Jazz-rock drummer Tony Williams packed scads of fantastic music into his 51 years. He played with Miles Davis when he was a teen, in Davis’s mid-’60s freebop quintet; later, he led the fusion dynamo of Tony Williams Lifetime. Such a phenomenal artist deserves a virtuosic tribute band—and bassist Jack Bruce, keyboardist John Medeski, guitarist Vernon Reid, and drummer Cindy Blackman possess the articulately fiery chops to do Williams’s legacy justice. Witness some of the most explosive, inspirational music ever conceived. (Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave, 441-9729, 7:30 and 9:30 pm, $35, all ages)
Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when... More by Dave Segal
Jack Bruce as in Cream Jack Bruce?
@1: Yes. (Ginger Baker also plays mostly jazz now.)