Phil Nimmons
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Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1923-06-03
- Active to
- 2024-04-05
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Phillip Rista (Phil) Nimmons, OC, O.Ont (born June 3, 1923) is a Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and academic. Born in Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of George Rista and Hilda Louise (McCrum), he attended Lord Byng Secondary School, graduating in 1940. He then received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1944. From 1945 to 1947, he was a scholar at the Juilliard School of Music. From 1948 to 1950, he attended the Royal Conservatory of Music. <a href="https://
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Kamloops
- Place of death
- Thornhill
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- The Royal Conservatory of Music
- Employer
- University of Toronto
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Verve Records
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- date of birth
- 1923-06-03
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
- date of death
- 2024-04-05
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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