Life Time (Tony Williams album)

Life Time
Life Time
Studio album by Tony Williams
Released	January 1965
Recorded	August 21 & 24, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:25
Label	Blue Note; BST 84180
Producer	Alfred Lion
Tony Williams chronology

ReleasedJanuary 1965^[1]

RecordedAugust 21 & 24, 1964

Life Time is the debut album by American drummer Tony Williams, recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.^[2] Featured musicians include tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Herbie Hancock and bassists Ron Carter, Gary Peacock, and Richard Davis.

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

v t e Tony Williams
Albums as leader or co-leader	Life Time (1965) Spring (1966) Emergency! (1969) Turn It Over (1970) Ego (1971) Believe It (1975) Million Dollar Legs (1976) The Joy of Flying (1978) Angel Street (1988) Native Heart (1989) The Story of Neptune (1992) A Tribute to Miles (1994)
The Great Jazz Trio albums (with Hank Jones and Ron Carter)	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (with Jackie McLean, 1978) Direct from L.A. (1978) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (2000, recorded in 1977)
Arcana albums (with Bill Laswell and Derek Bailey)	The Last Wave (1996) Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Related articles	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime Trio of Doom Arcana

v t e Sam Rivers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Fuchsia Swing Song (1964) Contours (1965) A New Conception (1966) Dimensions & Extensions (1967) Hues (1971–73) Streams (1973) Crystals (1974) Dave Holland / Sam Rivers (with Dave Holland (bassist), 1975) Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1975) Sizzle (1975) Waves (1978) Contrasts (1979) Colours (1982)
With others	Miles in Tokyo (with Miles Davis, 1964) Change (with Andrew Hill, 1966) Conference of the Birds (with Dave Holland, 1972) Dialogue (with Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Black Stars (with Jason Moran, 2001) In the Name of... (James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, 1993) Capricorn Rising (and Don Pullen, 1975) The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (with Cecil Taylor, 1969) Life Time (with Tony Williams, 1964) Spring (with Tony Williams, 1965) Into Somethin' (with Larry Young, 1964)

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