BOB WILBER

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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 Legacy Band.

Wilber was active in jazz education, including working as director of the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble. He wrote for films, including The Cotton Club. In his autobiography, Music Was Not Enough, he recounts his childhood, meeting his mentor Sidney
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BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And His Jazz Band (Volume 1) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And His Jazz Band (Volume 1)
Swing 1949
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber's Wildcats ‎: Young Men With Horns album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber's Wildcats ‎: Young Men With Horns
Swing 1954
BOB WILBER The Bob Wilber All-Star Band – Sing or play with a band! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bob Wilber All-Star Band – Sing or play with a band!
Swing 1959
BOB WILBER Spreadin' Joy (The Music Of Sidney Bechet) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spreadin' Joy (The Music Of Sidney Bechet)
Swing 1959
BOB WILBER New Clarinet In Town album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Clarinet In Town
Swing 1960
BOB WILBER The Bob Wilber Quintet featuring Clark Tery : Blowin’ the blues away (aka  Evolution Of The Blues) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bob Wilber Quintet featuring Clark Tery : Blowin’ the blues away (aka Evolution Of The Blues)
Swing 1961
BOB WILBER For Saxes Only! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
For Saxes Only!
Swing 1962
BOB WILBER Fun With Drumsticks: Music Minus One Drummer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fun With Drumsticks: Music Minus One Drummer
Swing 1967
BOB WILBER The Music of Hoagy Carmichael by Bob Wilber and Maxine Sullivan album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Music of Hoagy Carmichael by Bob Wilber and Maxine Sullivan
Swing 1969
BOB WILBER The Bob Wilber All-Stars ‎: Acapulco Princess album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bob Wilber All-Stars ‎: Acapulco Princess
Swing 1972
BOB WILBER No more Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No more Blues
Swing 1972
BOB WILBER Vital Wilber (Bob Wilber And Ove Lind & Friends Play Melodies In Swing) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vital Wilber (Bob Wilber And Ove Lind & Friends Play Melodies In Swing)
Swing 1977
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And The Scott Hamilton Quartet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And The Scott Hamilton Quartet
Swing 1977
BOB WILBER Original Wilber album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Original Wilber
Swing 1979
BOB WILBER In The Mood For Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In The Mood For Swing
Swing 1980
BOB WILBER Dizzyfingers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dizzyfingers
Swing 1980
BOB WILBER Ode To Bechet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ode To Bechet
Swing 1982
BOB WILBER On The Road album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On The Road
Swing 1982
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber With The Bodeswell Strings : Reflections album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber With The Bodeswell Strings : Reflections
Swing 1983
BOB WILBER The Bob Wilber Dick Wellstood Duet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bob Wilber Dick Wellstood Duet
Swing 1984
BOB WILBER Music Of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Music Of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Swing 1984
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And Antti Sarpila Blowing In Stockholm : Moments Like This - In Memory Of Ove Lind album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And Antti Sarpila Blowing In Stockholm : Moments Like This - In Memory Of Ove Lind
Swing 1991
BOB WILBER Horns A-Plenty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Horns A-Plenty
Swing 1994
BOB WILBER Bean: Bob Wilber's Tribute To Coleman Hawkins album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bean: Bob Wilber's Tribute To Coleman Hawkins
Swing 1995
BOB WILBER Nostalgia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nostalgia
Swing 1996
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber & Dick Hyman: A Perfect Match album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber & Dick Hyman: A Perfect Match
Swing 1998
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And The Tuxedo Big Band : Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements For Benny Goodman album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And The Tuxedo Big Band : Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements For Benny Goodman
Big Band 2000
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber, Tuxedo Big Band ‎: More never recorded arrangements for Benny Goodman, Volume Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber, Tuxedo Big Band ‎: More never recorded arrangements for Benny Goodman, Volume Two
Big Band 2003
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber Is Here album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber Is Here
Swing 2010
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And Tuxedo Big Band ‎: Rampage! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And Tuxedo Big Band ‎: Rampage!
Big Band 2011

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BOB WILBER Bob Wilber With Dave McKenna And Pug Horton ‎: Groovin' At The Grunewald album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber With Dave McKenna And Pug Horton ‎: Groovin' At The Grunewald
Swing 1978
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And The Bechet Legacy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And The Bechet Legacy
Swing 1981
BOB WILBER Bob Wilber And Bechet Legacy : Live At The Vineyard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bob Wilber And Bechet Legacy : Live At The Vineyard
Swing 1995
BOB WILBER The Hamburg Concert - Tribute To A Legend album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hamburg Concert - Tribute To A Legend
Big Band 1996
BOB WILBER Bufadora Blow-Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bufadora Blow-Up
Big Band 1997
BOB WILBER Traveling (Live In Sori And San Marino) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Traveling (Live In Sori And San Marino)
Swing 1999
BOB WILBER Live From London album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live From London
Swing 2015

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