For more than a decade, Ben Williams has steadily become one of the most acclaimed and versatile bassists in modern jazz.
Williams’ rise to prominence began after he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in the double bass category in 2009. Three years later, he nabbed a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album as a member of guitarist Pat Metheny’s Unity Band.
He has performed or recorded with such giants as Pat Metheny, George Benson, Stefon Harris, David Sanborn, Lauryn Hill, Wynton Marsalis, Robert Glasper, Maxwell and Nicholas Payton. In 2013 and 2015, Williams received the DownBeat magazine Critics’ Poll Rising Star Award for Bass.
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