Elmer "Tone" Williams (1905 – June 1962)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist,[2] Elmer Williams was one of the early tenorsax players with personality and good qualities, known primarily for his works with Chick Webb, so definitely deserving to be remembered.
[3] Elmer worked mainly with Chick Webb until 1934 (briefly with McKinney's Cotton Pickers in summer of 1931).
He can be seen playing with Noble Sissle's Orchestra in the film short “Bob Howard’s House Party” (1947).
Elmer Williams toured with Herbert ‘Kat’ Cowens in summer of 1950, later in the 1950s worked in Milan, Italy, with tenorist Freddy Mitchell’s band.
In later life he suffered from diabetes; eventually he had both legs amputated, but continued to play ‘gigs’ in a wheelchair.