Wilbur Harden Discography
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sat, Sep 24, 2011


Date: October 9, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Yusef Lateef (ldr), Yusef Lateef (f, ts, tam), Wilbur Harden (fh, tam), Ernie Farrow (rab, b), Hugh Lawson (p, oc), Oliver Jackson (d, gng)

a. 70138    Seulb - 6:10  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
b. 70139   alt Sram  (Wilbur Harden)
c. 70140    Delilah - 8:20  (Victor Young)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
d. 70141    Sounds Of Nature - 3:40  (Yusef Lateef)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
e. 70142    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - 6:17  (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
f. 70143    8540 Twelfth Street - 4:26  (Yusef Lateef)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92881 — The Last Savoy Sessions   (2000)
g. 70144    Check Blues - 6:40  (Yusef Lateef)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92881 — The Last Savoy Sessions   (2000)

Yusef Lateef (f) on c-d, g; (ts) on a-b, e-f; (tam) on d; Ernie Farrow (rab) on d; (b) on a-c, e-g; Hugh Lawson (oc) on g; Oliver Jackson (gng) on c; Wilbur Harden (tam) on d.


Date: October 10, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Yusef Lateef (ldr), Yusef Lateef (f, shn, ts), Wilbur Harden (fh, tam), Ernie Farrow (rab, b), Hugh Lawson (p, per), Oliver Jackson (d, gng)

a. 70145    Prayer To The East - 8:20  (Ali Jackson)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12117 — Prayer To The East   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0210 — Prayer To The East   (1994)
b. 70146    A Night In Tunisia - 9:56  (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12117 — Prayer To The East   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0210 — Prayer To The East   (1994)
c. 70147    Lover Man - 6:40  (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12117 — Prayer To The East   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0210 — Prayer To The East   (1994)
d. 70148    Endura - 13:13  (Yusef Lateef)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12117 — Prayer To The East   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0210 — Prayer To The East   (1994)
e. 70149    Love Dance - 6:47  (Les Baxter)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12117 — Prayer To The East   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0210 — Prayer To The East   (1994)
f. 70150    Gypsy Arab - 3:26  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12120 — Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature   
g. 70151    Sram - 5:55  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12123 — Jazz Is Busting Out All Over   
All titles on:      Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2226 — Gong!   (1978)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92881 — The Last Savoy Sessions   (2000)

Yusef Lateef (f) on a, c, e-g; (shn) on b; (ts) on b-d, g; Wilbur Harden (fh) on a-e, g; (tam) on f; Ernie Farrow (rab) on f; (b) on a-e, g; Hugh Lawson (p) on a-e, g; (per) on f; Oliver Jackson (gng) on a-b, f.


Date: October 11, 1957
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Prestige

Yusef Lateef (ldr), Yusef Lateef (f, arg, ts, gui), Wilbur Harden (fh), Ernie Farrow (rab, b), Hugh Lawson (p), Oliver Jackson (d, gng)

a. 1357    Playful Flute - 4:15  (Wilbur Harden)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7122 — The Sounds Of Yusef   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-917-2 — The Sounds Of Yusef   (1996)
b. 1358    Taboo - 9:11  (Ernesto Lecuona, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
c. 1359    Ecaps - 6:29  (Yusef Lateef)
d. 1360    All Alone - 5:02  (Irving Berlin)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
e. 1361    Anastasia - 4:12  (Alfred Newman, Paul Francis Webster)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
f. 1362    Love And Humor - 6:08  (Yusef Lateef)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7122 — The Sounds Of Yusef   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-917-2 — The Sounds Of Yusef   (1996)
g. 1363    Buckingham - 5:06  (Yusef Lateef)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7122 — The Sounds Of Yusef   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-917-2 — The Sounds Of Yusef   (1996)
h. 1364    Lambert's Point - 4:41  (Wilbur Harden)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
i. 1365    Meditation - 4:40  (Yusef Lateef)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7122 — The Sounds Of Yusef   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-917-2 — The Sounds Of Yusef   (1996)
j. 1366    Mahaba - 3:44  (Yusef Lateef)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
k. 1367    Minor Mood - 9:32  (Yusef Lateef)
     New Jazz LP 12": NJLP-8218 — Other Sounds   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 399-2 — Other Sounds   (1989)
l. 1368    Take The "A" Train - 11:10  (Billy Strayhorn)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7122 — The Sounds Of Yusef   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-917-2 — The Sounds Of Yusef   (1996)

Yusef Lateef (f) on a, f, l; (arg) on i; (ts) on b-e, g-k; (gui) on a; Ernie Farrow (rab) on a; Oliver Jackson (gng) on f, i.

