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Artist
Bruce Williamson
9+ albums
jazz
about
Bruce Williamson is a musician (saxophone, woodwinds, keyboards), composer/arranger and educator living and performing primarily in the New York City area. He can be heard in a wide range of settings; NYC jazz clubs, Lincoln Center operas & ballets, Broadway show orchestras and many TV and film soundtracks. Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Williamson was active in the San Francisco music scene until moving to New York City in the mid-1980s. In California he performed in blues bands, Brazilian bands and with jazz artists such as Mark Levine, Bobby McFerron and Benny Green. He was also a member of the experimental jazz group Rubisa Patrol with pianist Art Lande and trumpeter Mark Isham. Shortly after moving to New York he joined organist Jack McDuff's band (with Dave Stryker on guitar), giving him the opportunity to meet and play with Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine and George Benson. More recently, he has performed with his own groups in various New York City clubs and has been a featured soloist in Japan and Europe. Over the years, Bruce has also performed with Gary Peacock, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Tom Harrell, Mark Soskin, Jim Pepper, Randy Brecker, Paul McCandless, Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra and many other jazz notables. Bruce can be heard on more than fifty recordings playing saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, piano and synthesizer. In New York City's theater world, he has performed in many of Julie Taymor's productions; Juan Darien at Lincoln Center (199
