Pearl Williams-Jones (née Williams) (June 28, 1931 – February 4, 1991) was an American gospel musician.
[2] She studied piano with Hazel Harrison and Natalie Hinderas while attending Howard University, from which she received both a bachelor's degree and a master's of music,[1] and from which she graduated magna cum laude.
[3] She served as minister of music at her father's church and performed as a singer and pianist throughout the United States and Europe,[1] appearing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall in London and the Suphiensalle in Munich.
[5] For two decades she consulted with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and worked as an administrative staff member of its African Diaspora Advisory Group.
[1] As a composer she was especially known for her performance of "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" to the accompaniment of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring".