Phillip Rista (Phil) Nimmons, O.C. (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. Wikipedia
Nimmons, Phil (Philip Rista). Composer, arranger, bandleader, clarinetist, educator, b Kamloops, BC, 3 Jun 1923; BA (British Columbia) 1944. Life Nimmons was raised in Vancouver and began playing clarinet in high school, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params...
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