Bud Powell
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. 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
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Art Pepper
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and others. Williamson was a longtime member of the
Lighthouse All-Stars
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Stan Levey
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, 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 many albums, mainly for Japanese labels, often accompanied by Sam Jones and Roy Haynes. In 1995 he made a trio recording for Fresh Sound Records at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles.
His younger brother was trumpeter Stu Williamson (1933–1991).
He died on July 16, 2016, at the age of 89.
Discography
* 1954 ''Kenton Presents Jazz: Claude Williamson''
* 1955 ''Key West''
* 1956 '' 'Round Midnight'' ( Bethlehem)
* 1956 ''Claude Williamson'' (Bethlehem) (re-released under title ''Have Piano Can't Travel'' by Starday-King Records)
* 1958 ''Claude Williamson Mulls the Mulligan Scene'' (Criterion)
* 1958 ''In Italy'' (Broadway International)
* 1961 ''The Fabulous Claude Williamson Trio'' (3D)
* 1962 ''Theatre Party'' (Contract)
* 1977 ''Stella by Starlight'' (Interplay)
* 1978 ''Blues in Front'' ( Storyville)
* 1979 ''La Fiesta''
* 1981 ''Holography'' (Interplay)
* 1981 ''New Departure'' (Interplay)
* 1981 ''Tribute to Bud'' ( Eastworld)
* 1983 ''Claude Reigns'' (Interplay)
* 1987 ''Live! "The Sermon"'' (Fresh Sound)
* 1988 ''Standards'' (Interplay)
* 1990 ''Memories of West Coast'' (Interplay)
* 1990 ''Standards, Vol. 2'' (Interplay)
* 1991 ''As Time Goes By'' (Interplay)
* 1992 ''South of the Border, West of the Sun'' ( Venus)
* 1995 ''Hallucinations'' (VSOP)
* 1995 ''Live at the Jazz Bakery'' (Fresh Sound)
* 2001 ''Collaboration 93'' (Interplay)
* 2002 ''Song for My Father'' ( Venus)
* 2005 ''Trio/Round Midnight'' (Bethlehem)
* 2006 ''Blue Minor'' ( Pony Canyon)
* 2006 ''Claude Williamson Trio'' ( EMI)
* 2008 ''Cleopatra's Dream'' (M&I)
With
Chet Baker
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Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"
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Maynard Ferguson
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EmArcy
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Barney Kessel
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Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges
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Verve
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, 1959)
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Art Pepper
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Surf Ride
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, 1952–1954
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Dizzy Reece
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Blowin' Away
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Columbia
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New Sounds by Pete Rugolo
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Harmony
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, 1954–55,
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