# The Pretty Sound

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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Pretty Sound
| type       = Album
| artist     = [Joe Wilder](/source/Joe_Wilder)
| cover      = The Pretty Sound.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 1959
| recorded   = 1959
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     = 40:20
| label      = [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)<br><small>CL 1372</small>
| producer   =
| chronology = [Joe Wilder](/source/Joe_Wilder)
| prev_title = [Wilder 'n' Wilder](/source/Wilder_'n'_Wilder)
| prev_year  = 1956
| next_title = [Jazz From Peter Gunn](/source/Jazz_From_Peter_Gunn)
| next_year  = 1959
}}

'''''The Pretty Sound''''' is an album led by jazz trumpeter [Joe Wilder](/source/Joe_Wilder) recorded in 1959 and first released on the [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records) label.<ref name="Columbia discography">[https://bsnpubs.com/columbia/columbia12/columbia1300.html Both Sides Now: Columbia Main Series, Part 9: CL 1300-1399 (1959-1960)] accessed September 19, 2018</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}
The [Allmusic](/source/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".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Wade|last=Kergan|class=album |id=mw0000592730 |title=''The Pretty Sound of Joe Wilder/Jazz From "Peter Gunn"'' – Review |accessdate=September 19, 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "[Harbor Lights](/source/Harbour_Lights_(song))" ([Hugh Williams](/source/Wilhelm_Grosz), [Jimmy Kennedy](/source/Jimmy_Kennedy)) – 3:39
# "[I Hear Music](/source/I_Hear_Music)" ([Burton Lane](/source/Burton_Lane), [Frank Loesser](/source/Frank_Loesser)) – 3:21
# "It's So Peaceful in the Country" ([Alec Wilder](/source/Alec_Wilder)) – 5:02
# "[Autumn in New York](/source/Autumn_in_New_York_(song))" ([Vernon Duke](/source/Vernon_Duke)) – 5:03
# "Guys and Dolls" (Loesser) – 4:17
# "[Blue Moon](/source/Blue_Moon_(1934_song))" ([Richard Rodgers](/source/Richard_Rodgers), [Lorenz Hart](/source/Lorenz_Hart)) – 4:14
# "[Caravan](/source/Caravan_(1936_song))" ([Juan Tizol](/source/Juan_Tizol), [Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington)) – 4:49
# "[Greensleeves](/source/Greensleeves)" (Traditional) – 3:30
# "[The Boy Next Door](/source/The_Boy_Next_Door_(song))" ([Hugh Martin](/source/Hugh_Martin), [Ralph Blane](/source/Ralph_Blane)) – 3:22
# "[Lullabye](/source/Brahms's_Lullaby)" ([Johannes Brahms](/source/Johannes_Brahms)) – 3:03

==Personnel==
*[Joe Wilder](/source/Joe_Wilder) – [trumpet](/source/trumpet) 
*[Urbie Green](/source/Urbie_Green) – [trombone](/source/trombone) (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8–10)
*[Herbie Mann](/source/Herbie_Mann) – [flute](/source/flute) (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
*[Phil Bodner](/source/Phil_Bodner) – [English horn](/source/English_horn), flute, [clarinet](/source/clarinet), [saxophone](/source/saxophone),  (tracks 1, 6 & 9)
*[Jerome Richardson](/source/Jerome_Richardson) – clarinet, saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8–10)
*Jerry Sanfino – flute, clarinet, saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 10)
*[Hank Jones](/source/Hank_Jones) – [piano](/source/piano)
*Al Cassamenti – [guitar](/source/guitar)
*[George Duvivier](/source/George_Duvivier) – [bass](/source/double_bass) (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6 & 8–10)
*[Milt Hinton](/source/Milt_Hinton) – bass (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
*John Cresci Jr. – [drums](/source/drum_kit)  (tracks 2, 4 & 7)
*[Osie Johnson](/source/Osie_Johnson) – drums (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 10)
*[Don Lamond](/source/Don_Lamond) – drums (tracks 1, 6 & 9)
*Mike Colicchio – [arranger](/source/arrangement)

==References==
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