Party: Gareth Williams Trio

Party: Gareth Williams Trio

Gareth Williams - Piano
Dave Green - Bass
Steve Brown - Drums
One of the most intensely creative, dynamic and exciting performers on the UK scene, Gareth Williams has been receiving increasing critical and public acclaim since becoming a professional musician in the early 90s.
Described as “jewel of a player... spinning out luminous introductions and codas” by Jazziz Magazine (USA), he has dazzled audiences not only by his virtuoso approach to the piano, but also by his multi-instrumentalist talents on guitar and vocals.
He turned professional after graduating in English Literature from Cambridge Univer-sity in 1990 and went on to study music at London’s Guildhall, initially on guitar, later switching to piano. It is mainly as a pianist that Gareth has earned a glowing reputa-tion both in the UK and abroad over the past few years, but his singing and guitar playing have gained increased recognition in their own right. An electrifying perform-er, he has been described as “…a fantastic improviser” by John Fordham in The Guardian and “If you’ve seen Williams perform, you’ll know that he’s the embodiment of creative energy, a physical player who gets wrapped up in his work, with a key-board command that’s both impressive and well-directed” by Peter Vacher in Jazzwise.
He has worked with many international jazz greats, including Art Farmer, George Coleman, Bud Shank, James Moody and Dave Liebman, plus top British musicians such as Jim Mullen, Martin Taylor, Martin Drew, Tommy Smith, Tim Garland, Clark Tracey, Gwyneth Herbert and Iain Ballamy.
Gareth dedicates the set mostly to thematic of Bill Evans.