Wilbur Harden
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Wilbur Harden (born December 31, 1924 in Birmingham; died June 1969 in New York, New York) was a jazz trumpeter, flügelhornist and composer. In the early 1950s he appeared on R&B recordings by Roy Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter. After a stint in the U. S. Navy, he began recording hard bop with saxophonists Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane. He also recorded with trombonist Curtis Fuller and in a quartet with pianist Tommy Flanagan. Illness forced him to cut short his career before his 36th birthday in 1960.
Harden was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
Discography
- Harden, Wilbur (1958) "Countdown". Savoy Records
- Harden, Wilbur (1958) "Mainstream". Columbia Records
- Harden, Wilbur (1958) "Jazz Way Out". Savoy Records
- Harden, Wilbur (1958) "Africa". Savoy Records
- Harden, Wilbur (1958) "The King and I". Savoy Records
- Harden, Wilbur (1960) "Tanganyika". Savoy Records
External links
- Wilbur Harden at allmusic.com
- Wilbur Harden discography at jazzdiscography.com