Wilbur Harden
- Type: Influential Sideman
- Country: United States
- Born: Birmingham, Alabama, United States (December 31, 1924)
- Died: New York City, New York, United States (June 10, 1969)
- Active: 1950 - 1960
Biography
Wilbur Harden (1924 to 1969) was a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Birmingham, Alabama. After rhythm and blues work with *Roy Brown* and *Ivory Joe Hunter*, he joined *Yusef Lateef* in Detroit in 1957 and led four hard bop albums for #Savoy Records# in 1958, three alongside *John Coltrane*. A pioneer of the flugelhorn in modern jazz, Harden was forced by ill health to retire in 1960 and died in obscurity in New York nine years later.
Wilbur Harden Discography
- Mainstream 1958: The East Coast Jazz Scene (1958) - Album - rated 3.13/5
- Jazz Way Out (1958) - Album - rated 3.2/5
- Tanganyika Strut (1958) - Album - rated 3.36/5
- The King and I (1959) - Album - rated 3.58/5