CLAUDE WILLIAMSON

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Claude Berkeley Williamson (November 18, 1926 – July 16, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.

Williamson studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced mainly by Teddy Wilson, then by Al Haig and Bud Powell. In 1947 he moved to California, working first with Teddy Edwards, then with Red Norvo in San Francisco, with Charlie Barnet in 1949, and with June Christy for two years. Later he worked with Max Roach, Art Pepper and others. Williamson was a longtime member of the Lighthouse All-Stars (substituting for pianist Russ Freeman), performing with Bud Shank, Stan Levey, Bob Cooper, Conte Candoli and Howard Rumsey. In 1956 he became the piano player in the Bud Shank quartet. In 1968 he started working as a pianist for NBC, first on The Andy Williams Show, then for Sonny and Cher. In 1978 Williamson went back to the jazz world and released
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CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Kenton Jazz Presents Claude Williamson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenton Jazz Presents Claude Williamson
Bop 1954
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Keys West album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Keys West
Bop 1955
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Claude Williamson Trio (aka Have Piano ...Can't Travel) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Claude Williamson Trio (aka Have Piano ...Can't Travel)
Bop 1956
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Round Midnight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Round Midnight
Bop 1957
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Mulls The Mulligan Scene album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mulls The Mulligan Scene
Bop 1958
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON In Italy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Italy
Bop 1958
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON The Fabulous Claude Williamson Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Fabulous Claude Williamson Trio
Bop 1961
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Theatre Party album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Theatre Party
Bop 1962
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Modern Jazz In The Nude album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Modern Jazz In The Nude
Bop 1968
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Holography (aka The Way We Were) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Holography (aka The Way We Were)
Bop 1977
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm (aka The Claude Williamson Trio aka Stella By Starlight) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm (aka The Claude Williamson Trio aka Stella By Starlight)
Bop 1977
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON New Departure (aka Cleopatra's Dream) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Departure (aka Cleopatra's Dream)
Bop 1978
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON La Fiesta (aka First Trip) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
La Fiesta (aka First Trip)
Bop 1979
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Tribute To Bud album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tribute To Bud
Bop 1982
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Claude Reigns album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Claude Reigns
Bop 1984
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Blue Minor album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Minor
Bop 1985
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Sermon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sermon
Bop 1987
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Standards 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Standards 1
Bop 1988
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Standards 2 (aka Stella By Starlight: Standard II) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Standards 2 (aka Stella By Starlight: Standard II)
Bop 1990
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON As Time Goes By album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
As Time Goes By
Bop 1991
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Memory Of West Coast album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Memory Of West Coast
Bop 1991
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Blues in Front album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues in Front
Bop 1991
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON South of the Border, West of the Sun album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Bop 1993
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON El Noche De Espana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
El Noche De Espana
Bop 1994
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Hallucinations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hallucinations
Bop 1995
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Claude Williamson Trio : 52nd St. Revisited album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Claude Williamson Trio : 52nd St. Revisited
Bop 1996
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Song for My Father album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Song for My Father
Bop 1997
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Collaboration 1993 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Collaboration 1993
Bop 2001
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Autumn In New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Autumn In New York
Bop 2007

CLAUDE WILLIAMSON EPs & splits

CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Jazz Patterns album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Patterns
Bop 1961

CLAUDE WILLIAMSON live albums

CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Live! The Sermon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live! The Sermon
Bop 1987
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Live at the Jazz Bakery album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Jazz Bakery
Bop 1995
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Live In Tokyo, 1994 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live In Tokyo, 1994
Bop 2009

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CLAUDE WILLIAMSON Complete 1956 Studio Session album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete 1956 Studio Session
Bop 2004

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