Gary Williams

Let There Be Love

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“a major singing talent” Don Black

CD available from Dress Circle and Jazz CDs or download from iTunes, Amazon UK or Amazon USA and soon to be released in Japan.

Reviews: In Tune Magazine, Journal Into Melody, Steve Ross, BBC Radio 2.

After performing Nat Cole’s most famous songs with John Wilson conducting various concert orchestras, in 2003 I commissioned Andrew Cottee to arrange the repertoire for the best trio of musicians I could find.

At a show in Grimsby, the sound engineer had the foresight to make an archive recording of the show, never intended for release, which I found by accident just a few months ago. It’s actually a great recording, largely due to about the finest trio anyone could hope for: James Pearson (resident pianist at Ronnie Scott’s), Jeremy Brown and Matthew Skelton. Academy Award winner Don Black has provided the sleeve notes.

“Gary Williams pays tribute to Nat Cole on Let There Be Love.  Without making any attempt to imitate the Cole sound or phrasing, Williams captures the relaxed ease that imbued Cole’s singing, and the Williams pipes are fine in their own right. Williams continues to be among the best of the younger generation of vocalists who carry the torch of good music for those with discerning ears.” Joe Lang, Jersey Jazz (USA) (Read more…)

Gary Williams Meets Frank Sinatra

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“neatly juxtaposed vintage stylings and modern flair” Rosemary Riddle Acerra

It’s been a long time coming but I have finally got around to recording a Sinatra tribute album with full big band and strings provided by Chris Dean and his Orchestra. As you know, the last thing I consider myself is a Sinatra impersonator; this is simply me singing some of my favourite Sinatra songs. It was be released in the UK simultaneously with “The Best of Abbey Road”on the 1st June 2010, and in Japan on 2011.

CD available from Dress Circle and Jazz CDs or download from iTunes, Amazon UK or Amazon USA. Here are the links for the Japanese release of the album: HMV, Sinatra Society Japan, Catfish Records.

Reviews: In Tune Magazine (Read more…)

Gary Williams – The Best of Abbey Road

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“Listening to Gary Williams sing is a sublime experience.” Michael Feinstein

Available for pre-order now from London theatre store Dress Circle, this special compilation features the best of Gary’s last three albums recorded at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios: “Alone Together”, “In the Lounge with Gary Williams” and “Swingin’ on Broadway”. Here’s what Michael Feinstein says about this special collection: “His interpretations are spot on and immensely fulfilling because he sings the words with sensitivity and intelligence. The sound of his voice is all his own: fresh, supple and satisfying. It takes experience and confidence to sing with the restraint he brings to his interpretations. His style is intimate yet powerful but he can also swing. Personally, I can count the number of great contemporary singers of pop standards on one hand. Gary is indeed part of the pantheon.”

CD available from Dress Circle and Jazz CDs or download from iTunes, Amazon UK or Amazon USA.

Reviews: In Tune Magazine. (Read more…)

Swingin’ on Broadway

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Buy now from iTunes or Dress Circle.

Voted one of the Top 10 albums of 2008 by In Tune magazine.

Swingin’ on Broadway celebrates songs from some of the world’s favourite musicals including Anything Goes, The King & I, Annie, Gypsy, Marry Poppins, and the current Broadway hit shows Wicked and Spamalot. (Read more…)

In The Lounge with Gary Williams

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“Best of all, he sounds like Gary Williams and not like anybody else. At one time Gary would have been a world star.” Radio 2′s Malcolm Laycock.

Six of the country’s finest jazz musicians play arrangements back at the Abbey Road with John Wilson producing. Sleeve notes by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith. (Read more…)