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Williams continued to perform regularly at jazz festivals, both in the U. S. and aboard, as well as on the nightclub circuit.

Williams had performed at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival 12 times, spanning from 1959 thru 1993, sharing the stage with jazz greats such as Sarah Vaughan, Dianne Reeves, Thelonious Monk, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae, Herbie Hancock, Nat Adderley, and Dizzy Gillespie.

During the 1980s Williams appeared at Chicago's, Playboy Jazz Festival ten times.