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"Patrice Williamson is a singer with a smoky alto voice; she eschews vibrato and enunciates perfectly, and her understated phrasing works with the preceding to make a distinctive and quietly commanding sound. A classically trained flutist, Williamson studied jazz voice with Dominique Eade at the New England Conservatory. You can hear all her musical authority in her flawless pitch and natural swing: Stevie Wonder's 'Overjoyed' becomes as much a jazz tune here as does Bud Powell's "Wail." The debut album is My Shining Hour (River Lily); catch her now before some producer puts synthesizers behind her and makes her sing Spice Girl covers." –Bart Grooms |
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