Joe Wilder

Joe Wilder
Left to right: John Webber, Joe Wilder and Lewis Nash
Background information
Born(1922-02-22)February 22, 1922
Colwyn, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 9, 2014(2014-05-09) (aged 92)
New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz, Swing music
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentsTrumpet, flugelhorn
Years active1940s – 2014
LabelsSavoy, Columbia, Evening Star
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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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