Wilbur Harden
born on 31/12/1924 in Birmingham , AL, United States
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Wilbur Harden (December 31, 1924, Birmingham, Alabama June 1969, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer.[1]
Harden is most known for his recordings with saxophonists Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane, and also with trombonist Curtis Fuller. One of the first jazz trumpeters to double on flugelhorn, his playing became less frequent due to illness. He started his career with Roy Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter, before moving to Detroit in 1957 to play with Yusef Lateef's quintet. In late 1958 Harden fell seriously ill, spending four whole years under medical care. His last recording session took place in 1960 with Curtis Fuller's group, following a brief release from the hospital. After that, he quit playing and died in 1969 in New York.
He is a 1991 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Discography
As leader
- The King and I (1958, Savoy Records)
- Mainstream 1958 (1958, Savoy)
- Jazz Way Out (1958, Savoy)
- Tanganyika (1958, Savoy)
Compilations
- Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions (1977, Savoy)
- Gold Coast (1977, Savoy)
- Countdown: The Savoy Sessions (1978, Savoy)
- The Complete Savoy Sessions (1999)
- The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions (2009)
As sideman
With John Coltrane
- Gold Coast (1958, Savoy Records)
- Stardust (1958, Prestige Records)
- Standard Coltrane (1958, Savoy Records)
- The Master (Prestige Records)
- Bahia (Prestige Records)
With Curtis Fuller
- Images of Curtis Fuller (1960, Savoy Records)
With Yusef Lateef
- Jazz and the Sounds of Nature (Savoy, 1957)
- Prayer to the East (Savoy, 1957)
- The Sounds of Yusef (Prestige, 1957)
- Other Sounds (New Jazz, 1957)
- Cry! - Tender (New Jazz, 1957)
References
- [Wilbur Harden at All Music Guide Allmusic biography]
Studio albums | Coltrane | Dakar | Traneing In | Coltrane Time | The Believer | Black Pearls | Bahia | Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane | The Last Trane | Lush Life | Soultrane | Standard Coltrane | Stardust | Trane's Blues | Bags and Trane | Giant Steps | Coltrane's Sound | The Avant-Garde l | My Favorite Things | Coltrane Jazz | Coltrane Plays the Blues | Africa/Brass | Olé Coltrane | Ballads | Coltrane | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | Crescent | A Love Supreme | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays | Transition | First Meditations | Ascension | Kulu Sé Mama | Sun Ship | Om | Cosmic Music | Interstellar Space | Expression (album) |
Live albums | Live! at the Village Vanguard|The European Tour | Live at birdland | Live at the Half Note: One Up, One Down | Live in Seattle | New Thing at Newport | Live at the Village Vanguard Again! | Live in Japan | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording |
Compilations | The Complete Prestige Recordings | Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings | The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings |
with Miles Davis | Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet | 'Round About Midnight | Workin' | Steamin'| Relaxin' | Cookin' | Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants | Milestones | Miles & Monk at Newport | Kind of Blue | Someday My Prince Will Come |
other | Whims Of Chambers | Monk's Music | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings| Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | Hard Driving Jazz | High Step | Informal Jazz | Mating Call | Tenor Conclave | A Blowing Session | Countdown: The Savoy Sessions | Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions | Gold Coast | Jazz Way Out| Tanganyika Strut | Mainstream 1958 | Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane | Settin' the Pace |
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