Since her successful, ground-breaking debut album Saxtress, Pamela Williams has toured the country, stunning her audiences with electrifying performances.
She has shared the stage with some of the best in the business. Prior to her first album, Pamela had been highly visible as a featured saxophonist with Patti Labelle and Teena Marie. She has made candid television appearances with artists such as Babyface , Sheila E, and was featured as a guest artist on the Arsenio Hall show.
A stunning, multi-talented artist (saxophonist, writer, producer, singer, and painter), Williams strikes a harmonious chord with her Shanachie Entertainment debut , The Perfect Love. From beginning to end, Williams creates ten tracks of irresistible grooves, funky dance tracks, and sensual R&B flavored ballads.
Pamela collaborates with hit-making producers Kim Waters and David Mann to create ten urban-flavored smoothe-jazz classics. Hailing from Philadelphia, Williams is heavily influenced by the city's deep musical tradition. She reflects, "I was exposed to wonderful jazz and R&B growing up in Philadelphia.
I was definitely influenced by fellow Philadelphian, Grover Washington Jr. Actually he was my first teacher. I used to play all of his records and copy what he was doing and that is really how I learned to play the saxophone. I loved his innovative blend of smooth jazz and R&B." Pamela Williams made her recording debut, Saxtress in 1996 which found a home on the Billboard charts for five months.
The cd also earned her a nomination for the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. It also earned her the title of Best Female Contemporary Jazz Artist of 1996. Her follow up recordings include Eight Days of Ecstasy , Evolution, The Perfect Love, and her newest release on Shanachie Records, Sweet Saxations. Pamela has always exhibited many diverse musical elements in her repertoire from jazz to funk, R&B, house Latin, and pop. She is starting to branch out as a producer and arranger for other artists as well.
She has co-written and produced a track called Honey Call with Teena Marie and is featured on sax and flute on her latest release, La Dona. Pamela is currently producing an upcoming artist, DeDe O'Neal, a power house vocalist who is featured on a track called Playing For Keeps, on Pamela's Sweet Saxations cd. There is another creative side to Pamela Williams. She is not only an accomplished musician, she is also a very accomplished visual artist, working in every medium from pencil to watercolor to oil.
Her work ranges from realism to abstract art and she has been commissioned to do several paintings. One wonders which came first and when has she found the time to pursue such time -consuming and demanding careers. "I have been a visual artist much longer than I've been a musician. When I was a child my first love was art but I also had a passion for music as well.
My first big break in the music industry came when I was in college earning a degree in art and I landed a gig with Patti LaBelle. I was at a crossroads, but I found a way to make them both work." Pamela still makes the two careers work. She is presently working on artwork for upcoming shows in Los Angeles, CA. as well as preparing to start touring with the release of Sweet Saxations . When asked to comment on her new cd and what to expect, she comments..."I believe Sweet Saxations is a nice follow up to The Perfect Love.
The music is funky, soulful, energetic, smooth, and sexy. It's smooth jazz but with a little R&B too. I've written and produced half of the project and collaborated once again with producers and fellow saxophonists, Kim Waters and Dave Mann. I've had the pleasure of working with some awesome musicians on this cd. I like the blend of songs and I think it would be a nice flavor to add to your musical menu. "
In a field dominated by by men, Pamela Williams' name appears alongside chart-topping players like Dave Koz, Kenny G, Najee, and Boney James. She has no doubt found her own voice and proven that she can hang with the best of the boys.
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