The Tony Williams Lifetime has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 22 episodes and was first played on 12 December 2012.

The Tony Williams Lifetime was a jazz-rock fusion group led by jazz drummer Tony Williams.

The Tony Williams Lifetime was founded in 1969 as a power trio with John McLaughlin on electric guitar and Larry Young on organ. The band was possibly named for Williams' debut album as a bandleader, Life Time, released on Blue Note in 1964. Their debut album was Emergency!, a double album released on Polydor Records in 1969. It was largely rejected by jazz listeners at the time…