Paul Plimley

Canadian musician (1953–2022)

Born: 16 March 1953
Vancouver
Died: 18 May 2022
Vancouver
Country: Canada
Discography: 7 albums

Biography

Paul Plimley was a jazz musician who played piano and vibraphone. Paul Plimley was born on 16 March 1953 in Vancouver and died on 18 May 2022 in Vancouver. The music is usually filed under jazz. The discography here lists 7 albums, from “When Silence Pulls” (1991) to “Complicité” (2001).

Paul Horace Plimley (16 March 1953 – 18 May 2022) was a free jazz pianist and vibraphonist. He was one of the doyens of the Canadian jazz avant-garde, a co-founder of the New Orchestra Workshop Society and frequent collaborator with the bassist Lisle Ellis. He was well-versed in classical music and in all styles of jazz; he was one of the first and most convincing interpreters of Ornette Coleman's music on the piano (an instrument usually seen as antithetical to Coleman's music). Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Plimley studied classical piano under Kum-Sing Lee at the University of British Columbia (1971–73). In 1978–79 he studied with Karl Berger and Cecil Taylor at the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY. In 1977, he founded the New Orchestra Workshop (NOW), and he has been active in many of the ensembles associated with NOW, including the NOW Orchestra.

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