This page announces Jacob led/co-led events only. On occasion a few special events in which Jacob plays as sideman may also be announced.  Please also visit:  myspace 

Please scroll down this page to view video excerpts of past performances.

And please visit periodically to be informed of more upcoming events.

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2012

Sunday, May 20

with

Dave Bryant Quartet

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Thursday, June 14

9 PM

$ TBA

@ Ryles Jazz Club

Beyond Biology

Jim Hobbs / Jeff Galindo / Steve Lantner / Jacob William / Luther Gray

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Friday, June 29

7 PM

$ 10

@ Lily Pad

June Unit

Allan Chase / Tom Hall / Jacob William / Luther Gray

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Monday, April 16

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Dave Bryant Quartet

Dave Bryant (keyboards) / Tom Hall (t.sax) / Jacob William (bass) /  Bob Gulloti (drums) and Chris Bowman (perc.)

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Para Quintet

@ Outpost 186 

Forbes Graham / Jim Hobbs  / Steve Lantner / Jacob William / Laurence Cook 

Trumpet         A. Sax              Piano                   Bass                    Drums 

Thursday, March 22

BSU Faculty Jazz Trio

Wednesday, Feb. 22

UMASS Faculty Jazz Group

@ UMASS Darthmouth

Free Admission

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Tuesday, Feb. 21

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Saturday, Jan. 28

@ Outpost 186 

BERN NIX/DAVE BRYANT QUARTET

a reunion of 2 members of Ornette's 70s Prime Time band

Bern Nix - guitar / Dave Bryant - piano / Jacob William - bass / Eric Rosenthal - drums

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Friday, Feb. 3

@ Lily Pad , 7 PM

Eric Hofbauer (Guitar) / Pandelis Karayorgis (Wurlitzer) / Jacob William (Bass) / Luther Gray (Drums)

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2011

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Monday, Dec. 12

 8 PM @ Horace Mann Auditorium, BSU

Caravan : Faculty World Music Trio

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Fri. Dec. 9

Ad Faunum in NYC (CD Release)

8 PM

Douglas Street Music Collective

Brooklyn, NYC

Joe Moffet * Noah Kaplan * Giacamo Merega * Jacob William * Luther Gray

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Sun. Dec. 4

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto Sax * Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jacob William - Bass * Eric Rosenthal - Drums

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Tues. Nov. 15

8 PM @ Horace Mann Auditorium, BSU

Batik: Faculty Jazz Trio

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Sat. Oct. 29

Para Quintet

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Forbes Graham * Jim Hobbs * Steve Lantner * Jacob William * Laurence Cook

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Wed. Nov. 2

8 PM

 Johnny D's Music Club/Nightclub
17 Holland Street
Somerville, MA 02144-2730

Eric Hofbauer - Guitar * Pandelis Karayorgis - Wurlitzer * Jacob William - Bass * Luther Gray - Drums

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Wed. Oct. 19

Eric Zinman Ensemble 2

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Eric Zinman - Piano * Jacob William - Bass * Laurence Cook - Drums

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Fri. Oct. 21

Dave Bryant Septet

Jim Hobbs * Tom Hall * Jeff Song * Dave Bryant * Jacob William * Eric Rosenthal * Curt Newton

8:00, $10 or b/o. Venue is
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge http://www.gbgm-umc.org/harepumc

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Sat. Oct. 15

Ad Faunum (CD pre-release concert)

Presented by Boston Microtonal Society

7:30 PM

@ Gallery 263

Cambridge, Mass

Joe Moffett * Noah Kaplan * Giacamo Merega * Jacob William * Luther Gray

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Sat. Oct. 8

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Dave Bryant - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto Sax * Jacob William - Bass * Laurence Cook - Drums

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Wed.  Sep. 28

8 PM @  Outpost 186

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Sun.  Sep. 18

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Dave Bryant - Piano * Tom Hall - Tenor Sax * Jacob William - Bass * Eric Rosenthal - Drums

Spring/Summer 2011

Sat. July 16

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Eric Hofbauer - Guitar * Pandelis Karayorgis - Wurlitzer * Luther Gray - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

Tues. June 28

8:30 PM @ Ryles Jazz Club

with Jim Hobbs Group

Forbes Graham * Jim Hobbs * Jeff Galindo * Junko Fujiwara Simons * Luther Gray * Jacob William

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Sun. June 12

8 PM @  Outpost 186

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Sat. May 14 

Para 'tet

8 PM @  Outpost 186

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Sat. May 20

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Citizens Orchestra

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Fri. May 27

with Dave Bryant Quartet

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Sun. May 29

8 PM @  Outpost 186

Trio with Zinman and Cook

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Sat. April, 9,  8 PM @  Outpost 186 

Case Studies Quartet

 Charlie Kohlhase - Saxophones * Andy McWain - Piano * Luther Gray - Drums *

Jacob William - Bass

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Sunday, March 27, 7:30 PM

@ 263 Gallery

 263 Pearl Street
Cambridge, MA   02139

Boston Microtional Society Presents:

This will be Kaplan's and Karayorgis's long-overdue first public performance together. We look forward to hearing the combination of Kaplan's microtonal melodic style and Karayorgis's leaning "between the keys" technique, with the energy, elasticity and richness of Gray's and William's rhythm section.

