 Bob Wilber at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the late 1970s Image by René Speur, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
Bob WilberBob Wilber Bob Wilber American jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader. Although his scope covers a wide range of jazz, Wilber was a dedicated advocate of classic styles, working throughout his career to present traditional jazz pieces in a contemporary manner. He played with many distinguished jazz leaders in the 1950s and 1960s, including Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon. In the late 1960s, he was an original member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and in the early '70s of Soprano Summit, a band which gained wide attention. In the late 1970s, he formed the Bechet… (Source: Wikipedia)
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