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Phil Nimmons

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Canadian jazz musician (1923-2024)

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Phillip Rista Nimmons was a Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator. Nimmons played "free jazz" and mainstream styles, and other genres including classical music.

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2002Governor General's Performing Arts Award
Officer of the Order of Canada
Order of Ontario

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Phillip Rista Nimmons was a Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and educator. Nimmons played "free jazz" and mainstream styles, and other genres including classical music. He composed more than 400 pieces in various genres, and for various instrumentations including film scores, music for radio and television, chamber music, music for large ensembles, concert band and symphony orchestras. He studied clarinet at the Juilliard School, and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Music.

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Country
Canada
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2024 · aged 100
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