Biography
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
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Birth Of The Cool
1957
Genius + Soul = Jazz
1961
On The Track
1975
Out Of The Cool
1961
Hair (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1979
The Wiz (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Legrand Jazz
1958
Double Time
1977
Bashin'
1962
Let My Children Hear Music
1972
The Midnight Special
1962
New York, N.Y.
1959
10 Years Hence
1975
Homeless Brother
1974
Another Beginning
1974
Sin & Soul
1961
The Doctor Is In ...And Out
1976
Tabernakel
1973
Moondog
1969
Kites Are Fun
1968
Facets
1967
The Best Of Jimmy Smith
1967
A Jazz Date With Chris Connor
1958
The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet
1956
Credited work
1,926 releases · 333 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 2,394
- Other credits · 158
- Production · 1
Studios: Regent Sound Studios, New York City · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Webster Hall · Atlantic Studios