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| 1. | Triple Door Blues
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| 2. | Esperanza
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| 3. | Love and Hate
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| 4. | Elaine
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| 5. | First Gymnopédie
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| 6. | Prophets
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| 7. | Diane
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| 8. | Lonnie's Lament
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Jazz
Recorded: April 9, 2009, The Triple Door in Seattle WA, by Craig Montgomery
Jessica Williams - solo piano
One of America's great musical treasures, pianist Jessica Williams returns with her third in a series of superlative solo piano recordings for Origin Records. Here, in performance at the Triple Door in Seattle, according to Williams, 'There was so much love in the audience that it actually drew the music out of me. I have the best audiences I know of: never loud, raucous, or challenging. They're wonderful folks, and even the ones I hardly know seem like friends.' In this environment, Williams creates a heartfelt and moving program of mostly original compositions that will surely stand as one of the most complete musical statements of her career.
Produced by Jessica Williams
Mastered by Mark Guenther, Seattle Disc Mastering
Piano is a Steinway D, 9-foot Concert Grand
Photography by Chad McCullough & Elaine Arc
Cover design by John Bishop
Jessica Williams
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Mar 17, 1948 in Baltimore, MD
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop
Due to her being based in northern California, Jessica Williams is a bit underrated, but (on evidence of her sets for Jazz Focus and Hep) she is one of the top jazz pianists of today. Williams is a powerful virtuoso whose complete control of the keyboard, wit, solid sense of swing, and the influence of Thelonious Monk have combined to make her a particularly notable player. She started taking piano lessons when she was four and was gigging as a teenager. Williams took extensive classical lessons but also gigged with Philly Joe Jones in Philadelphia before moving to San Francisco in 1977. She was the house pianist at Keystone Korner for a time and made a few interesting recordings (some as Jessica Jennifer Williams) during the period, sometimes utilizing electronics. Although she appeared on Charlie Rouse's final record and gigged steadily, Williams was largely off record (outside of her own private Quanta label) until re-emerging in the late '80s as a brilliant solo acoustic player. She is a giant whose many dates for Jazz Focus (five of its first ten releases feature Williams) and Hep are consistently brilliant.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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