Wilmer Wise

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Wilmer Wise (born December 21, 1936 in Philadelphia , † January 30, 2015 in New York City ) was an American trumpeter who was active in the field of jazz and classical music . Wynton Marsalis called him "a pioneering black trumpeter in the world of classical music."

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Wilmer Wise grew up in Philadelphia, learned the trumpet at the age of eight and studied with Sigmund Hering, who was a musician in the Philadelphia Orchestra, for six years. He also took lessons from Gil Johnson, Sam Krauss and Nat Prager before starting to work as a professional musician in 1960. He was the only African American musician in orchestras in Philadelphia that performed Broadway musicals such as Showgirl (with Carol Channing ); he also appeared as a guest soloist with Quincy Jones in Philadelphia. In the early 1960s he played in Johnny Lynch's Club Harlem Band in Atlantic City, Philadelphia a. a. also with Lee Morgan , Vince Penzarella, Ted Curson , Bobby Timmons, Tony Marchione ( Randy Brecker's teacher ), Johnny Coles , Lammar Wright, and Reggie Workman before turning to classical music. At the age of 23 he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He toured Europe as a principal trumpeter with Music from Marlboro , recorded with Pablo Casals and acted as lead trumpeter in the recording of the West Side Story under the direction of Leonard Bernstein . He was also a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra around 1965 and taught at Morgan State and the Peabody Conservatory.

In New York City he worked in big bands like the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra as well as in Broadway and Philharmonic orchestras; he played in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , the American Symphony and was a member of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra from 1968 to 2003. He also worked as a freelance musician in studio sessions a. a. by Stanley Clarke ( Journey to Love ) and Weather Report ( I Sing the Body Electric ). In 1974 he took part in the performance of Ornette Coleman's composition The Sacred Mind of Johnny Dolphin for trumpet, string quartet and percussion . In the field of jazz he was involved in nine recording sessions between 1971 and 1987, with David Amram ( Subway Night 1971), David Fathead Newman , Sonny Stitt and Cleo Laine .

Wise worked from the 1980s with Philip Glass , on whose albums Songs from Liquid Days , Powaqqatsi , The Thin Blue Line and the soundtrack to Kundun (1997) he can be heard; He also worked for film ( Kramer versus Kramer ) and theater music ( The Mystery of Edwin Drood , 1986). He collaborated with David Amram for 29 years in the Young People's Schooltime Programs concert series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and other events. In his later years he played in a quintet (u. A. With the cornet player Jerome Ashby), the Harlem Chamber Players , in JMIH Orchestra by Loren Schoenberg and the Imperial Brass Band . In 2010 the New York Festival of New Trumpet Music honored him with a performance and a workshop. At the end of 2012 he joined a. still with Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra with the Antara Ensemble and the Brooklyn Community Wind Ensemble . He died in early 2015 of complications from cancer.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at Local 802
  2. ↑ http://www.local802afm.org/2015/03/the-men-with-satin-voices/
  3. ↑ a b Obituary in Jazz Hot
  4. ↑ Wynton Marsalis I watched that game in the home of Wilmer Wise (2015)
  5. ↑ http://www.greenleafmusic.com/wilmer-wise-be-sure-brain-is-engaged-before-putting-mouthpiece-in-gear/
  6. ↑ http://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27059&start=7
  7. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 16, 2015)
  8. ↑ http://www.greenleafmusic.com/wilmer-wise-be-sure-brain-is-engaged-before-putting-mouthpiece-in-gear/
personal data
SURNAME Wise, Wilmer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 2015
Place of death New York City