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Jan Williams (17 Jul 1939 - )

Male Person - United States American percussionist and composer

Relationships (4)

Students

  1. Christopher Swist

Member Of

  1. June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra timpani

Married

  1. Diane Williams

Children

  1. Amy Williams

Recordings by (17)

  1. Rendezvous 4:25 (1981)
  2. Bagatelle 2:10 (1981)
  3. Hot Sauce 2:05 (1981)
  4. After the Blues 9:14 (1981)
  5. Birdbath 2:09 (1981)
  6. Carnival 5:43 (1981)
  7. Song Without Words 7:11 (1981)
  8. Yum Yum 3:17 (1981)
  9. Pas de deux 1:27 (1981)
  10. Au revoir 2:47 (1981)
  11. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: I. Decisively 3:35 (1989)
  12. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: II. Briskly 1:03 (1989)
  13. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: III. Lyrically 2:35 (1989)
  14. Composed Improvisation 8:05 (1994)
  15. The King of Denmark 7:55 (1994)
  16. Variations III (version 1) 9:43 (1995)
  17. Many Times Jan 17:23 (2004)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Imaginary Landscape no. 3 3:05 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (1996)
  2. Imaginary Landscape no. 2 (March no. 1) 6:35 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (1996)
  3. Imaginary Landscape no. 4 (March no. 2) 5:00 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (1996)
  4. Imaginary Landscape no. 1 8:45 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (1996)
  5. Labrynth no. 3: Seed 20:14 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (2000)
  6. Canticle no. 1 5:04 Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams (2000)

Instruments

  1. Yum Yum 3:17 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  2. Au revoir 2:47 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  3. Pas de deux 1:27 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  4. After the Blues 9:14 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  5. Hot Sauce 2:05 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  6. Birdbath 2:09 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  7. Song Without Words 7:11 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  8. Bagatelle 2:10 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  9. Carnival 5:43 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  10. Rendezvous 4:25 Jan Williams (1981) percussion
  11. Trajet 8:32 Leonard Krech, Jan Williams (1988) percussion
  12. In C 41:59 Terry Riley, Members of the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts in the State University of New York at Buffalo (1988) marimba
  13. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: I. Decisively 3:35 Jan Williams (1989) percussion
  14. Persiflage for Flute, Oboe & Percussion 9:58 Robert Dick, Nora Post, Jan Williams (1989) percussion
  15. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: II. Briskly 1:03 Jan Williams (1989) percussion
  16. Computer Music for Percussion and Tape: III. Lyrically 2:35 Jan Williams (1989) percussion
  17. Curriculum Vitae 10:46 William Schimmel, Jan Williams (1990) percussion
  18. Crippled Symmetry (continued) 1:5:13 Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams (1991) glockenspiel, vibraphone
  19. Why Patterns? 31:20 Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams (1991) glockenspiel
  20. Crippled Symmetry 26:00 Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams (1991) glockenspiel, vibraphone
  21. Why Patterns? 30:27 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams, Morton Feldman (1992) percussion
  22. For Philip Guston 19:06 Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams (1992) glockenspiel, chimes, marimba, vibraphone
  23. The King of Denmark 7:55 Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  24. Hodograph 1 (version 2) 2:45 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  25. Composed Improvisation 8:05 Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  26. 4 Systems 8:10 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  27. Variations II 9:55 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  28. Europera 5 1:0:14 Gary Burgess, Martha Herr, Don Metz, Yvar Mikhashoff, Jan Williams (1994) turntable
  29. Pairs (version 2) 2:30 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  30. Composed Improvisations for Steinberger Bass Guitar and Snare Drum 8:04 Robert Black, Jan Williams (1994) snare drum
  31. Pairs (version 1) 5:10 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  32. Instruments 1 24:15 Center for The Creative and Performing Arts (1994) drums (drum set)
  33. Hodograph 1 (version 1) 3:15 Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams (1994) percussion
  34. 1980 (version 1) 1:59 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  35. Edges (version 1) 2:17 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  36. 1991 (version 1) 1:06 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  37. 1980 (version 2) 2:03 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  38. For Ann (version 1) 3:00 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  39. 1991 (version 2) 1:02 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  40. Variations III (version 1) 9:43 Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  41. Edges (version 2) 2:56 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  42. For Ann (version 2) 3:05 Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams (1995) percussion
  43. Ryoanji 1:0:30 John Patrick Thomas, Robert Black, Eberhard Blum, Iven Hausmann, Gudrun Reschke, Jan Williams (1996) percussion
  44. Follow Me Softly 16:17 Joel Chadabe, Jan Williams (1997) percussion

Credited as (26)

  1. Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff; Eberhard Blum, Art Lange, Jan Williams
  2. Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams
  3. Jan Williams
  4. Leonard Krech, Jan Williams
  5. William Schimmel, Jan Williams
  6. Eberhard Blum, Jan Williams, Morton Feldman
  7. Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, Jan Williams
  8. Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff; Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams
  9. Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams
  10. David Felder, Morton Feldman; June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra, Harvey Sollberger, Jan Williams
  11. June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra, Jan Williams
  12. June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra, Jan Williams, Jesse Levine
  13. John Cage; Yvar Mikhashoff, Martha Herr, Gary Burgess, Jan Williams, Don Metz
  14. Gary Burgess, Martha Herr, Don Metz, Yvar Mikhashoff, Jan Williams
  15. John Cage; Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
  16. John Cage; Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
  17. Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
  18. Robert Black, Jan Williams
  19. John Cage; Robert Black, Eberhard Blum, Iven Hausmann, Gudrun Reschke, John Patrick Thomas, Jan Williams
  20. John Patrick Thomas, Robert Black, Eberhard Blum, Iven Hausmann, Gudrun Reschke, Jan Williams
  21. Georgia Mitoff, Amrom Chodos, Joe Ford, Doug Gaston, Benjamin Hudson, Dennis Kahle, Petr Kotik, Jan Williams
  22. Robert Dick, Nora Post, Jan Williams
  23. Lou Harrison; Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
  24. James Tenney; Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
  25. Joel Chadabe, Jan Williams
  26. Christian Wolff; Eberhard Blum, Roland Dahinden, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams

Works (1)

Dedicated Works

  1. In Between

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2007008665/
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2007008665
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14000631n
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134669657

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/325501

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/94477882

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682369