8 Bold Souls

8 Bold Souls
Formed: 1985
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Styles: Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
Group Members: Robert Griffin, Harrison Bankhead, Mwata Bowden, Aaron Dodd, Isiah S. Jackson, Naomi Millender, Dushun Mosley, Gerald D. Powell, Edward ...View All
Biography: Perhaps it's because he stayed put in Chicago while so many of his AACM colleagues moved to New York, or maybe because he's a bit younger than his more well-known compatriots, but tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson Jr. has never gotten the exposure his talents deserve. In the '80s, when N.Y.C.-based ...Read full biography
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Released: 2000
Label: Thrill Jockey Records
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Eight Bold Souls have been one of the finest and most under-appreciated jazz ensembles in Chicago since their inception in 1985. Plagued by an astonishing lack of interest from record labels, leader Ed ...Read full review
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Released: 1992
Label: Arabesque Recordings
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Almost everything about 8 Bold Souls has a warm, darkly burnished feeling. Leader Edward Wilkerson, Jr. has a marked predilection for the lower registers of instruments and for somber, rich melodies with ...Read full review
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