"One of the top pianists of today, she is a giant, consistently brilliant" - Scott Yanow, All Music Guide more...

"I will say on record that I think she is the finest pianist of our time." - Fred Jung, musicologist, critic more...

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"The most important pianist to arrive since Bill Evans." - Alun Morgan, Gramophone more...

"I"m running out of superlatives to describe her playing!" - Humphrey Littleton, BBC more...

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  • Dave Brubeck calls Jessica Williams "One of the greatest jazz pianists I have ever heard."
  • McCoy Tyner says "Jessica is a beautiful player."
  • Alun Morgan, Gramophone: "The most important pianist to arrive since Bill Evans."

This three-time Grammy Nominee was classically trained at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. In her mid-twenties she worked with the great Philly Joe Jones, drummer for the Miles Davis Quintet. She also played in the bands of Eddie Harris, Tony Williams, Stan Getz, Big Nick Nicholas, Airto and Flora Purim, Charlie Rouse, John Abercrombie, Leroy Vinnegar, and others, besides leading her own band. She now plays solo piano exclusively. She has released over 65 albums under her own name, has written over 300 compositions, and holds a Guggenheim Fellowship...more

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This site is dedicated to John Coltrane, Glenn Gould, Elvin Jones, Mary Lou Williams, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Williams, and all who have devoted their lives and their souls to Music. "I want to be a force for good. I know there are bad forces here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the force which is truly good." - John Coltrane