Alter Ego
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Product ID: HL6 00000609
By James Williams
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Series:
Second Floor Music-Jazz
Genre:
Jazz - Latin
Line Up:
Jazz Ensemble
Level: Medium
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From the James Williams CD “Alter Ego” (Sunnyside 1007) this beautiful arrangement features lush harmonies and a moderate tempo. The recording features a front line of Flute, Soprano Sax, and Guitar; however a more traditional instrumentation works effectively as well.
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Composer
James Williams (1951-2004)
James Williams (March 8, 1951, Memphis, Tennessee - July 20, 2004, New York City) was an American jazz pianist.
Williams began playing piano at age 13, and served as the organist at the Eastern Star Baptist Church in Memphis for six years early in his career. He attended Memphis State University, where he began playing jazz. In 1973 he became a faculty member at the Berklee College of Music, also playing with Alan Dawson's group alongside visiting musicians such as Milt Jackson, Art Farmer, and Sonny Stitt. His first album as a leader arrived in 1977, and in 1978 he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, remaining there for four years.
He moved to New York City in the early 1980s, playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, and Kenny Burrell, and formed his own group, the Intensive Care Unit, with Christian McBride, Bill Pierce, and Tony Reedus. In 1999 he became director of jazz studies at William Paterson University, where he remained until his death of liver cancer in 2004.
Blues band Lady Dottie and the Diamonds dedicated their debut album Livin' it up (2007) to the memory of James Williams.
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