Wilson de Oliveira (musician)
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Wilson de Oliveira (born December 18, 1945 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet and flute , composition).
Live and act
De Oliveira learned to play the clarinet at the age of 14. He studied at the National Conservatory in Montevideo and jammed in the local jazz club with Sergio Mendes and Claudio Roditi . Despite growing popularity in Uruguay through regular appearances on a television show, he moved to Madrid in 1965 , where he found few opportunities to perform. He toured Europe with bands before receiving a scholarship in 1968 to study clarinet and composition at the Berlin University of the Arts . Occasionally he had engagements with the SFB Big Band and in groups around Carmell Jones , Åke Persson , Walter Norris , Leo Wright and Slide Hampton .
The living conditions in his homeland, which were changed in 1973 by a military dictatorship , prompted him to stay in Germany. With Heinz von Hermann he founded the Latin jazz sextet "Candombe"; he also appeared with the fusion band "Virgo" around Henryk Darlowski . In 1975 he became a member of the hr big band , whose saxophone soloist he was until 2005; In 1976 he performed his three-movement composition "Alloys" at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt . Since 1987 he has directed the Frankfurt Jazz Big Band (CD "El Carpincho"); he also plays in Thomas Cremer's quintet "Frankfurt Jazz Connection" and Volker Kriegel ( Biton Grooves ). He repeatedly performed with Izio Gross, Dom Um Romao , Joe Gallardo and Claudio Roditi, but also played with Rachel Gould , Klaus Werner Pusch , Chet Baker , Arturo Sandoval , Roy Eldridge , Clark Terry , Randy Brecker , Johannes Faber , Gary Burton , Toots Thielemans , Billy Cobham , Manfred Kullmann or Larry Porter . He leads his own quintet, but also plays with the Red Hot Hottentots .
De Oliveira taught arrangement and composition at the University of Mainz and at the Frankfurt University of Music .
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
- Wilson de Oliveira at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oliveira, Wilson de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |