PATRICE WILLIAMSON IS A SCINTILLATING, soulful singer who swings hard
and can scat with the best of them. For those who can't make it to the
Jazz Baroness Room, Monkfish now streams live all of its performances
on their Facebook page
[https://www.facebook.com/themadmonkfish/videos/]. There is a $10
cover charge for seats in the Jazz Baroness Room.
Patrice Williamson, vocals
Eunjeong Hwang, piano
Keala Kaumeheiwa, acoustic bass
Les Harris Jr., drums
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Patrice Williamson is a scintillating,
soulful singer who swings hard and can scat with the best of them.
She’s rightly been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan in
publications such as the Los Angeles Times and The All-Music Guide to
Jazz. A favorite of the Boston music scene, Patrice’s sensitive
ballad work and fluent scat style have garnered invitations to perform
most recently with Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano and Terri Lyne Carrington
for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. As an Associate Professor of
Voice at Berklee College of Music, her work has taken her to Perugia,
Italy, Seoul, South Korea, and India, where she performed with
saxophonist Donald Harrison in the New Delhi Jazz Festival.
Both of her independent recordings, My Shining Hour and Free to Dream,
have received high praise from jazz critics around the country. In
2014 she started The Ella Project, a multi-faceted tribute leading up
to Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday, including a concert series,
biographical performance, and recordings, including the recently
released Comes Love, an album celebrating the collaboration between
Fitzgerald and legendary guitarist Joe Pass. Patrice received both her
Master’s degree and an Artist Diploma from the famed New England
Conservatory of Music. In addition to performing, Patrice is actively
passing on her knowledge and love of the jazz tradition through
teaching, ensuring that new generations will have an appreciation for
this great American music.
https://www.patricewilliamson.com/
[https://www.patricewilliamson.com/]
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