Jessica Williams News

Red and Blue Records Do we really need another tribute to Thelonious Sphere Monk? Everybody who is anybody in the jazz game has put a Monk song on an album.

Robbie Cribbs with his Jessica Williams' piano. Sue Frause photos. There's a pretty famous piano lurking in the woods of South Whidbey.

Red and Blue Records This electronically rendered music thing got its start with Wendy Carlos back in 1968, with the Grammy-winning Switched-On Bach .

“Toshiko", she manages to coax the sounds of a Koto or a Shamisen out of the instrument, all without any overdubs. The title tune, "First Wish", immediately fills you with the spirit of promise and positive change. Her heart-breaking "Fantasia”

Track Empathy Artist/Band Jessica Williams Duration 7:20 Album Songs for a New Century Record Label Origin Records Description Jessica Williams' newest album more than lives up to its proud title with 8 ... via All About Jazz

Blue & Red Records Rule Number 1 of writing a music review: try to be at least half as creative and spontaneous as the music at hand. via All About Jazz

Jay Thomas will bring his Sextet to perform at the Bellevue Jazz Club at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13. via The Bellevue Reporter

You grow up in Baltimore, study classical piano at the Peabody Institute, and wind up gigging with Philly Joe Jones in his namesake town while you're still in your twenties. via Village Voice Music

“Sarah Manning can swing as naturally as she breathes...Manning plays - and writes - in what is unmistakably her own voice.”

On Thursday, April 24th, 2008, alto saxophonist and composer Sarah Manning's Shatter the Glass will return to the Jazz Gallery for two sets. via All About Jazz

If you slip into Jessica Williams' web site and ride the currents of her blog, you could get the feeling that the sixty year-old jazz pianist is something of an eccentric. via All About Jazz

“I figured I'd have more fun bringing her here than going to somewhere else and seeing her with a bunch of people I don't know”

To celebrate his 50th birthday a few years ago, Abe Goldstien and his wife considered flying to San Francisco to see one of his favorite musicians, pianist Jessica Williams. via Des Moines Register

WOMEN who have made it big in jazz will feature in a new TV series celebrating the world-famous Brecon Jazz Festival. via IcWales

“Nearly half of middle-class adults had a relationship with classical music at that time”

Today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Glenn Gould. I recommend this blogpost by one of the jazz world's finest pianists, Jessica Williams [Via Rifftides]. And there's a commemorative item in his home ... via The Spectator