Stu Williamson

Stuart Lee "Stu" Williamson (* 14. May 1933 in Brattleboro , Vermont ; † 1. October 1991 ) was an American jazz - trombone and trumpet player of swing and modern jazz .

Stu Williamson was the younger brother of Claude Williamson . He became a professional musician around 1950 and initially worked with Billy May , Charlie Barnet , Skinnay Ennis , in 1951 with Stan Kenton and played in 1952/53 with Woody Herman . In 1954, he also turned the valve trombone to, played from 1954 to 1957 with Shelly Manne and from 1959 in the Big Band of Terry Gibbs . He also recorded records with Bob Cooper , Elmo Hope , Helen Humes , Marty Paich , Pete Rugolo , the Howard Rumsey Lighthouse All Stars , Lennie Niehaus , Bill Holman , Claude Williamson, Clifford Brown / Zoot Sims , Mel Tormé and Shorty Rogers .

Discography

As a leader:

• Stu Williamson Quintet: Stu Williamson Plays ( Bethlehem Records , Fresh Sound Records, 1955–56) with Charlie Mariano , Claude Williamson, Max Bennett , Stan Levey
• Stu Williamson Quintet: Stu Williamson (Bethlehem, Fresh Sound Records, 1956) with Charlie Mariano, Bill Holman, Jimmy Giuffre , Claude Williamson, Leroy Vinnegar , Mel Lewis

As a sideman:

• Terry Gibbs: Dream Band , The Sundown Sessions (Contemporary, 1959)
• Elmo Hope: So Nice (Fresh Sound, 1958)
• Helen Humes: Songs I Like To Sing (OJC, 1960)
• Shelly Manne: Swinging Sounds (OJC, 1956),
• Shelly Manne: More Swinging Sounds (OJC, 1956),
• Shelly Manne & His Men: Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (Contemporary, 1957)
• Charlie Mariano: Charlie Mariano Plays (Bethlehem, Fresh Sound, 1953/54)
• Lennie Niehaus: Zounds (OJC, 1954-56), The Octet No. 2: Volume 3 (OJC, 1955), The Quintets & Strings (OJC, 1955), Volume 5 - The Sextet (OJC, 1956)
• Shorty Rogers: An Invisible Orchard (RCA, 1961)
• Howard Rumsey Lighthouse All Stars : Jazz Rolls Royce (Fresh Sound, 1957),
• Howard Rumsey Lighthouse All Stars, Vol. 6 (OJC, 1954–1955)
• Zoot Sims: Zootcase (Prestige, 1954)
• Mel Torme: Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley (Verve, 1960)

literature

• Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
• Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
• Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
• Bielefeld catalog. 1988 and 2002

Web links

• Works by and about Stu Williamson in the catalog of the German National Library