Greg Williamson (jazz musician)
Greg Williamson is an American jazz musician and composer of jazz music.
His musical career includes performances with Young Thundering Herd, 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. He has also performed solo at such venues as The Washington Center for the Performing Arts.
Williamson created a non-profit organization for music performance and education in North Bend, Washington, named JazzClubsNW.
In 2019, Williamson published a 62-page book called Jazz Traditions A Collection of Drum Set Teaching.
