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Bob Wilber
Bob WilberThroughout his long career Bob Wilber has done  a lot to keep classic jazz alive. A bit misplaced (most jazz  players of his generation were much more interested in bop  and hard bop), Wilber (along with Kenny Davern,  Ralph  Sutton and  Dick Wellstood) was one of the few in his age group to stick  to prebop music. In high school he formed a band that included Wellstood and as a teenager he sat in at Jimmy  Ryan''s club in New York. Early on he became Sidney Bechet''s  protege and led his own young group the Wildcats (with whom  he made his recording debut). The close association with the  dominant Bechet led to a bit of a personality crisis in the  1950s as Wilber sought to find his own voice. He studied  with Lennie Tristano and formed The Six, a group that tried  to modernize early jazz. When that ended, he played  Dixieland with Eddie Condon and in 1957 joined Bobby  Hackett''s band for a year. Wilber freelanced throughout the  1960s, in 1968 became a founding member of the World''s Greatest Jazz Band and
 


Bob Wilbur and His Famous Jazz Band: With Guest Star Sidney Bechet
Top flight musicians; top flight jazz composer.  What more could you ask for? Sidney Bechet is ... more ..
Jazzology Records Label
Catalog No: 44

On Sale $15.95


Summit Reunion: Recorded Live in Hamburg 1994
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Nagel Heyer Records Label
Catalog No: NHR015

On Sale $17.95


Fletcher Henderson''s Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman
"A lot of good records come out every year, but very few of them could be called an event. ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19229

On Sale $14.95


Everywhere You Go There''s Jazz
Bob Wilber, a master interpreter of classic jazz reed styles, has brought together for this ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19202

On Sale $14.95


A Perfect Match
Two jazz masters, Bob Wilber on alto sax and Dick Hyman on the Hammond organ, collaborate in a ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19193

On Sale $14.95


At the March of Jazz ''96: Bufadora Blow-up
"This recording is my first big band recording of my own music, and was recorded live, in ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19187

On Sale $14.95


Nostalgia
"This is music to dream by. “  - Bob Wilber more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19145

On Sale $14.95


Tribute to Coleman Hawkins
"Bob Wilber, in company with tenor saxophonists Harry Allen, Antti Sarpila and Tommy ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19144

On Sale $14.95


Horns A-plenty
"Bob Wilber stretches out on clarinet, curved and straight soprano, tenor and alto, ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19135

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Reunion at Arbors
This "Reunion at Arbors" unites Wilber and Davern for their first studio recording in ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19183

On Sale $14.95


The Music of King Oliver''s Creole Jazz Band
How  many jazz lovers over the past 60 years have listened to the  Creole Band's recordings - ... more ..
G H B Records Label
Catalog No: BCD201

On Sale $14.95


The Music of Hoagy Carmichael
When  two producers, Bill Borden and Steve Marvin made the three-volume Irving Berlin "All ... more ..
Audiophile Records Label
Catalog No: ACD220

On Sale $14.95


Quartet Featuring Bob Wilber #2
Recorded live at "Sunnie's  Rendezvous", Aspen Colorado, February 18th,  1969. more ..
Storyville Records Label
Catalog No: STV8281

On Sale $14.95


Quartet Featuring Bob Wilber
Recorded live at "Sunnie's  Rendezvous", Aspen Colorado, February 18th,  1969. more ..
Storyville Records Label
Catalog No: STV8280

On Sale $14.95


You Ain''t Heard Nothin'' Yet!
Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern first got  together in 1972 when they played soprano sax duet  at a ... more ..
Jazzology Records Label
Catalog No: JCD328

On Sale $15.95


Summit Reunion
The tunes on this CD are a collection  of good old goodies. The oldest was born in 1919  and the ... more ..
Jazzology Records Label
Catalog No: JCD385

On Sale $14.95


Soprano Summit
The classic duo soprano saxes that  became a sensation and still to this day is one of our most ... more ..
World Jazz Records Label
Catalog No: WJCD5

On Sale $15.95


Soprano Summit - Chalumeau Blue
Soprano Summit is no mere showcase for the talents of Wilber and Davern. Instead it is a totally ... more ..
Chiaroscuro Records Label
Catalog No: CRD148

On Sale $29.95


Ralph Sutton Quartet Featuring Bob Wilber Vol.4
The selections included on this CD are  chosen from tunes recorded live at Sunnies Rendevous, ... more ..
Storyville Records Label
Catalog No: STCD8325

On Sale $15.95


Yearnings
In their first paring on record, the two Bob's, joined by  John Sheridan, David Stone and Tony ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19277

On Sale $14.95


More Never Recorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman Vol.2
Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman, met with glowing praise from the ... more ..
Arbor Records Label
Catalog No: ARB19282

On Sale $14.95
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