Steve Williams (Singer/songwriter/pianist)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steve Williams |
| Born | March 1976 Origin = Bristol, England |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Label(s) | Principle Records |
| Website | www.stevewilliamsmusic.co.uk |
Steve Williams (born March, 1976) is an English singer-songwriter born in Bristol, England.
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[edit] Career
Steve started playing piano at an early age and had a wide variety of musical influences growing up, from many musical genres including blues, jazz, pop and soul. Songwriters such as Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Marc Cohn, Gerry Rafferty, Elton John , Paul Simon and James Taylor were especially significant to his later development as a song-writer himself.
Artists such as Oscar Peterson, Otis Spann and Ray Charles also had a major impact and inspired Steve's jazz and blues influenced piano style.
Steve studied music and English at Bath Spa University from 1995-1998
Since 2000 Steve has been teaching music and performing arts at Weston College, where one of his students was Beth Rowley
Steve has now been playing, writing and arranging for several years, working with many bands and artists.
Played for Beth Rowley at London and Bristol gigs from 2005 - 2007[1], and also worked with Ben Castle during the same period.
Steve has had a long musical friendship with Geraldine Latty, international gospel artist, since 1991 to the current day.
He has also played for Eddie Martin www.eddie martin.com since 1996.
Steve is currently the keyboard player for UK R'n'B artist Jamelia
Played with the John Fenlon band from 2001-2007 and played live for the Paul Jones Blues Hour on BBC Radio 2 in 2004.
Steve's song "Need Your Love", written for the John Fenlon album "Rip it Up", was a runner-up in the blues category of the UK Songwriting Competition[2].
Steve's album "Corners" was released in December 2007, the title track from which was a finalist in Radio 2's "Sold on Song" competition. The album also features a collaboration with UK blues singer Beth Rowley on "Too Much Too Late", and also features work with Ben Castle, Gary Alesbrook on trumpet (Scissor Sisters, Kasabian and Cliff Moore, brother of guitar legend Gary Moore
[edit] Discography
- 2007: Corners - Principle Records
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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