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Davey J. Williams (1952,
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– April 5, 2019) was an American
free improvisation Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its ...
and
avant-garde music Avant-garde music is music that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in its field, with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of the status quo in favor of unique or original elemen ...
guitarist. In addition to his solo work, he was noted for his membership in
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and his collaborations with
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.


Biography

Williams began playing guitar when he was 12. He played in rock bands in high school, and studied with
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musician
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from the late 1960s until 1971. In the early 1970s Williams played in the
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B Jazz Ensemble and the Salt & Pepper Soul Band. He also started working with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
around this time, and founded a musical ensemble and recording project called Transmuseq. He toured the U.S. and Europe in 1978. In the early 1980s he worked in a blues band called Trains in Trouble. In 1986 Williams joined
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, who released several albums on
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in the 1990s. In the 1980s he also worked with
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and OK, Nurse, and in the early 1990s played in a punk rock band called Fuzzy Sons. Williams played in an improvisational three-piece called Say What?, and worked with Jim Staley and
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. Williams appeared live at some 1,500 concerts worldwide. Williams co-founded ''The Improviser'', a journal of experimental music, in 1981. He also worked as a music critic for the ''
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'' and published freelance criticism elsewhere. Williams died in
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on April 5, 2019, from cancer.


Discography

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, Theodore Bowen,
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, Jim Hearon, ransMuseq1977 *Raudelunas Pataphysical Revue ay Day Bew 1979 *''Folk Music'',
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, Ted Bowen, ransMuseq1978 *''Jewels'' with
Anne LeBaron Alice Anne LeBaron (b. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, May 30, 1953) is a United States composer and harpist. Anne LeBaron holds a B.A. in music from the University of Alabama (1974), an M.A. in music from the State University of New Yor ...
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, ransMuseq1979 *''Two Thousand Statues'' ohn Zorn-''The English Channel'' ugene Chadbourne 1977-1978 *School ohn Zornwith
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Eugene Chadbourne Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic. Life and career Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twel ...
arachute1979 *''Velocities'' with
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Andrea Centazzo Andrea Centazzo (born 1948) is an Italian-born American composer, percussionist, multimedia artist and record label founder. Music career Centazzo was born in Udine, Italy. In the 1970s he played percussion in avant-garde jazz with John Zorn, St ...
, 1979 *''Direct Waves'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
, 1980 *''USA Tour'' with
Andrea Centazzo Andrea Centazzo (born 1948) is an Italian-born American composer, percussionist, multimedia artist and record label founder. Music career Centazzo was born in Udine, Italy. In the 1970s he played percussion in avant-garde jazz with John Zorn, St ...
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LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
, ctus1980 *Ham Days with Udo Bergner, Herbert Janssen, Torsten Muller,
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
remuco Records1981 *''Alchemical Rowdies'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
. Pippin Barnett, Danny Finney,
Paul Watson Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American conservation and environmental movement, environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine c ...
, ransMuseq 1982 *''White Earth Streak'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
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, ransMuseq1983 *Song of Aeropteryx, with LaDonna Smith, Hal Rammel, ransMuseq983 *''Criminal Pursuits'', solo guitar improvisations ransMuseq1985 *''Locales for Ecstasy'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
, Cinnie Cole, ransMuseq1987 *''Dix Improvisations'' with LaDonna Smith, icto 1989 *''Travellers'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
ransMuseq1990 *''the Aerial #2,'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
on Sequitor1990 *''Say What!'' with Steve Noble, Oren Marshall, 1992 *''Slide Crazy'' ky Ranch 1992*''Transmutating'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
, ransMuseq1993 *''A Confederacy of Dances'', with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
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LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
mackshire1996 *''I Scream'' oldplo-limited edition-atlanta1997 *''Charmed, I'm Sure'' cstatic Peace1997 *Carbon able of the Elements1997 *''Texas Was Delicious'' (Megalon Records, 2000) *''Humdinger'' nowiki/>Atavistic_Records.html" ;"title="Atavistic_Records.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Atavistic Records">nowiki/>Atavistic Records">Atavistic_Records.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Atavistic Records">nowiki/>Atavistic Records2001 *''Numb Right'' [Megalon] 2002 *Antenna Road ransMuseq2008 *''Cooking With Dynamite!'' - Hawk Tubley & The Airtight Chiefs 2011 *''Halcyon Days'' with Andrea Centazzo,
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
ctus2011 *''Sequana Sessions'' with
LaDonna Smith LaDonna Smith (born 1951) is an American avant garde musician from Alabama. She is a violinist, violist, and pianist. Since 1974 she has been performing free improvisational music with musicians such as Davey Williams (musician), Davey Williams, ...
ransMuseq2015 *''Fresh Dirt Submergence! Sympatica'' resh Dirt2016 *''More Requia, In Memory of Great Ancestors'' Henry Kaiser etalanguage2020


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