Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present
Debbie Poryes, piano & Bruce Williamson, reeds


CD RELEASE CONCERT for "Two and Fro" on OA2/Origin Records

Saturday, July 23 at 8PM
at Piedmont Piano Company's new store located at
18th & San Pablo, Oakland (1728 San Pablo Ave.)

$15 - please call 510-547-8188 to reserve tickets with your credit card

"The most intimate setting by far for jazz musicians is playing duo. In solo playing, if you play an unsatisfying note, one can often soften the effect by repeating the “wrong” note to make it seem like it was deliberate. In a duo setting, a suspect note or chord not only disrupts the flow of your own concentration but upsets your partner’s as well. Debbie Poryes and Bruce Williamson are so tuned in to each other that the flow remains uninterrupted. Beautiful music results. The combined timbre, phrasing, tone, touch and time-feel are exquisite on the entire recording. Bravo, Debbie and Bruce!"
-Mark Levine, from the liner notes to Two and Fro

"Bay Area pianist Debbie Poryes and New York-based multi-woodwind player Bruce Williamson bring uncommon flexibility to their interpretations of iconic bebop and post bop tunes, American songbook standards and original compositions. Adventurous and spontaneous, at turns moody and jubilant, with many varieties of grooves - even with this unpredictability, the arrangements are clear & coherent and listeners will be immediately charmed as they enter the sonic world of these two exceptional artists."
-OA2 Records

“Debbie Poryes and her infectious gifts as an abundantly creative jazz pianist-composer-arranger points out her distinctive identity among the huge crowd of excellent pianists. Easily perceptible is her genuine, spirited exuberance for the music, the piano, and the open interaction with her bandmates -- a standout quality of her engagingly personal and musical personality. Impressive, too, is how her swinging joyousness articulates every note she plays.”
-Herb Wong, from the liner notes to Debbie's 2010 quartet CD with Bruce Williamson, Catch Your Breath

"A musician you should be aware of is SF Bay Area pianist, Debbie Poryes. Poryes’ playing is confident, yet playful, thoughtful, but full of life."
-Jazz Chicago

On her CD Catch Your Breath, Poryes colors outside the lines and plays to challenge and compel, but never forgets to entertain...Poryes' approach to arranging involves sophistication with warmth and open-ended possibilities."
-All About Jazz

"Poryes plays with melodicism and rhythmic perfection without resorting to tired cliches."
-Jazz Review