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Alternating Currents Live presents The Edward Wilkerson Quartet Sunday, October 11, 7pm Edward Wilkerson - tenor saxophone Jim Baker - keyboards Brian Smith - bass Dushun Mosley - drums 
Edward Wilkerson Jr. is an internationally recognized American jazz composer, arranger, musician, and educator based in Chicago. He is the founder and director of the cutting edge octet 8 Bold Souls and the 25 member performance ensemble Shadow Vignettes and with these ensembles has toured festivals and concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East. As one of the great saxophone and clarinet players on the Chicago scene, Edward Wilkerson Jr. has become best known as a bandleader and composer, particularly associated with medium to large scale projects. He has also been a major presence in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), teaching composition at the organization's music school and serving for a time as AACM president.He was an original member of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (formed by percussionist Kahil El'Zabar) and remained with that group until 1997. His best-documented ensemble as a leader is 8 Bold Souls, an octet initiated in January 1985. Influenced by the small groups of Duke Ellington and Jimmie Lunceford, 8 Bold Souls extends this tradition into adventurous experimentation in the AACM spirit, drawing fully on the unusual sonic possibilities of the group's instrumentation of two woodwinds, trumpet, trombone, cello, tuba, bass, and trap drums. Wilkerson's most recent release is the ensemble performance titled Frequency (Thrill Jockey) with bassist Harrison Bankhead, flautist Nicole Mitchell, and percussionist Avreeayl Ra. The quartet's recording presents distinctive compositions and high quality improvisational flights alongside echoes of world and Native American sonic landscapes. Edward Wilkerson Jr. last appeared as part of Alternating Currents Live in 2003 as part of a trio with Tatsu Aoki and Michael Zerang.  This concert is brought to you by the Alternating Currents Live series, broadcast on WMSE (91.7) FM, Milwaukee.
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