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Setlist unabashedly plays favorites, and Lori Williams is by any measure near the top of the favorites list. This D.C. vocalist’s instrument contains the kind of nuances that one could get lost in. She has the kind of attenuation and subtlety that we associate with jazz singing instantly—a kind of jazz-vocal ‘discipline,’ for lack of a better term. But Williams slips in hints—and sometimes dead giveaways—that she has packed away the kind of soul power that would make her a tremendous R&B or gospel singer. Perhaps it’s a sort of vocalist’s twist on Ernest Hemingway’s “iceberg theory”: What you hear on the surface is only about 10 percent of what’s really there. As it happens, what is there is crystalline clarity, perhaps the most precise articulation of any singer in town, and a range that will, when she runs it, produce shivers. "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 Ss of Lori Williams, shall we?"
Michael J. West - The Washington City Paper


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“Lori Williams seamlessly moves from Jazz to R&B in ways the listener can feel at home with her in either genre. She has set the bar for vocalists to come.”
- Terri Lyne Carrington (3x Grammy-winning drummer/composer/producer)

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Lori Williams is turning a corner in 2017. In possession of a most impressive resume as a performing artist, educator, songwriter, producer, support vocalist and musical theater actress, her reputation and level of respect are top shelf and unimpeachable. However, Washington, D.C.-native Lori is electing to let her hair down to pursue a more relaxed passion path in the realms of the Quiet Storm and R&B-leaning Soul-Jazz. Kicking off this current (and surely to evolve) direction is a special double-A sided single “I Like the Way You Talk to Me”.

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Mar 6, 2020
Montpelier Arts Center
May 23, 2020
Blues Alley
Jul 1, 2020 to Jul 31, 2020
Mulitiple Venues

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SOULFUL VOICES…Laura Ainsworth: New Vintage, Douye’: Daddy Said So, Lori Williams: Healing Within, Eclipse of the Soul, Behind the Smiles
by George W. Harris • September 25, 2017

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DISCOGRAPHY

Behind The Smiles
by Lori Williams
© Lori A. Williams - 2016

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Tracks
  1. Deja Vu
  2. It's Love
  3. Save Your Love for Me
  4. You Make Me Feel Alright
  5. The Island
  6. Through Your Eyes
  7. Behind The Smiles
  8. Mixed Signals
  9. It's Safe to Dream
  10. Overjoyed
  11. Song of Praise/It is Well

Eclipse of The Soul
by Lori Williams
© Lori A. Williams - 2012

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Tracks
  1. Body and Soul
  2. Don't Ask My Neighbors
  3. Day By Day
  4. Eclipse of the Soul - Spoken Word
  5. Eclipse of the Soul
  6. What Was I to You
  7. Body and Soul Outro-I Surrender
  8. Scream Freedom
  9. La Vie En Rose
  10. What Have I Found in You
  11. The Moonlit Sky (Moonlight Sonata)
  12. Mother Black Crow

Healing Within
by Lori Williams
© Lori A. Williams - 2010

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Tracks
  1. Healing Within (Blue in Green)
  2. Little Sunflower
  3. How Can I Begin Again
  4. Can't Explain
  5. Perfect World Interlude
  6. In A Perfect World
  7. Held Hostage
  8. Lay Your Body Down
  9. I Can't Make You Love Me
  10. Amazing Grace
  11. Healing Within (Blue in Green) Acoustic
  12. Where'd It Go
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