Steve Williamson

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Steve Williamson (born June 28, 1964 in London) is an English jazz musician (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, keyboard sowie composition).

Williamson began playing saxophone at the age of 16 and played in Reggae bands. In 1984 and 1985 he studied at London's Guildhall School of Music. At the Nelson Mandela' birthday open air festival 1988 he played with Courtney Pine in the Wembley Stadium and afterwards with Art Blakey at Ronnie Scott's. He was member of Louis Moholo's Viva La Black (1988) and of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath (1990). During the 1990s he led his own band and appeared in projects of Ian Ballamy, Maceo Parker, Bheki Mseleku, US3, and Graham Haynes.

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