Buster Williams
“Buster Williams's remarkable fast pizzicato technique … illuminated the ballads.” – TheGuardian.com
“Williams creates a funky vamp that has the whole audience bobbing their heads…he can create a mood that few bassists can summon so successfully.” – NotesOnJazz.com
Buster Williams is a prodigious artist whose playing knows no limits. Second in his family to play bass, he grew up in the music and has played with every jazz giant of the last 60 years. His arrangements and compositions have been recorded by Roy Ayers, Roy Hargrove, Art Blakely, Larry Coryell,Freddie Hubbard, Buck Hill, the Jazz Crusaders, Mary Lou Williams, and Herbie Hancock, to name a few and his numerous television commercials and movie soundtracks mean you know his music, if not his name.
Buster
Williams Quartet – “Something More”
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Steve Wilson – saxophones
- Patrice Rushen – piano
- Buster Williams – bass
- Lenny White – drums
Sonny Fortune
“The audience appeared mesmerized as if the spirit of John Coltrane was channeling through Sonny’s alto saxophone…a stunning performance.” – JazzTimes
“The Sonny Fortune Quartet's inspired performance … reveals a multi-talented artist still at the top of his game.” -- AllAboutJazz
When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities of those late, great musicians: hard work, dedication to his art, and exceptional music. In the Spirit of John Coltrane, which features performances from Coltrane alumni Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali, underscore Fortune's reputation as, quoting Stereophile magazine, "one of the most intriguing alto players in contemporary jazz."
Sonny
Fortune Quartet
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Sonny Fortune – saxophone
- Michael Cochrane – piano
- David Williams – bass
- Steve Johns – drums