The Pretty Sound
Studio album by
Joe Wilder
ReleasedOctober 1959
Recorded1959
GenreJazz
Length40:20
LabelColumbia
CL 1372
Joe Wilder chronology
Wilder 'n' Wilder
(1956) 		The Pretty Sound
(1959) 		Jazz From Peter Gunn
(1959)

The Pretty Sound is an album led by jazz trumpeter Joe Wilder recorded in 1959 and first released on the Columbia label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Wade Kergan stated: "Wilder is joined by Urbie Green, Hank Jones, Jerome Richardson, and Herbie Mann on Pretty Sound of Joe Wilder, which lives up to its name on a tasteful selection of ballads and standards".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Harbor Lights" (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) – 3:39
  2. "I Hear Music" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 3:21
  3. "It's So Peaceful in the Country" (Alec Wilder) – 5:02
  4. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 5:03
  5. "Guys and Dolls" (Loesser) – 4:17
  6. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:14
  7. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington) – 4:49
  8. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 3:30
  9. "The Boy Next Door" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:22
  10. "Lullabye" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:03

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Both Sides Now: Columbia Main Series, Part 9: CL 1300-1399 (1959-1960) accessed September 19, 2018
  2. ^ a b Kergan, Wade. The Pretty Sound of Joe Wilder/Jazz From "Peter Gunn" – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
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