Bert Wilson (October 15, 1939 in Evansville, Indiana – June 6, 2013 in Olympia, Washington) is an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. Wilson's father and grandfather were both vaudeville showmen, and as a very young child, he did routines in traveling shows with his grandfather, but after contracting polio at age four, he suffered extended paralysis and was unable to move his arms for years. Once he recovered, he learned piano, and picked up clarinet at age thirteen; he didn't begin playing saxophone until age 18, after he had relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles.