John J. Williamson

Site update, April 2023. Album recording, newsletter.

It’s time for a very rare blog post to share some brief and exciting updates. Firstly,…
John Williamson Trio (Alex Hitchcock, Jay Davis) at Hampstead Jazz Club this Thursday 19th May

I’m bringing a trio playing jazz standards and my originals to Hampstead Jazz Club in North…
Wild mushroom diary (Autumn 2020/Winter 2021)

Since the second Covid lockdown here in the UK, I’ve revived a childhood interest and gone…
ISM’s ‘The Empowered Musician’ event

It was a pleasure to participate in a session on music and tech for the Incorporated…
Royal Academy of Music Big Band livestream available for 30 days

For 30 days (from 12 November 2020) you can watch in full, for free, the Royal…
Doing a Masters

I’m pleased to say I’ve just started a Masters in jazz at the Royal Academy of…
Article: an introduction to online real-time music

I’ve just published an article for the Incorporated Society of Musicians, introducing the world of online…
Wilma Archer’s ‘A Western Circular’

I’m really pleased to make an appearance on a tune from this new album by Wilma…
Chart and chat on “Broadway” from Hans Ulrik’s Believe in Spring

I had reason to write out this nice tune recently, so here is a chart in…
Free live EP to download; site reorganisation

I have reorganised the site to split up the Music and Audio and Video pages. At the…