New York, NY

Jamire Williams’ drum playing can make you forget that other instruments exist. With ensemble ERIMAJ, in collaboration with Herbie Hancock, Madlib and Solange and on solo LP  ///// EFFECTUAL, he bends the athleticism of free-form jazz technique and the twitchy unpredictability of the electronic avant-garde into percussion that swirls and bludgeons like a cyclone. “New music” and “futurist” come close to describing what Williams does, but not close enough to contain him.