William "Billy" James (April 20, 1936 – November 20, 2009)[1] was an American jazz drummer.
[2] James worked with Lionel Hampton and Booker Ervin in the 1950s, and in the early 1960s with James Moody, Candido Camero, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Don Patterson,[3] and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.
James led his own groups in the latter half of the 1960s and worked further with Stitt during this time as well as with Eric Kloss.
Later associations include Eddie Harris and Houston Person.
[4] With Eddie Harris With Don Patterson With Sonny Stitt With others This article on an American jazz drummer is a stub.