Additional personnel details needed

Lawson plays finger cymbals on a.

Harden plays balloon (letting air escape) on f.
Lawson plays Seven-Up bottle and balloon (rubbing surface) on f.
Jackson plays "earth-board, a three-wire wooden board" on f.


Date: March 13, 1958
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Wilbur Harden (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Wilbur Harden (fh), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (d)

a. tk 1   alt Wells Fargo - 7:15  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12127 — Mainstream 1958   
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0121 — Mainstream 1958   
b. tk 2   fs Wells Fargo - 0:41  (Wilbur Harden)
c. tk 2    Wells Fargo - 7:24  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
d.     West 42nd Street - 7:49  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12127 — Mainstream 1958   
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0121 — Mainstream 1958   
e.     E.F.F.P.H. - 5:24  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12127 — Mainstream 1958   
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0121 — Mainstream 1958   
f.     Snuffy - 9:36  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12127 — Mainstream 1958   
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0121 — Mainstream 1958   
g. tk 1   inc Rhodomagnetics - 7:46  (Wilbur Harden)
h. tk 2   inc Rhodomagnetics - 1:07  (Wilbur Harden)
i. tk 1   alt Rhodomagnetics - 7:57  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12127 — Mainstream 1958   
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0121 — Mainstream 1958   
j. tk 2    Rhodomagnetics - 7:10  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
k. tk 1   inc Count Down - 0:04  (Wilbur Harden)
l. tk 1   alt Count Down - 7:54  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
m. tk 2   fs Count Down - 1:00  (Wilbur Harden)
n. tk 2    Count Down - 7:25  (Wilbur Harden)
     Savoy Jazz CD: ZD 70529 — Countdown - The Savoy Sessions   (1985)
     Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   
o. tk 3   reh Count Down - 0:03  (Wilbur Harden)
p. tk 3   inc Count Down - 1:09  (Wilbur Harden)

Benny Golson listed as arranger - confirmation needed.

Rhodomagnetics sometimes listed as Rhodamagnetics.

Coltrane discography by Fujioka notes:

b. consists of a false start and talking (0:14), false start and talking (0:18) and talking (0:09).
g. consists of a false start (piano only) and an incomplete take.
The final 0:09 from h. were spliced onto the end of g. to create the master take.
k. is only piano and talking.
m. consists of rehearsal by tenor and talking (0:02), a false start (0:15), bass and talking (0:15), a false start by piano only (0:04), a false start (0:17), and a false start (0:07).
o. consists of rehearsal by trumpet and talking.
p. consists of an incomplete take, piano and bass, talking, and a false start (fade out, technical noise).


Date: May 13, 1958
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Wilbur Harden (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Wilbur Harden (t, fh), Curtis Fuller (tb), Howard Williams (p), Alvin Jackson (b), Arthur Taylor (d)

a.     Anedac - 5:14  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13005 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12136 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0125 — Tanganyika Strut   (1991)
b. tk 1   alt B. J. - 4:54  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1115 — Gold Coast   (1978)
c. tk 2   alt B. J. - 4:53  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
d. tk 3    B. J. - 4:31  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13005 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12136 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0125 — Tanganyika Strut   (1991)
e.     Once In A While - 9:26  (Michael Edwards, Bud Green)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13005 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12136 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0125 — Tanganyika Strut   (1991)
All titles on:      Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   

Date: June 24, 1958
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Curtis Fuller, Wilbur Harden (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Wilbur Harden (t, fh), Curtis Fuller (tb), Tommy Flanagan (p), Alvin Jackson (b), Arthur Taylor (d)

a. tk 1   alt Dial Africa - 8:02  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1115 — Gold Coast   (1978)
b. tk 2    Dial Africa - 8:41  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12131 — Jazz Way Out   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0122 — Jazz Way Out   (1991)
c.     Oomba - 5:29  (Wilbur Harden, Ozzie Cadena)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1110 — Dial Africa   (1977)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12131 — Jazz Way Out   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0122 — Jazz Way Out   (1991)
d.     Gold Coast - 14:33  (Curtis Fuller)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1115 — Gold Coast   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12131 — Jazz Way Out   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0122 — Jazz Way Out   (1991)
e.     Tanganyika Strut - 9:58  (Curtis Fuller)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1115 — Gold Coast   (1978)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13005 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12136 — Tanganyika Strut   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0125 — Tanganyika Strut   (1991)
All titles on:      Savoy/Atlantic CD: 92858-2 — The Complete Savoy Sessions   

