# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buster-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:55.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buster-williams"
name: "Buster Williams"
slug: "buster-williams"
description: "Charles Anthony \"Buster\" Williams is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, as well as working with guitarist Larry Coryell, the Thelonious Monk repertory band Sphere and as the accompanist of choice for many singers, including Nancy Wilson."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buster_Williams_(2423796564).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.672468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659287/"
    handle:    "nm1659287"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.busterwilliams.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باستر وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باستر وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باستر ولیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "バスター・ウィリアムス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Williams"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "بسٹر ولیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1129379"
    title: "Buster Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump