Clarence Williams

E149048
bandleader composer jazz musician music publisher person pianist record producer

Clarence Williams was an influential early jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who played a key role in developing and popularizing New Orleans and Harlem jazz in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Clarence Williams canonical 3
Clarence Williams (jazz pianist) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ
person ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1940s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
associatedWith Bessie Smith ⓘ
Eva Taylor ⓘ
King Oliver ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Sidney Bechet ⓘ
birthDate 1893-10-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Plaquemine, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
businessActivity operated a music publishing company in New York ⓘ
produced recording sessions for many early jazz and blues artists ⓘ
deathDate 1965-11-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Queens, New York City, United States
founded Clarence Williams' Blue Five ⓘ
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings ⓘ
genre Harlem jazz ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
influenced development of early jazz recording industry ⓘ
popularization of New Orleans jazz in the 1920s ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
name Clarence Williams self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" ⓘ
"Cake Walking Babies from Home" ⓘ
"Gulf Coast Blues" ⓘ
Royal Garden Blues ⓘ
surface form: "Royal Garden Blues"

"Wild Cat Blues" ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
music publisher ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
recordedFor Columbia Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
roleInJazzHistory early African-American music publisher ⓘ
key figure in Harlem jazz scene of the 1920s ⓘ
pioneer of New Orleans jazz in New York ⓘ
spouse Eva Taylor ⓘ
style ensemble-oriented small-group jazz ⓘ
ragtime-influenced piano ⓘ

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Okeh Records → hasNotableArtist → Clarence Williams ⓘ
Clarence Williams → name → Clarence Williams self-link ⓘ
Sidney Bechet → associatedAct → Clarence Williams ⓘ
Clarence Williams III → relative → Clarence Williams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarence Williams (jazz pianist)
Clarence Williams III → grandparent → Clarence Williams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarence Williams (jazz pianist)