Billy James

Billy James

dr, US
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. William James

American jazz drummer. Played with : Lionel Hampton, Don Patterson, Grant Green, Pat Martino, Eddie Harris, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Houston Pearson, Sonny Stitt and others. Born : April 20, 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Died : November 20, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Plays With

The Paul Weeden Trio

The Don Patterson Quartet

Popular Tracks

Lord Of All on Lord Of All by Billy James & Drew Chambers

Hold On on Hold On by Billy James

Façade on Façade by Billy James

Klondike on Klondike by Billy James

L00se My Mind on Stained Glass Thoughts by Billy James

Hold That Thought on Hold That Thought by Billy James

Blessed on Stained Glass Thoughts by Billy James

Half Of It on Check Your Fruit by Billy James

On Faith on Stained Glass Thoughts by Billy James

Sincerely Yours on Check Your Fruit by Billy James

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
The Boss Men	Don Patterson With Sonny Stitt And Billy James	1966	Compil.
The Boss Men	Don Patterson With Sonny Stitt And Billy James	1966	Album

External Links

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.