Williams,Jessica Songs For A New Century CD

Jessica Williams newest album more than lives up to it's proud title with 8 originals by Jessica Williams and one seldom-heard chestnut by Sonny Rollins. The music is as new as the 21st Century and quite unlike anything Ms Williams has committed to CD before: In a program that spans all of the emotions, from longing, sadness, wonder and optimism, to melting love. Still firmly rooted in her nearly 50 year love-affair with jazz, she offers her deeply-felt tribute to the memory of the great pianist Oscar Peterson, and rounds out the mesmerizing program with her original compositions containing soaring lines and John Coltrane inspired rapid-fire sheets-of-sound.

1. Empathy [7:20] 2. Toshiko [5:43] 3. Fantasia [7:04] 4. Song for a Baby [4:15] 5. Blessing in Disguise [7:03] 6. Lament [6:33] 7. Dear Oscar [6:10] 8. Spoken Softly [9:06] 9. If Only [7:47]