WICKSTROM, FREDERICK A., JR., FRED
(Chicago, Illinois). A student of
Alla Rakha Khan
(1977),
J.H.K. Nketia
, and
Kobla Ladzekpo
, among others,
Fred Wickstrom
earned a bachelor’s degree (1953) from Northwestern University and a master’s degree (1960) from the University of Illinois; he also studied at the University of California at Los Angeles (1977). From 1953 to 1959, he pursued an active freelance career in Chicago in jazz clubs, recording studios, and performances...
