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

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


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"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 is also known as a pioneer who broke down racial barriers, the first African American to hold a principal chair in a Broadway show orchestra, and one of the first African Americans to join a network studio orchestra. 

 

In Softly, with Feeling, Edward Berger tells Wilder's remarkable story-from his growing up in working-class Philadelphia to becoming one of the first 1,000 black Marines during World War II-with tremendous feeling and extensive reminiscences by Wilder and his colleagues, including renowned Philadelphia-area musicians Jimmy Heath and Buddy DeFranco.  Berger also places Wilder's experiences within a broader context of American musical and social history.

 

Wilder's modesty and ability to perform in many musical genres may have prevented him from achieving popular recognition, but in Softly, with Feeling, his legacy and contributions to music and culture are assured. 

 

 

 

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Wynton Marsalis Preface Acknowledgments   1 The Making of a Musician: Philadelphia (1922–1938)   Musical Beginnings   Colored Kiddies of the Air: "Little Louis" Meets Pops   William T. Tilden Junior High School   2 From Student to Pro (1938–1943)   Mastbaum   The Harlem Dictators   Leaving Home: Les Hite   Lionel Hampton   3 Integration of the Armed Forces: The Montford Point Marines (1943–1946)   4 Big Band Odyssey (1946–1950)   Hampton Redux   Jimmie Lunceford   Dizzy Gillespie   Lucky Millinder   Sam Donahue   Herbie Fields   5 New York (1950–1953)   Noble Sissle and the Diamond Horseshoe   Breaking Barriers on Broadway   Wilder on Broadway   Manhattan School of Music   6 On the Road Again: Count Basie (1953–1954)   7 Back on Broadway and into the Studios (1954–1957)   Silk Stockings and Most Happy Fella   The Urban League: Integrating the Music Industry   Developing a Style: Recordings in the 1950s   From Mainstream to Third Stream   8 On Staff: African American Musicians and the Network Orchestras (1957–1964)   Wilder Joins ABC   The Studio Life    The Urban League: Integrating the Network Orchestras   Record Dates: Sideman and Leader    "The Sound of Jazz"   Benny Goodman: USSR Tour   Miss America Pageant   Family Life   9 A Dream Realized: Return to Classical Music (1964–1974)   African Americans in Symphony Orchestras: The Beginnings of Change   The Symphony of the New World   The 1969 Human Rights Commission Hearings   Earl Madison's Reflections   Other Classical Activities   Wilder and Wilder: Joe and Alec   1960s Recordings   10 Freelance (1974–1990)   The End of the Staff Orchestras   Peter Duchin and the Society Orchestra Phenomenon   Return to Broadway   1980s Recordings   11 New Outlets: Jazz Repertory and Jazz Parties (1990–2000)   Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra   Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra   Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion   The Jazz Party Phenomenon   12 Passing It On: Teaching, Awards, and Honors (2000–)   Juilliard   Awards and Honors   The Reluctant Leader   Recordings in the New Millennium: Evening Star   Arbors Records and the Statesmen of Jazz   Coda   Notes Discography/Solography Index

About the Author :

Edward Berger is a writer/photographer, whose other books include Benny Carter: A Life in American Music (with Morroe Berger and James Patrick) and Bassically Speaking: An Oral History of George Duvivier.  He produced two Grammy-winning albums for jazz great Benny Carter, and has been a long-time co-host of Jazz from the Archives on WBGO-FM, Newark.  He retired as Associate Director of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies in 2011, but continues to serve IJS as a consultant.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781439911273
  • Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S.
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Sub Title: Joe Wilder and the Breaking of Barriers in American Music
  • ISBN-10: 1439911274
  • Publisher Date: 28 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 33 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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