Skinny Williams

Skinny Williams & Erwin Helfer: St. James Infirmary

by Derek Taylor
June 25, 2003

Chicago sometimes gets lost in the shuffle of rhetoric over New Orleans, Kansas City and New York as jazz focal points past and present. That's an egregious error and one that Skinny Williams and Erwin Helfer, two Windy City regulars, aim to redress. Together, they share the tools necessary to right the wrong and put their town back on the map front and center. Favoring a wide velvet tone completely at odds with his emaciated moniker, Williams fits squarely in ...