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Elmer Williams (1905 - 1962)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (4)

Supporting Artist For

  1. Katie Crippen

Member Of

  1. Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra tenor saxophone
  2. Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra tenor saxophone, clarinet
  3. Chick Webb and His Orchestra tenor saxophone

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Dog Bottom 2:39 The Jungle Band (1929) reeds
  2. Jungle Mamma 3:10 The Jungle Band (1929) reeds
  3. I’m Left With the Blues in My Heart 3:09 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1931) reeds
  4. Heebie Jeebie 3:08 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1931) tenor saxophone, reeds, reeds
  5. Soft and Sweet 3:06 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1931) tenor saxophone, reeds
  6. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:55 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1933) tenor saxophone
  7. Blue Minor 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) tenor saxophone
  8. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:49 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Sep 1934) tenor saxophone
  9. Don’t Be That Way 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  10. Imagination 3:25 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  11. Get Together 3:03 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone, reeds
  12. I Can’t Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants 2:58 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  13. Stomping at the Savoy 3:10 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone, reeds
  14. When Dreams Come True 3:23 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  15. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:51 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  16. If It Ain’t Love 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  17. True 2:44 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  18. Why Should I Beg for Love 3:07 Chick Webb’s Savoy Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  19. Lonesome Moments 2:45 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1934) tenor saxophone
  20. Moonlight and Magnolias 2:52 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  21. I May Be Wrong (but I Think You’re Wonderful) 3:06 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  22. Rhythm and Romance 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  23. I’ll Chase the Blues Away 2:34 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  24. Love and Kisses 3:19 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  25. Are You Here to Stay? 3:11 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  26. Blue Lou 3:03 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  27. Facts and Figures 2:35 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  28. What a Shuffle 2:54 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  29. Go Harlem 2:22 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  30. Under the Spell of the Blues 3:05 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  31. Crying My Heart Out Over You 3:09 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) tenor saxophone
  32. When I Get Low I Get High 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Feb 1937) tenor saxophone
  33. That Naughty Waltz 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  34. Azure 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  35. Harlem Congo 3:16 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  36. Spinnin’ the Webb 3:04 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  37. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street 2:44 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra (Feb 1944) reeds
  38. I Can't See for Lookin' 3:16 Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (Jun 1944) tenor saxophone
  39. Hurry, Hurry 3:03 Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (Jun 1944) tenor saxophone
  40. Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well 3:01 Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (May 1945) tenor saxophone
  41. Christopher Columbus 3:03 Fletcher Henderson (1961) tenor saxophone
  42. Chris and His Gang 3:02 Fletcher Henderson (1961) tenor saxophone
  43. Sing, You Sinners 2:44 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1961) tenor saxophone, reeds
  44. Back in Your Own Backyard 2:35 Fletcher Henderson (1961) tenor saxophone
  45. You’ll Wish You’d Never Been Born 3:17 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1971) tenor saxophone
  46. Kitty on Toast 2:48 Horace Henderson and His Orchestra (1983) tenor saxophone
  47. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train 3:02 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (1984) tenor saxophone
  48. Rockin' in Rhythm (take 1) 4:11 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1985) tenor saxophone
  49. Rockin' in Rhythm (takes 2 & 3, incomplete) 0:32 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1985) tenor saxophone
  50. Blue Skies (takes 2, 3 & 4, incomplete) 2:50 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1985) tenor saxophone

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008039113
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2008039113
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113999
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13935450m

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/683130

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001521580

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/49411773

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51052670