DREW WILIAMS
DREW WILIAMS
Drew Williams is a saxophonist and composer who creates music rooted in the jazz tradition but shaped by his work in film scores, contemporary classical, and indie rock.
Standards Quartet - Live at Weights and Measures
Though I’ve spent the last decade mostly known as a composer for large ensembles, I’ll always be a saxophonist first. On a whim, I recorded some of my favorite standards with Matt Villinger, Jeff Harshbarger, and Jaylen Ward at Weights and Measures Soundlab.
Wobble EP
A video EP featuring improvisations for solo saxophone, synths, effect pedals, and tape loops. Plastic Sax stated the track Squeal is “almost certainly one of the year’s most exciting statements by a locally based musician.”
Wing Walker Orchestra - Hazel
Long in gestation but immediate in its impact, Wing Walker Orchestra's debut album, Hazel is a great introduction to one of the East Coast's liveliest ensembles led by multi-reedist Drew Williams, who plays bass clarinet on the album. Hazel is a work of airy futurism with its layered effects, electronic touches and "inside" debt to such bands as Radiohead, Guillermo Klein's Los Guachos, and film composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
What People Are Saying
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What People Are Saying *
“A remarkable debut album”
— The New York Times
“An enticingly fresh sound under the venerable big band umbrella.”
— Downbeat Magazine