James Gordon Williams
James Gordon Williams has played piano and performed around the world. A virtuoso pianist Williams has headlined at Birdland and The Village Vanguard anchoring his reputation as one of the top 100 jazz pianists of the 21st Century. A renaissance man and an associate professor of music at UCSC, Williams has written an important critical improvisation studies book. His latest album, Falling to Rise Again, highlights William’s soulful touch on the Rhodes electric piano. Professor, author, community organizer and theatre composer whose deeper contemplations on life’s vicissitudes comes through his playing and arrangements. -DNA; Good Times Santa Cruz
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