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Shock!
Shock!
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Jazz
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AKD 326
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- A Welshman in New YorkComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
A Welshman in New York
06:32$2.30 - Shock!Composer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Shock!
06:21$2.30 - Giant StepsComposer(s) John ColtraneArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Giant Steps
04:49$2.30 - ZeldaComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Zelda
05:49$2.30 - Seven LeavesComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Seven Leaves
05:44$2.30 - Keeping Up With Our Jones’sComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Keeping Up With Our Jones’s
03:55$2.30 - Rocky CraterComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Rocky Crater
03:56$2.30 - Holey MoleyComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Holey Moley
05:28$2.30 - For Alun Lewis, Hedd Wyn And the OthersComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
For Alun Lewis, Hedd Wyn And the Others
04:53$2.30 - Twenty Years LaterComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Twenty Years Later
05:15$2.30 - Some InComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Some In
05:09$2.30 - Evans the PianoComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Evans the Piano
08:25$3.40 - Zed BluesComposer(s) Gareth WilliamsArtist(s) Gareth Williams Power Trio
Zed Blues
03:16$2.30
Total running time: 69 minutes.
Album information
Shock! sees Wales' top jazz pianist deliver a selection of funky originals. From melancholy ballads to biting funk, the Power Trio bring a powerful focus and lyrical power to all that they play.
Gareth Williams is an artist who commands huge respect and warmth throughout the UK jazz community. Shock!, the debut album with the Gareth Williams Power Trio, showcases Williams’ skills as an outstanding composer, pianist and improviser.
London-based jazz pianist Gareth Williams has written all but one of the album's tracks (the exception being a cracking new version of John Coltrane's ‘Giant Steps') and his playing exudes power, sensitivity and a poignant lyricism.
Drawing on a range of influences Williams' compositions range from the elegant ‘Evans the Piano', to the elegiac ‘For Hedd Wyn, Alun Lewis and the Others', the intense modern jazz of ‘Seven Leaves', the lop-sided modernity of ‘Some In' and the crisp funk of ‘Keeping Up With Our Jones's', making this Williams' most complete statement to date.