Noah Kaplan - Tenor Sax * Pandelis Karayorgis - Wurlitzer Keys * Luther Gray - Drums

* Jacob William - Bass

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Monday, March 28, 8 PM Outpost 186

Tom Hall - Tenor Sax * Dave Bryant - Piano * Jacob William - Bass * Eric Rosenthal - Drums

Fri. March, 11, 8 PM @ Lily Pad

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums *

Jacob William - Bass

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Wed. March, 9, 8 PM @  Outpost 186  

Jim Hobbs - Alto Sax * Jeff Galindo - Trombone * Luther Gray - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

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Sat. February, 12,  8 PM, @  Outpost 186  

Laurence Cook - Drums * Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Steve Lantner - Piano *

Jacob William - Bass

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Fall 2010

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December 11th, 2010 8 PM

@ The University of the streets - Muhammad Salahudeen Memorial Jazz Theatre

Second Floor at 130, East 7th street, NY

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Steve Lantner - Piano *

Jacob William - Bass

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December 5th, 2010, 9 PM @ Lily Pad

DKCW Quartet:

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums *

Jacob William - Bass

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November 13, 2010, 8 PM @  Outpost 186

Jacob William Case Studies Trio:

Andy McWain - Piano * Luther Gray - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

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November 17, 2010, 8 PM @  Outpost 186

Double Bill: DKCW Quartet PLUS Lisa Mezzacappa's Bait and Switch  

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums

Jacob William - Bass

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October 20, 2010, 8 PM @  Outpost 186

BassDrumBoneSax - Quartet:

Jim Hobbs - Alto * Jeff Galindo - Trombone * Luther Gray - Drums

Jacob William - Bass

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September 28th, 2010, 8 PM @  Outpost 186

DKCW Quartet + James Falzone * Clarinet

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums *

Jacob William - Bass

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September 11th, 2010, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

Para Quintet:

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet *

Jacob William - Bass

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Spring 2010

May 19th, 2010, 10:30 PM @ Lily Pad

Quartet:

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums *

Jacob William - Bass

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April 30th, 12 PM

@ Harbor Gallery - UMASS Boston

As part of Through The Virtual Looking Glass:

A Mixed Reality Exihibition of the Art of Virtual Worlds

One of six exihibitions being held simultaneously in six countries:

Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Brazil and the USA

For more information, please go here

Para Quintet:

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet *

Jacob William - Bass

Admission is open to public and FREE!

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April 25th, 8 PM

@ Outpost 186

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jacob William - Bass * Curt Newton - Drums

Jacob William - Bass

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April 21st, 10:30 PM

@ Lily Pad

Para Quintet:

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet

Jacob William - Bass

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Quartet:

Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano * Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Laurence Cook - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

March 26th, 8PM @  Outpost 186

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Trio/Quartet:

Jorrit Dijkstra - Alto * Pandelis Karayorgis - Piano  * Laurence Cook - Drums

February 7th, 8PM @  Outpost 186

Fall 2009 

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Para Quintet 

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Jacob William - Bass

Parampara Quintet 

 Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto  * Keiichi Hashimoto - Trumpet

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Spring 2009

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Trio:

Jim Hobbs - Alto * Luther Gray - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

  April 19th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

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PW Duo/ 

Lewis Porter - Piano 

March 24th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

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Parampara Quintet

Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Jacob William - Bass

February 14th, 8 Pm @ Outpost 186

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 Trio:

  Jim Hobbs - Alto * Luther Gray - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

 January 10th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

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2008 

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Parampara Quintet

Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet

October 18th, 7 PM @ Lily Pad

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Parampara Quintet

Laurence Cook - Drums * Steve Lantner - Piano * Jim Hobbs - Alto * Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Jacob William - Bass

July 26th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

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Secondary Deviations Quartet

Jim Hobbs - Alto *  Forbes Graham - Trumpet * Croix Galipault - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

May 24th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

June 14th, 8 PM @ Outpost 186

June 21st , 7 PM @ 119 Gallery

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Jim Hobbs - Alto * Croix Galipault - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

Bridgewater State College

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Vardan Ovespian - Piano * Cem Mutlu - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

November 9th, 2003 @ Bennington Museum

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Williams College

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Enrique Haneine - Piano * Chris Carroll - Drums * Jacob William - Bass

July 10th, 2003 @ Bennington College