Hall, Montreux, Switzerland, July 4, 1999
| Tokudo | TCB (Swi) TCB 20152 | |
| The More I See You | - | |
| Announcement | - | |
| You And The Night And The Music | - | |
| Christine | - | |
| Rhythm-a-ning | - |
* TCB (Swi) TCB 20152 Buster Williams Quartet - Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1999 2001
2000
Buster Williams Trio
Geri Allen, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lenny White, drums.
Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, March, 2000
| Houdini, Pt. 1 | Sirocco Jazz Limited (E) SJL 1014 | |
| The Sorcerer | - | |
| Bellodgia Diva | - | |
| If I Should Lose You | - | |
| Ouija Board | - | |
| Little Girl Blue | - | |
| Fall | - | |
| Striver's Jewels | - | |
| Houdini, Pt. 2 | - |
* Sirocco Jazz Limited (E) SJL 1014 Buster Williams Trio - Houdini 2001
2004 (age 62)
Buster Williams Quartet
Stefon Harris, vibes, marimba; George Colligan, piano; Buster Williams, bass, piccolo bass; Lenny White, drums.
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 5, 2004
| Nomads | HighNote HCD 7123 | |
| Related To One | - | |
| The Triumphant Dance Of The Butterfly | - | |
| The Wind Of An Immortal Soul | - | |
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | - | |
| Joined At The Hip | - | |
| Concierto De Aranjuez | - | |
| After The Ninth Wave | - |
* HighNote HCD 7123 Buster Williams - Griot Liberte 2004
2006
The Buster Williams Trio
Kenny Barron, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lenny White, drums.
Mountain View Center For The Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA, September 9, 2006
| We See | BluePort Jazz BP-J016 | |
| Concierto De Aranjuez | - | |
| Song For Abdullah | - | |
| Related To One | - | |
| Nikara's Song | - | |
| Surrey With The Fringe On Top | - |
* BluePort Jazz BP-J016 The Buster Williams Trio - Live - 65 Roses 2008
2008
Buster Williams Quartet
Stefon Harris, vibes; Patrice Rushen, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lenny White, drums.
released 2008
| Deja | Buster Williams Productions 634479799853 | |
| After The Ninth Wave | - | |
| Song For Sensei | - | |
| Christina | - | |
| The Wind Of An Immortal Soul | - | |
| Where's That Rainbow | - |
* Buster Williams Productions 634479799853 Buster Williams - Live Volume 1 2008
2010
Buster Williams
Buster Williams, bass; and others.
released November 29, 2010
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Vanilla OMP itunes.apple.com/en/album/aint-misbehavin/id406619506 | |
| When The Sky Is Clear | - | |
| Dreams Come True | - | |
| So Falls The Past | - | |
| Betcha By Golly Wow | - | |
| Seascape | - |
* Vanilla OMP itunes.apple.com/en/album/aint-misbehavin/id406619506 Buster Williams - Ain't Misbehavin' 1999