02/01/2024
AWJ Family, please welcome acclaimed international jazz vocalist Lori Williams has a most impressive resume as a performing artist, award-winning music educator / choral director, artist-in-residence, songwriter, producer, musical theater actress, radio voice announcer ("Collector's Choice with Lori Williams", JazzRadioWETF.org), and business owner/founder (PositiveMusicPM.org), with over 30 years of experience. Her annual vocal jazz workshops and tours have taken her to festivals in Europe (Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Ukraine), Japan, British Virgin Islands, and across the USA. She has performed in premier venues like Blues Alley, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, City Winery, The Kennedy Center, Keystone Korner, Rams Head Live, Scullers Jazz Club, Yoshi's and many more. As a veteran educator and private vocal coach, Lori received many honors including Outstanding Music Teacher, the 2007 Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year, and the 2010 Vincent E. Reed Teacher of the Year. Lori was nominated for a 2014 Helen Hayes Award as an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Musical for her role as Ella Fitzgerald. Lori received letters of recognition for her performances from President Joseph Biden (describing Lori as having "the voice of an angel"), Speaker of the House John Boehner, and Senator C. Anthony Muse. She was also honored as the 2023 Excellence in Arts and Entertainment Award recipient by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association, and was the University's 2023 Grand Marshall. For over three decades, Lori Williams has had the honor of collaborating with many notable artists as lead, background, studio session, and guest vocalist. Lori currently has six independent CDs, two singles, and released an official music video for her song "Too Late (It's My Time)", an empowering anthem and much needed musical expression of spiritual, emotional, and mental breakthrough for healing souls. Her top charting, uplifting music is found on all streaming sites and LoriJazz.com.
As Michael J. West (Jazz music critic) states, "She's got a soft-edged, creamy voice that's a natural vehicle for introspection, but also one that you could happily curl up and get lost in. It's stunning, supple, subtle, sumptuous, soulful music---let's call that the five S's of Lori Williams, shall we?"
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