Harold Ivory Williams


Harold Ivory Williams, Jr. was an American jazz keyboardist most known for working with Miles Davis, Michal Urbaniak, MFSB, and the Rev. James Cleveland.

Williams was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was named after his father, Harold Ivory Williams , D.D., who was the Senior prelate and one of the Patriarchs of the Mount Calvary Churches Of America and International Inc.. He had one sister, Rev. Hope Mason, who is the creator of the original Gospel Aerobics, and was the stepson to Grammy Awardwinning gospel singer Shirley Caesar Williams, godson to Mahalia Jackson and his grandmother, Rev Ethel Williams,, worked as an assistant to Marcus Garvey during the historic movement. Williams started playing piano at the age of three, becoming an accomplished and soughtafter pianist.

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