Williamson, Gary

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Williamson, Gary

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

        Identifiers for corporate bodies

        Description area

        Dates of existence

        1944-2019

        History

        Gary Williamson, a Toronto Jazz pianist, gave his first solo piano recital at age 12 at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He began playing professionally in 1964, and started studying harmony and arranging with Gordon Delamont.

        From 1968 to 1972, he toured Hawaii and Asia, before settling in Toronto with his wife Rose in 1976, where he continued his career recording, touring, performing, and recording. He performed with many musicians in the Toronto jazz scene and backed visiting "greats". He played and toured with Nimmons N Nine Plus Six (1974-1980); toured with the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra to the Soviet Union (1991); and recorded with various artists, including Phil Nimmons, Ed Bickert, Katherine Moses, Charlie Gray, Sam Noto, and Hagood Hardy.

        Williamson also taught jazz at the Banff Centre in Alberta and the University of New Brunswick (starting in the mid-1970s), and then as part of the new jazz program at the University of Toronto (1990). His students include Renee Rosnes, Chris Donnelly, David Braid, and Adrean Farrugia.

        Places

        Toronto, Ontario

        Legal status

        Functions, occupations and activities

        Mandates/sources of authority

        Internal structures/genealogy

        General context

        Relationships area

        Related entity

        Delamont, Gordon (1918-1981)

        Identifier of related entity

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        1964

        Description of relationship

        Gary Williamson studied harmony and arranging with Gordon Delamont.

        Related entity

        Nimmons, Phil (1923-2024)

        Identifier of related entity

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Type of relationship

        Nimmons, Phil is the associate of Williamson, Gary

        Dates of relationship

        1974-1980

        Description of relationship

        Gary Williams toured and recorded with Nimmons N Nine Plus Six (1974-1980).

        Access points area

        Subject access points

        Place access points

        Occupations

        Control area

        Authority record identifier

        https://viaf.org/viaf/20043920

        Institution identifier

        OTUFM

        Rules and/or conventions used

        Status

        Level of detail

        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Created April 2023.

        Language(s)

          Script(s)

            Sources

            Maintenance notes