Piano Starts Here: Featuring the music of Spencer Williams/Clarence Williams

Doors: 6:30pm Show: 7:30pm

Tickets: $20 advance, $25 doors

Advance tickets can only be purchased online-we do not sell advance tickets at the venue. Refunds are not available within 48 hours of the event. Tickets do not guarantee seating during shows at the Royal Room. 

We are now accepting reservations for diners! After purchasing tickets, please visit the Reservations page to book a table. Table reservations require advance tickets, and are only for guests who plan to dine at the Royal Room.  We do not take reservations over the phone.

Seating for non-diners is first come, first served. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat!

The Royal Room is All Ages until 10pm. 

South Hudson Music Project and KNKX Present: Piano Starts Here

Featuring the music of Spencer Williams/Clarence Williams

Spencer Williams was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer from Louisiana. He is best known for his hit songs "Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Tishomingo Blues", and many others. Clarence Williams was a piano player, composer, bandleader, singer and producer who was very influential in the world of popular music, especially jazz and blues, starting in the 1920’s and continuing through the mid-20th century. They are not related, however, they did both grow up in Louisiana and their paths did cross on several occasions.

The Piano Starts Here series highlights the work of some of the most prolific and talented composers and pianists to have ever tackled the instrument. Each of the performances brings together Seattle's finest pianists to perform the works of the artist selected for that evening on the Royal Room's Steinway B grand piano. This series is sponsored by KNKX and the South Hudson Music Project.