# An unforgettable evening with Lori Williams 6tet at the Jazz Keller Esslingen 2025: Videos, Photos

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- Published: 2025-12-22T12:36:10+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**The Jazzkeller Esslingen is celebrating 30 years since the reopening of this historic
jazz venue. The Lori Williams 6tet is another highlight of this special festival
year.**

Lori Williams is an American jazz singer, educator, and radio host, known for her
expressive vocals that blend jazz, soul, and gospel. She is also the founder and
director of Positive Music for Positive Minds, Inc.

Her latest album, “Here We Are,” released in 2025, was created in collaboration 
with a musical collective she has worked with for many years.

“A community that I have come to value and love like family! This group has become
my home away from home,” says Williams.

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The musicians met in Lower Austria. Bernhard Wiesinger has been the director of 
the “Jazzwerkstatt Poysdorf” association there since 2010, which has transformed
the wine-growing town north of Vienna into a recognized jazz hotspot.

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In 2012, he invited Lori Williams to teach at the summer workshops. There was an
instant connection between her and the musicians – both musically and personally.

Since then, she has returned to the “Poysdorf Jazz & Wine” workshop and concert 
series almost every year. During numerous sessions, it quickly became clear that
the musical chemistry was also perfect.

The desire to work together ultimately led to the album “Here We Are,” released 
this year. Each band member contributed compositions.

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We were fortunate enough to experience many of these pieces live in the jazz cellar.

The superbly rehearsed band with its first-class musicians – some of whom have known
each other for decades – and Lori Williams’ wonderful voice made this evening unforgettable.

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The Lori Williams Sextet thrilled audiences at the Esslingen Jazz Cellar.

The mid-season review is extremely positive: All six concerts with which the Esslingen
Jazz Cellar has celebrated the 30th anniversary of the reopening of its legendary
vaulted cellar at Webergasse 22 since the beginning of the year have been enthusiastically
received by the audience. “A particular musical highlight was the Uri Caine Trio
concert in February,” agree Barbara Antonin and Claudia Leutner of the Jazz Cellar
team.

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The Lori Williams Sextet has now made a brilliant start to the season. On a European
tour, the charismatic singer from New York made a stop in Esslingen between concerts
in Turin and Hamburg. She was accompanied by an illustrious instrumental ensemble
of international renown.

**Lori Williams, vocals**
 **Bernhard Wiesinger, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone,
flute** **Christian Havel, guitar** **Renato Chicco, piano** **Milan Nikolic, bass****
Joris Dudli, drums**

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