Ben Williams & Sound Effect - cd Release "coming of Age" at The Falcon

Featuring Ben Williams/Bass, Marcus Strickland/Tenor/Alto Saxophones, Victor Gould/Piano, Gilad Hekselman/Guitar, John Davis/Drums

"By definition the bass player is a pivotal figure in jazz, a steward of tonality as well as tempo. All of this was accounted for in Mr. Williams’s set, which also involved a pair of harmonically sound original compositions and a balance of tradition and novelty." - Nate Chinen/The New York Times

http://benwilliamsmusic.net/
Williams has been a working member of two Concord Jazz artists’ working bands: with vibraphonist Stefon Harris & Blackout, a R&B and hip-hop-tinged group, which calls on Williams’ unique connection with go-go, and with pianist Jacky Terrasson’s Trio....

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Featuring Ben Williams/Bass, Marcus Strickland/Tenor/Alto Saxophones, Victor Gould/Piano, Gilad Hekselman/Guitar, John Davis/Drums

"By definition the bass player is a pivotal figure in jazz, a steward of tonality as well as tempo. All of this was accounted for in Mr. Williams’s set, which also involved a pair of harmonically sound original compositions and a balance of tradition and novelty." - Nate Chinen/The New York Times

http://benwilliamsmusic.net/
Williams has been a working member of two Concord Jazz artists’ working bands: with vibraphonist Stefon Harris & Blackout, a R&B and hip-hop-tinged group, which calls on Williams’ unique connection with go-go, and with pianist Jacky Terrasson’s Trio.

He has ventured boldly into the common ground between jazz and hip-hop on “The Lee Morgan Story”, a tune by emcee John Robinson, he discovered when the two appeared together as part of jazz/hip-hop fusioneers' Revive Da Live’s show “Hip-Hop 1942.”
Williams has performed with a host of jazz greats, including Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Pat Metheny, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, and Cyrus Chestnut.

Williams won his first Grammy with the Pat Metheny Unity Band for Best Jazz
Instrumental Album of 2012, and recorded with Metheny on Kin. In 2014 he
performed throughout the world with Metheny, earning his stripes as a road warrior.

Williams has been touring with his band Sound Effects in support of his sophomore album,Coming of Age with Concord Music Group, The album showcases his growth as an artist and person.It has garnered reviews in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post.

“I’m not really good at categorizing music, nor do I feel the need to categorize .... I personally like to think my music as Soul Music. If people think of it as Jazz that’s fine so long as they like it....” - Ben Williams

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