He's no Beltway insider. But in a way, jazz bassist Ben Williams owes his career to the politics of Washington, D.C. While growing up in the District, his mother, Bennie Barnes-Williams, worked for ...

Bassist Ben Williams has taken the jazz world by storm by mixing standard jazz with funk and gospel influences. A 2009 winner of the Thelonious Monk Competition, Williams and his band Sound Effect ...

Bassist Ben Williams has attracted international attention since winning the Thelonious Monk Award in 2009. His band will perform May 22 at 8 p.m. at the Spa Little Theater, Avenue of the Pines, ...

Star Wars never would have become a multigenerational, international juggernaut without the music of John Williams. But the composer’s not the only one responsible for creating the famous sounds of ...

Andy Cohen's son may have inherited his dad's funny bone. On Tuesday, the Watch What Happens Live host, 55, posted a video of his 4-year-old son Ben as he holds a red sound effects machine and begins ...