David "Happy" Williams (born September 17, 1946), is a US-based Trinidadian jazz double-bassist, who has been a long-time member of Cedar Walton's group. Williams has also worked with many other notable musicians, including Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Stan Getz, Kenny Barron, Duke Jordan, Monty Alexander, Frank Morgan, Hank Jones, Charles McPherson, Larry Willis, George Cables, Abdullah Ibrahim, David "Fathead" Newman, Sonny Fortune, John Hicks, Louis Hayes, Jackie McLean, Clifford Jordan, Abbey Lincoln, Ernestine Anderson, and Kathleen Battle.
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Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Billy Higgins
American jazz drummer
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Clifford Jordan
American jazz saxophone player
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Walter Booker
American jazz double-bassist
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Vincent Herring
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
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Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Marvin Smith
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Kenny Washington
American musician
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Cecil McBee
American bassist
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Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Al Foster
American musician
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Albert Heath
American drummer
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Ray Drummond
American musician
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Ben Riley
American drummer
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George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Eddie Gladden
American musician
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Ronnie Mathews
American musician
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Bob Berg
American musician
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Tony Reedus
American musician
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Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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George Andrew Cables
American jazz pianist
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Ralph Moore
British musician
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Billy Drummond
American musician
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Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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George Coleman
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Victor Lewis
American jazz drummer
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Harold Land
American musician
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Cyrus Chestnut
American musician
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Eddie Henderson
American musician
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Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Junior Cook
American saxophonist
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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Steve Grossman
American saxophonist
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Houston Person
American saxophonist
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James Williams
American jazz pianist
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Ira Sullivan
American jazz musician
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Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Kenny Garrett
American musician
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Steve Nelson
American musician
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Ronnie Burrage
American musician
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Lonnie Plaxico
American jazz bassist
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Larry Grenadier
American bassist
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Carl Allen
American jazz drummer
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Wallace Roney
American musician
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Jay Leonhart
American double bassist, singer, and songwriter
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Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
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Benny Green
American musician
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Rufus Reid
American musician
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Kenny Barron
American jazz pianist
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George Adams
musician
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Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist
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Don Sickler
American musician
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Larry Gales
American musician
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Mike LeDonne
American musician
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Art Pepper
American musician
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John Ore
American musician
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Jean Toussaint
jazz musician
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Cameron Brown
American musician
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Howard Johnson
American musician
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Stanley Cowell
American musician
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Charles Davis
American musician
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Avery Sharpe
American musician
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Louis Hayes
American drummer
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Paul McCandless
American musician
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Marc Johnson
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
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Bob Cranshaw
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Steve Coleman
American saxophonist
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Barry Altschul
American drummer
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Eric Alexander
American saxophonist
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Albert Dailey
American musician
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Javon Jackson
American musician
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Anthony Cox
American jazz bass player
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Sam Jones
American double bassist and cellist
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Barry Harris
American bebop jazz pianist
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Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Scott Colley
American musician
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Vanessa Rubin
American singer