tim williams jazz violinist hamilton

Customer Comments:

Hi,
Tim Williams was absolutely fantastic for our daughter's tall ship wedding. He created the perfect ambiance with his repertoire and enthusiasm and we highly recommend him. Please pass on our thanks and appreciation. 
Best wishes
Kathy Iorns (Tim solo)

Recently Janet and I had the most enjoyable experience of attending Tim Williams Quartet’s Lunchtime concert at the Academy of Performing Arts at the University.

What a delightful hour of stunning entertainment.   Tim and his team played a variety of jazz style music which, while it may not be “everyone’s cup of tea”, was a feast not only for our ears but also our eyes if one is even slightly up with what playing a musical instrument requires in concentration and practise.

Tim, who is a WPS member, leads the quartet with his sensitively amplified Violin (Fiddle - would probably be a better word, and it would certainly have been the term if he was in the USA, particularly the deep south!)  The playing was superb. Tim has a nonchalant style as he starts to play but seems to become completely engrossed in what he is playing.  His eyes are often closed as he concentrates on the sounds he is producing.  His left hand dances up and down the fret with his fingers moving in concert with the music’s rhythm.  Meanwhile his right arm is plying the bow to the strings (except for the pizzicato sections) with a determination and at the same time a delicacy which draws the very best of sound from the instrument that is tucked under his chin.  I really enjoyed watching Tim’s skill.

Trevor Braunias on the acoustic Guitar was likewise a pleasure to watch.  His solo performances were wonderful and he obviously had complete mastery of his instrument.  This skill doesn’t just happen.

Then Pete McGregor on the string bass. Wow!  I watched his left hand fly up and down the fret of the bass as his right hand plucked away at an, at times, furious rate and as far as I could tell (and I do have some musical knowledge), he never seemed to hit a wrong chord.  Pete’s solo’s were also stunning.

The drummer, Owen Kneebone, with 50 years of drumming under his belt, was likewise superb.  He would play one minute in a hushed almost reverent tone and volume and a few seconds later was delivering a splendid exhibition of a raunchy drum solo.  The speed his hands wielded the drum sticks or brushes was amazing.

The combination of these musicians was breathtaking to me.  I thoroughly enjoyed the total performance.