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Multiple Reviews

Following in Bechet's Footsteps

Read "Following in Bechet's Footsteps" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Bob Wilber with Clark Terry Blowin' the Blues Away Classic Jazz 2008 Nik Payton and Bob Wilber Swinging the Changes Arbors 2008 Soprano Summit 1975...and more! Arbors 2008

Bob Wilber has been on the jazz scene for ages, once a student of Sidney Bechet. He ...

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Album Review

Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band: Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman

Read "Fletcher Henderson's Unrecorded Arrangements for Benny Goodman" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This marvelous new recording by clarinetist Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band from Toulouse, France, is akin to finding buried treasure — and it’s no wonder, as these sparkling arrangements by Fletcher Henderson were “buried” for many years in collections donated by Benny Goodman to the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts and the Yale University Music Library. Wilber was given access to them in 1984 as he planned a 75th birthday tribute to the King of Swing ...

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Album Review

Bob Wilber & Friends: What Swing is All About...

Read "What Swing is All About..." reviewed by AAJ Staff


This is simple stuff, plain and unassuming. Two high horns, with a broad arsenal, trade nimbly over a bright trio. The group was formed for a hotel job in 1984 and plays to this day. The repertoire is expected: old standards and basic originals. The album has no surprises, save one: this old music sounds fresher than a lot of modern bands. This is what swing is all about.

The horns step together on “Smiles”, a parallel theme with plenty ...


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