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Williams was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 17, 1948. She started playing the piano at age four, began music lessons with a private teacher at five, and at age seven was enrolled into the Peabody Preparatory.
Apr 15, 2022 · Remembering jazz pianist and composer Jessica Williams Williams was a dazzling player and a favorite at Fresh Air. She died March 10 at 73. We'll listen back to her 1997 performance and...
- Terry Gross
Mar 18, 2022 · The world of jazz lost a bright star on Saturday, March 12, 2022, when iconic pianist/composer Jessica Williams passed at her home in Yakima, Washington with her devoted husband Duncan at her side. She was 73 years old. Williams was born in Baltimore, MD in 1948, and began playing piano at age 4.
Mar 18, 2022 · Jessica Williams, a jazz pianist and composer of extraordinary talent and imagination whose style touched on bebop, fusion and the avant-garde, died on March 10, She was 73. Williams was a mystery to many jazz fans and jazz writers—a name...
Jan 9, 2023 · Jessica Williams is a well-known and highly respected pianist and composer who has deep roots in the Jazz Tradition. The two-time Grammy Nominee was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and classically trained at the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Mar 18, 2022 · The brilliant pianist and composer Jessica Williams was known for her devotion to music and her complex personality. She died on March 12.
Jessica Williams, one of the finest jazz pianists of the modern era, passed away on March 12, 2022, just five days shy of her 74th birthday. Williams lived in Seattle off and on, performing here often through the 1990s and beyond, and blazed trails as a trans woman in jazz.
