Claude Williamson
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Claude Berkeley Williamson (born November 18, 1926 in Brattleboro, Vermont) is a jazz pianist.
He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz. He first worked with Red Norvo, Charlie Barnet, and June Christy. Later he worked with Max Roach, Art Pepper, and others. Aquarium is a popular composition by him. After this period he worked in different trios and then gained renewed attention in Japan, hence some of his albums are on Japanese labels, in the 1970s and 1980s.
His brother is trumpeter Stu Williamson.
