Kate Williams (pianist)
{{Short description|British jazz pianist and composer}}
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| birth_place = London, England
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| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Pianist, arranger, composer
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| associated_acts = Kate Williams Quartet
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| website = [http://www.kate-williams-quartet.com/ kate-williams-quartet.com]
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Kate Williams is a British jazz pianist and composer who formed the jazz ensemble Kate Williams Quartet with saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, flautist Gareth Lockrane, bassist Oli Hayhurst and drummer David Ingamells, among others.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/05/jazz|title=Kate Williams Quartet, Millennium Hall, Sheffield|first=James|last=Griffiths|date=5 April 2005|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cadoganhall.com/event/otl160719/|title=Kate Williams Quartet|website=Cadogan Hall}} She has performed with many notable UK artists, including Chris Biscoe, Tina May, Henry Lowther, Jim Mullen, John Etheridge, Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel, Tim Whitehead and Karen Sharp.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/kate-williams/|title=Kate Williams|website=All About Jazz|access-date=24 January 2024}}
Early life and education
Kate Williams was born in London, England, into a musical family. Her mother is a classical pianist and her father is the guitarist John Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.birminghamjazz.co.uk/gigs/2018-02-16/kate-williams-quartet|title=Kate Williams Quartet|first=|last=birminghamjazz.co.uk|website=birminghamjazz.co.uk}}
Discography
- 2011: Made Up{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/four-plus-three-kate-williams-kwjazz-review-by-bruce-lindsay.php|title=Kate Williams: Four Plus Three|first=Bruce|last=Lindsay|website=All About Jazz}}
- 2012: Smoke And Mirrors
- 2014: Atlas and Vulcana{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/30/kate-williams-atlas-vulcana-observer-jazz-cd-review|title=Kate Williams: Atlas & Vulcana review – a musical vocabulary that’s all her own|first=Dave|last=Gelly|authorlink=Dave Gelly|date=30 November 2014|newspaper=The Guardian}}
- 2016: Four Plus Three
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.kate-williams-quartet.com}}
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Category:21st-century British pianists
Category:British jazz pianists
Category:British women jazz pianists
Category:British jazz composers
Category:British women composers
Category:British women jazz composers