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Remembering Bob Wilber, A Standard Bearer For Traditional Jazz

Fresh Air | By Terry Gross,
Terry Gross
Published August 15, 2019 at 2:35 PM EDT

The saxophonist and clarinetist, a student of Sidney Bechet and a specialist in early styles of the music, died Aug. 4 at the age of 91. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1988, excerpted here. (Hear the full interview through the Fresh Air archive.)

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Terry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio.
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Terry Gross is the host and executive producer of NPR's Fresh Air.