Paul Williamson

Biography

Paul Williamson built his reputation on the Australian jazz and improvisation scene as an individual voice in trumpet and composition. As the leader of the Paul Williamson Sextet, Quintet, and Quartet he has released five CDs. Paul has also been a regular performer at various Australian and International jazz festivals and workshops, including the Sligo Jazz Project in Ireland, and has toured UK, Noumea, China, Ireland, and Germany.

Paul relocated to Dublin, Ireland in November 2006, and was active on the Irish jazz scene playing with: Bill Carothers, Dave Liebman, Reggie Washington, Paul Wertico, Ronan Guilfoyle, David Lesprit, Lindsay Horner, Michael Buckley, Phil Ware Trio, Sean Carpio, Tommy Halferty Trio, Mike Neilson, Greg Felton, Richie Buckley, The Organics, Havana Son, Zoid, Swing and Co, Metier, Zrazy, The Dublin Jazz Orchestra, and the David Little Trio.

As an educator, Paul was a faculty member of the Jazz department at the Newpark Music Centre (an affiliate school of the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston) teaching the Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance Degree. He is currently a sessional teacher at both Victorian College of the Arts and Monash Universities. Paul is also a regular member of the faculty for the Sligo International Jazz Project in Ireland.

See also: www.myspace.com/paulwilliamsontrumpet