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Tonight, Isaiah Williams opened up for Victor Wooten at the 9:30 club. This makes the third time that I have seen him play, but this was the first time that I have seen him play a full set on his own. Actually, tonight was the first time that anyone has seen him play a full set on his own -- that's right, tonight was the professional debut of the Isaiah Williams Project. On his own, Isaiah got his start four years ago on Showtime At The Apollo when he was five years old.
Futureman (Victor's brother and bandmate in The Flecktones) joined Isiah on stage, as well as Isaiah's father (Drue Williams) on bass and his uncle (James Dudley) on keys. Man, that kid can solid play. He has solid time, good groove and great stage presence. His dad and his uncle are pretty solid as well. Futch played a kit this time out, instead of his usual Drumitar. Victor also came out and sat in for a song.
After the show, I picked up a copy of Isaiah's CD. Both he and his father were gracious enough to sign it, but the experience reminded me that for all his brilliance, he's a nine year old kid. He just seemed to be really tired and cranky (it was a bit shy of 1am at the time).
Isaiah and Futureman are touring in February. Check him out. So long as he keeps his head screwed on straight, he's going to be an absolute force to be reckoned with.
-- Update --
Anthony's put up his review of the show.