Greg Williamson (jazz musician)

Greg Williamson is an American jazz musician (drums and percussion) and composer of jazz music.[1]

This article is about the American jazz musician. For other people with the same name, see Greg Williamson.

His musical career includes performances with Young Thundering Herd (Woody Herman), The Glenn Miller Orchestra and The Harry James Orchestra. As part of Steve Allen's re-work of the Tonight Show, Williamson went on tour with performers including Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Paul Smith, Louis Nye and Bill "Jose Jimenez" Dana. In the 1990s Williamson performed with Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, and Joan Rivers; he regularly played the drums for Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Ernestine Anderson and eventually became her musical director.[2] He has also performed solo at such venues as The Washington Center for the Performing Arts.[3]

Williamson created a non-profit organization for music performance and education in North Bend, Washington, named JazzClubsNW.[4]

In 2019, Williamson published a 62-page book called Jazz Traditions A Collection of Drum Set Teaching.[5]

References
  1. "Greg Williamson profile". SmallsLIVE. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. "Greg Williamson Bio". www.ponyboyrecords.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. "BLACK BOX JAZZ: GREG WILLIAMSON". washingtoncenter.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "JazzClubsNW - Jazz Clubs Northwest". www.jazzclubsnw.org. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  5. Williamson, Greg (2019). Jazz Traditions A Collection of Drum Set Teaching. Pony Boy Records. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-359-76574-4. Retrieved 18 May 2020.


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