| The Pretty Sound | ||||
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| Released | October, 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1372 | |||
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The Pretty Sound is an album led by jazz trumpeter Joe Wilder recorded in 1959 and first released on the Columbia label. [1]
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| 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]
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