(Contemporary Jazz) Ben Williams - State of Art (feat. Gerald Clayton, Christian Scott, Jaleel Shaw, Marcus Strickland) - 2011, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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Ben Williams / State of Art
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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2011
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Jazz bassist Ben Williams is a forward-thinking musician who crosses easily between straight-ahead, funk, and gospel-influenced jazz. A native of Washington, D.C., Williams graduated from the Duke Ellington School of Music before studying with renowned bassist Rodney Whitaker while earning a B.A. in jazz studies at Michigan State University. He is an in-demand sideman and has performed with a veritable who's who of jazz, including Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Mulgrew Miller, Terence Blanchard, and others. Williams is also a regular member of Stefon Harris' hip-hop-influenced Blackout ensemble and leads his own group. In 2009 Williams won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and subsequently signed a recording deal with Concord Records. In 2011 he released his debut solo album, State of Art. by Matt Collar AMG

Bassist Ben Williams' 2011 solo debut, State of Art, is a thoughtful contemporary and post-bop-leaning album that finds the winner of the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition delving into several original tunes and successful pop covers. Williams is an adroit improviser with a fluid, muscular approach to the upright -- as well as the electric -- bass, and he showcases all of his skills here along with his ear for unexpected covers and lively originals. Tracks like the roiling, Latin-infused number "November," featuring guitarist Matthew Stevens, and the high-energy, frenetic "Mr. Dynamite" are ear-popping straight-ahead jazz moments, while the hip-hop jazz cut "The Lee Morgan Story," featuring MC/vocalist John Robinson, brings to mind such '90s innovators as Gang Starr and A Tribe Called Quest. A child of the hip-hop generation, Williams clearly has an affinity for the music he grew up with, and consequently, although he does deliver a ruminative and gorgeous contemporary jazz version of "Moonlight in Vermont" here, he also includes a handful of inspired soul covers, including a string-heavy take on Michael Jackson's "Little Susie" and a slow and funky modal jazz version of Stevie Wonder's "Part-Time Lover" featuring saxophonist Marcus Strickland, while he turns R&B singer Goapele's "Things Don't Exist" into a cinematic orchestral jazz ballad. Though not an R&B cover, Williams' version of trumpeter Woody Shaw's underappreciated "Moontrane" only helps to further expand an already supremely well-rounded debut. by Matt Collar AMG

BEN WILLIAMS - bass, electric bass ("Moonlight in Vermont")
JALEEL SHAW - alto ("November"and "Mr. Dynamite")
and soprano saxophone ("Little Susie")
MARCUS STRICKLAND - tenor and soprano saxophone
MATTHEW STEVENS - guitar
GERALD CLAYTON - piano and Fender Rhodes
JAMIRE WILLIAMS - drums
ETIENNE CHARLES - percussion
Special guests:
JOHN ROBINSON - emcee/vocals ("The Lee Morgan Story")
CHRISTIAN SCOTT - trumpet ("The Lee Morgan Story")
String Quartet ("Little Susie" and "Things Don't Exist"):
MARIA IM - violin
MEG OKURA - violin
COLIN BROOKES - viola
JUSTINA E. SULLIVAN - cello