Joe Wilder (born February 22, 1922 in Colwyn, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He best known for his beautiful tone and lyrical style. Wilder was awarded the Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award in 2006.[LINK: http://www.temple.edu/boyer/JazzMasters2006.htm] Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award The National Endowment for the Arts honored Joe Wilder with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 2008.[LINK: http://arts.endow.gov/national/jazz/jazz08/index.html] 2008 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Biography Wilder was born into a musical family led by his father Curtis, a bassist and bandleader in Philadelphia. Wilder's first performances took place on the radio program, "Parisian Tailor's Colored Kiddies of the Air." He and the other young musicians were backed up by such