Larry Williams plays reeds and keyboards. He has played with Seawind, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Sheila E, Prince, and Al Jarreau, just to name a few.

The article from which these comments about John Elliott are taken can be found here.

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"I was... fortunate to study piano and theory with John Elliott."

John Elliott, of course, was the Madame Chaloff of Kansas City for a generation of great Kansas City musicians. You almost cannot have a conversation with musicians from this era without quickly moving to John Elliott.

"John Elliott codified a system, and was a great teacher who could impart that system to his students. It was half piano and half theory. I really do not know if I would have been a serious piano player without him. I took to it very quickly."

"He had marvelous systems for playing in the real world, this enabled me to be able to put a lot of things together at an early age. He taught me how to listen to music, that it is all built off the bass, the bass is the base! It dictates everything. This was revolutionary."

"On top of everything else that made him an amazing teacher, he was also gentle and inspiring."