David Wilczewski (June 9, 1952, Boston - August 22, 2009, Stockholm) was an American

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saxophonist. Wilczewski took up clarinet as a child before switching to saxophone as a teenager. He attended

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from 1968 to 1970 and then the

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from 1970 to 1975, and toured and recorded with musicians such as

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, and

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. He moved to Los Angeles in 1976 and split his time between there and Boston, playing with

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Tim Landers Timothy Gerard Landers (born November 1, 1956) is an American bassist best known for his contribution to the 1970s-80s jazz-fusion genre and his work with Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, and Gil Evans. Landers is a session musician and was a membe ...

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, and

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, who together would form the group

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in 1981. He relocated to Stockholm in 1982, playing there with

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Bobo Stenson Bobo Stenson (born Bo Gustav Stenson; 4 August 1944) is a Swedish jazz pianist. The Bobo Stenson Trio, formed in collaboration with Anders Jormin (bass) and Jon Fält (drums), has been in existence for four decades. Career Stenson studied with We ...

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, Nils Landgren,

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, the Swedish Radio Jazz Group,

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Anders Jormin Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer. Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...

Bosse Broberg Bosse Broberg (born September 6, 1937, Ludvika) is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer. Broberg learned to play accordion as a child and switched to trumpet aged 14. He studied music at the University of Uppsala and performed there in his own sma ...

, Goran Klinghagen,

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, and Rolf Jardemark.

References

*Mark Gilbert, "David Wilczewski". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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