Bob Wilber

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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the late 1970s
Background information
Birth name	Bob Wilber
Born	15 March 1928
Origin	New York City
Genres	Jazz, dixieland
Instruments	saxophone, clarinet
Labels	Circle Sound, Arbors Records
Associated acts	Kenny Davern, Dick Hyman, Soprano Summit

Bob Wilber and Sidney Bechet, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, ca. Jan. 1947. Image: William P. Gottlieb

Bob Wilber (born 15 March 1928) is an internationally recognized American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and band leader living in Chipping Campden, England. Although his scope covers a wide range of jazz, Wilber has been 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 Legacy Band and remains an active player, composer, and teacher.

Wilber was active in jazz education, including working as director of the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble. He has written for films, including The Cotton Club. In his autobiography, Music Was Not Enough, he recounts his privileged childhood, pivotal meeting with his mentor, Sidney Bechet in 1946, and subsequent struggles as a musician in the 1950s and 1960s.

Discography

As leader

Bob Wilber and His Jazz Band (Circle Sound, Inc., Album S-24, 1949)
Bob Wilber and The Tuxedo Big Band, Volumes One & Two (Arbors Records)
Everywhere You Go There's Jazz w/ International March of Jazz All Stars (Arbors Records)
Nostalgia (Arbors Records)

As sideman

With Dick Hyman

A Perfect Match (Arbors Records)

With Kenny Davern

Reunion At Arbors (Arbors Records)

With Maxine Sullivan

Close as Pages in a Book (Audiophile Records)

MUSIC MINUS ONE RECORDINGS:

MMO 4204 For Saxes Only
MMO 4209 Play Lead In A Sax Section
MMO 4210 Days of Wine And Rose

CLASSIC JAZZ RECORDINGS:

CJ 3 The Bechet Legacy [with Glenn Zottola] 2 CDs
CJ 5 Spreadin’ Joy – The Music of Sidney Bechet
CJ 8 New Clarinet in Town
CJ 9 Blowin’ The Blues Away – with Clark Terry/Dick Wellstood

References

Wilber, Bob. Music Was Not Enough. Oxford University Press, 1988.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Grove's Dictionaries, 1998.
http://www.subjazz.com/wilber.htm

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 109864797 LCCN: n80122172 ISNI: 0000 0001 1497 0284 GND: 118886991

Persondata
Name	Wilber, Bob
Alternative names
Short description	American jazz musician
Date of birth	15 March 1928
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