Joe Wilder

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Joe Wilder (center, with John Webber , left, and Lewis Nash , right, in 2006 at Village Vanguard )

Joseph Benjamin "Joe" Wilder (born February 22, 1922 in Colwyn , Pennsylvania , † May 9, 2014 in New York City ) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player of bebop and hard bop .

Life

Born the son of an orchestra conductor, Wilder studied at the Mastbaum School of Music with Buddy DeFranco and Red Rodney . He began his musical career alongside Dizzy Gillespie in the Les Hite band in 1941/42, Lionel Hampton in 1942/43 and again after military service in 1945/46. He then played in the Jimmie Lunceford Band, Lucky Millinder , Sam Donahue , Herbie Fields , Noble Sissle and - apart from a brief guest appearance in the Count Basie Band in 1954 - in Broadway orchestras, in such musical productions as Guys and Dolls and silk stockings . He then worked as a studio musician at ABC in New York and also in symphony orchestras. The two albums under his own name, Wilder 'N' Wilder on Savoy Records in 1955 and The Pretty Sound (1959) also fall during this period .

In the late 1950s and 1960s Wilder took part in various studio and big band productions, such as George Russell , Oscar Pettiford , Oliver Nelson , Quincy Jones , Tadd Dameron , Gil Evans and Johnny Carisi , Dizzy Gillespie , Jimmy Smith , Michel Legrand , John Lewis , Tom Talbert and Cab Calloway . In 1962 he accompanied Benny Goodman on his USSR tour, which he reported on in the documentary Jazz for the Russians - To Russia with Jazz . Wilder then played in symphony orchestras such as the Symphony of the New World 1965–71 and 1975 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra . In 1971 he was involved in the big band production Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus . He has also worked on recordings for Roberta Flack , Tony Bennett , Terry Gibbs and Joe Newman . After 1972 he appeared regularly in all-star formations at the Colorado Jazz Party .

In the 1980s and 1990s, Joe Wilder played frequently in record sessions with mainstream jazz musicians such as Benny Carter , John Colianni , Rebecca Kilgore , The Heath Brothers , Charlie Byrd , Ruby Braff , Ken Peplowski and Joe Newman . In 1996 he participated in the big band production of JJ Johnson , The Brass Orchestra .

With his cautiously flowing style of playing and his warm, substance-rich tone, Joe Wilder is mainly reminiscent of Harry Sweets Edison and confidently commands means of expression that range from growls to classic vibrato. His solo in the title Softly With Feeling with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1954 is considered a particularly successful example of his individual style .

In 2008 he received the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship .

Selection discography

literature

Web links

Commons : Joe Wilder  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Notes / individual evidence

  1. ^ J. David Goodman: Joe Wilder, Horn Player, Dies at 92; Elegance Was His Theme Song. In: The New York Times, May 9, 2014 (accessed May 12, 2014).
  2. ↑ cit. after Kunzler, 12.83
personal data
SURNAME Wilder, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilder, Joseph Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Colwyn , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2014
Place of death New York City