Joe Wilder

American trumpeter (1922-2014)

Born: 22 February 1922
Colwyn
Died: 9 May 2014
New York City
Country: United States
Active: 2014–
Record labels: Savoy Records
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Joe Wilder was a jazz musician who played piccolo trumpet. Joe Wilder was born on 22 February 1922 in Colwyn and died on 9 May 2014 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Savoy Records. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Wilder 'n' Wilder” (1956) to “Alone With Just My Dreams” (1992). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Joseph Benjamin Wilder (February 22, 1922 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Wilder was awarded the Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award in 2006. The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 2008.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Wilder 'n' Wilder 1956 · London Records

Alone With Just My Dreams 1992

Also plays on

Albums where Joe Wilder is credited as a sideman

1955	Basically Duke — Oscar Pettiford	trumpet
1956	This Is How I Feel About Jazz — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1957	The Swingin’ Miss “D” — Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra	trumpet
1957	Music for Brass — Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J.J. Johnson; Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gunther Schuller	trumpet
1958	Legrand Jazz — Michel Legrand	trumpet
1958	A Jazz Date With Chris Connor — Chris Connor	trumpet
1958	Sing Me a Swing Song — Bobby Short	trumpet
1958	The Soul of Jazz — Bill Harris, Joe Wilder, Bobby Jaspar, Pepper Adams, Eddie Costa, George Duvivier, Art Taylor, Billy Ver Planck	trumpet
1959	The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones	trumpet
1959	Last Recording — Billie Holiday with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra	trumpet
1959	New York N.Y. — George Russell	trumpet
1959	The Mad Twenties — Bobby Short	trumpet
1960	Gillespiana — Dizzy Gillespie	trumpet
1960	The Golden Striker — John Lewis	trumpet
1960	Sin & Soul — Oscar Brown Jr.	trumpet
1961	Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles	trumpet
1961	Rah — Mark Murphy	trumpet
1962	Burnin Beat — Buddy Rich & Gene Krupa	trumpet
1962	Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith — Jimmy Smith	trumpet
1962	Afro/American Sketches — Oliver Nelson Orchestra	trumpet
1962	From the Heart — Etta Jones	trumpet
1964	Christmas Cookin’ — Jimmy Smith	trumpet
1965	J.J.! — J.J. Johnson	trumpet, brass
1968	What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong	trumpet
1970	Comment — Les McCann	trumpet
1972	Let My Children Hear Music — Charles Mingus	trumpet
1972	Shades of Green — Grant Green	trumpet
1973	Tabernakel — Jan Akkerman	trumpet
1974	Another Beginning — Les McCann	brass
1979	Conception: The Gift of Love — Bobby Hutcherson	trumpet