Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 – August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader. He was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, including Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon.
Bob Wilber | |
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 Bob Wilber at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the late 1970s | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Sage Wilber |
| Born | March 15, 1928 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2019 (aged 91) Chipping Campden, England, U.K. |
| Genres | Jazz, dixieland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, clarinet |
| Years active | 1940s–2010s |
| Labels | Arbors |
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 Legacy Band.
Wilber died at the age of 91 in Chipping Campden, England on August 4, 2019.[1]
References
change- ↑ Bebco, Joe (2019-08-06). "Jazz Revival Clarinetist Bob Wilber has Died". The Syncopated Times. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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