Buddy Williams (jazz drummer)

Ira "Buddy" Williams (born December 17, 1952, in New York City) is an American jazz drummer. He has played with Grover Washington, Cedar Walton, David Sanborn, Kirk Whalum, Joe Sample, The Manhattan Transfer and others. Willams is a past member of the Saturday Night Live Band.

As sideman
With Nat Adderley With Andy Bey With Carla Bley With Doug Carn With George Freeman With Dizzy Gillespie With Dave Grusin With Jaroslav Jakubovic With Howard Johnson and Gravity With Hugh Masekela With Lee Ritenour With David Sanborn With Sonny Sharrock & Linda Sharrock With Valerie Simpson With Lonnie Liston Smith With Bob Stewart With McCoy Tyner With Luther Vandross With Cedar Walton
 * Don't Look Back (SteepleChase, 1976)
 * Hummin' (Little David, 1976)
 * Experience and Judgment (Atlantic, 1974)
 * Fleur Carnivore (Watt, 1989)
 * Revelation (Black Jazz, 1973)
 * Man & Woman (Groove Merchant, 1974)
 * Closer to the Source (Atlantic, 1984)
 * Dave Grusin & The GRP All-Stars - Live in Japan (Arista Records, 1981)
 * Checkin' In (Columbia, 1978)
 * Testimony (Tuscarora, 2017)
 * Main Event Live (A&M, 1978)
 * Rio (1979)
 * Straight to the Heart (Warner Bros. Records, 1984)
 * Paradise (ATCO Records, 1975)
 * Valerie Simpson (Tamla, 1972)
 * Dreams of Tomorrow (Doctor Jazz, 1983)
 * Goin' Home (JMT, 1989)
 * Looking Out (Columbia, 1982)
 * Never Too Much (Epic, 1981)
 * Animation (Columbia, 1978)
 * Soundscapes (Columbia, 1980)