WILDER, JOSEPH BENJAMIN

WILDER, JOSEPH BENJAMIN (JOE). Symphony-jazz trumpeter (22 February 1922 in Colwyn, Pennsylvania). He came from a musical family; his father was a jazz bandleader. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Mastbaum School of Music there. He began performing professionally during the 1940s and thereafter played with various groups, including Les Hite (1941-42), Lionel Hampton (1942-43, 1945-46), and James (Jimmy) Lunceford (1946-47),...