Wilbur Harden
Trumpet
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | CDTOP1423 | CD | Roy Brown | Payday Jump: The 1949-51 Sessions |
| De Luxe | 3304 | single | - | Hard luck blues / New Rebecca |
| - | 3306 | - | - | Love don't love nobody / Dreaming blues |
| - | 3308 | - | - | Cadillac baby / 'Long about sundown |
| - | 3311 | - | - | Teenage jamboree / Double crossin' woman |
| - | 3312 | - | - | Sweet peach / Good man blues |
| - | 3313 | - | - | Beautician blues / Wrong woman blues |
| - | 3318 | - | - | Train time blues / Big town |
| - | 3319 | - | - | Bar room blues / Good rockin' man |
| Gusto | GD5036-X | |||
| King | 5218 | single | Roy Brown | Hard luck blues / Good looking and foxy too |
| - | 5521 | - | - | Mighty mighty man / Good man blues |
| - | EP254 | EP | - | |
| - | LP607 | LP | Various Artists | Battle of the blues - Roy Brown vs. Wynonie Harris |
| - | LP627 | - | - | Battle of the Blues, Volume 2 - Roy Brown vs. Wynonie Harris |
| - | LP725 | - | - | 25 Years of Rhythm and Blues Hits, Volume 1 |
| - | LP956 | - | Roy Brown | Roy Brown's Here |
| - | LP1004 | - | Various Artists | 25 Years of Rhythm' n' Blues Hits |
| - | LP1130 | - | Roy Brown | Hard Luck Blues |
| King Oldies | 15012 | single | - | Hard luck blues / Trouble at midnight |
| Rhino | R2-71545 | CD | - | Good Rocking Tonight: The Best of Roy Brown |
| Route 66 | KIX-2 | LP | - | Laughing but Crying |
| - | KIX-6 | - | - | Good Rocking Tonight |
| Vogue | V3183 | single | Roy Brown and his Mighty Men | Roy Brown boogie / Train time blues |
| Leader | Site | Date | Session | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Brown | Cincinnati, OH | April 19, 1950 | [session] | trumpet |
| - | - | June 15, 1950 | [session] | - |
| - | - | June 22, 1950 | [session] | - |
| - | - | June 23, 1950 | [session] | - |
| Song | Label | Master | Leader | Site | Date | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Long about sundown | De Luxe | D1523 | Roy Brown | Cincinnati, OH | June 22, 1950 | [session] |
| Bar room blues | - | D1522 | - | - | - | - |
| Beautician blues | - | D1524-1 | - | - | June 23, 1950 | [session] |
| Cadillac baby | - | D1512 | - | - | April 19, 1950 | [session] |
| Double crossin' woman | - | D1527 | - | - | June 23, 1950 | [session] |
| Dreaming blues | - | D1517 | - | - | June 15, 1950 | [session] |
| Drum boogie | - | D1525 | - | - | June 23, 1950 | [session] |
| Good man blues | - | D1518 | - | - | June 15, 1950 | [session] |
| Hard luck blues | - | D1513 | - | - | April 19, 1950 | [session] |
| Love don't love nobody | - | D1516 | - | - | June 15, 1950 | [session] |
| New Rebecca | - | D1514 | - | - | April 19, 1950 | [session] |
| - | - | D1514-2 | - | - | - | - |
| Sweet peach | - | D1515 | - | - | - | - |
| Swingin' with Johnny | - | D1526 | - | - | June 23, 1950 | [session] |
| Teenage jamboree | - | D1520 | - | - | June 22, 1950 | [session] |
| Too much lovin' ain't no good | - | D1519 | - | - | June 15, 1950 | [session] |
| Train time blues | - | D1521 | - | - | June 22, 1950 | [session] |
Wilbur Harden (December 31, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama – June 10, 1969 in New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer.Harden is best remembered for his recordings with saxophonists Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane, and with trombonist Curtis Fuller. One of the earliest jazz trumpeters to double on flugelhorn, his playing became less frequent due to illness. He began his career with Roy Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter, before moving to Detroit in 1957 to play with Yusef Lateef's quintet. In late 1958, Harden fell seriously ill, spending four years under medical care. His last recording session took place in 1960 with Fuller's group, following a brief release from the hospital. Subsequently, he stopped playing and died in 1969, in New York City.
He is a 1991 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Wikipedia