Date: July 11, 1958
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Prestige

John Coltrane (ldr), John Coltrane (ts), Wilbur Harden (t, fh), Red Garland (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)

a. 1541    Spring Is Here - 6:53  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7825 — The Master   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7243 — Standard Coltrane   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-246-2 — Standard Coltrane   
b. 1542    Invitation - 10:20  (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7825 — The Master   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7243 — Standard Coltrane   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-246-2 — Standard Coltrane   
c. 1543    I'm A Dreamer - Aren't We All - 7:00  (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7353 — Bahia   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-415-2 — Bahia   
d. 1544    Love Thy Neighbor - 9:21  (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon)
     Prestige 45: 267 — Star Dust/Love Thy Neighbor   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7268 — Stardust   
e. 1545    Don't Take Your Love From Me - 9:13  (Henry Nemo)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7825 — The Master   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7243 — Standard Coltrane   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-246-2 — Standard Coltrane   
f. 1546    Star Dust - 10:41  (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)
     Prestige 45: 267 — Star Dust/Love Thy Neighbor   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7268 — Stardust   
g. 1547    My Ideal - 7:30  (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7353 — Bahia   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-415-2 — Bahia   
h. 1548    I'll Get By - 8:09  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7825 — The Master   
     Prestige LP 12": PR 7243 — Standard Coltrane   
     Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-246-2 — Standard Coltrane   
All titles on:      Prestige LP 12": P 24056 — The Stardust Session   
     Prestige CD: 16PCD 4405-2 — The Prestige Recordings   (1991)
     Prestige CD: PRCD-24056-2 — The Stardust Session   

Date: September 23 & 30, 1958
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Wilbur Harden (ldr), Wilbur Harden (t, fh), Tommy Flanagan (p, cel), George Duvivier (b), Granville T. Hogan (d)

a. alt.   alt Getting To Know You - 5:02  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.     Getting To Know You - 4:00  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
c.     My Lord And Master - 4:10  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
d.     Shall We Dance? - 6:05  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
e. alt.   alt Something Wonderful - 2:30  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.     Something Wonderful - 2:37  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
g.     We Kiss In A Shadow - 5:21  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
h.     I Have Dreamed - 4:41  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
i.     I Whistle A Happy Tune - 4:08  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
j. alt.   alt Hello Young Lovers - 4:10  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
k.     Hello Young Lovers - 4:05  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Savoy LP 12": ST 13002 — The King And I   
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12134 — The King And I   
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0124 — The King And I   (1991)
All titles on:      Savoy Jazz CD: ZDS 4429 — Plays the Music Of Rodgers & Hammerstein   (1990)

Tommy Flanagan (cel) on i.


Date: June 6, 1960
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Savoy

Curtis Fuller (ldr), Yusef Lateef (ts), Wilbur Harden (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), Clifford Jarvis (d)

a.    alt Accident  (Curtis Fuller) / arr: Curtis Fuller
b. tk 1   alt A New Date - 6:25  (Curtis Fuller) / arr: Curtis Fuller
c.     A New Date - 5:02  (Curtis Fuller) / arr: Curtis Fuller
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12164 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1975)
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0129 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1991)
     Savoy Jazz CD: COCY 78279 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1994)
     Savoy Jazz CD: CY 78806 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1996)
d.     Judyful - 8:55  (Curtis Fuller) / arr: Curtis Fuller
     Savoy LP 12": MG 12164 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1975)
     Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2253 — The Trombone Album   (1980)
     Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0129 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1991)
     Savoy Jazz CD: COCY 78279 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1994)
     Savoy Jazz CD: CY 78806 — Images Of Curtis Fuller   (1996)

"Judyful" usually listed as from June 7, 1960, with Lee Morgan, Milt Hinton, Bobby Donaldson, but aural evidence (as well as lack of master number) supports trumpeter as Wilbur Harden, therefore from this session.