Softly, with Feeling: Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music

by Edward Berger

"Joe Wilder set the table. His struggles made it easier for me and many others."--From the Foreword by Wynton Marsalis

Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World, where he played first trumpet, and he performed as lead trumpet and soloist with Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Yet Wilder...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439911274
• ISBN13: 9781439911273
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"