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David Wilczewski (June 9, 1952, in
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– August 22, 2009, in
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) was an American
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
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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, Tavares, 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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, and Steve Smith, 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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, Nils Landgren,
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, the
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,
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, 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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