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8 Bold Souls, Last Option
Audio CD
Disk ID: 242518
Disk length: 1h 14m 13s (8 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2000
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Odyssey | 12:18 |
| 2. Third One Smiles | 8:03 |
| 3. Last Option | 7:57 |
| 4. The Art of Tea | 7:37 |
| 5. Pachinko | 6:50 |
| 6. Gang of Four | 9:17 |
| 7. Brown Town | 11:12 |
| 8. | 10:54 |
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Review
Chicago's 8 Bold Souls are local legends on their home turf. Saxophonist and leader Ed Wilkerson's got an ear for dizzying sonorities, mixing tuba, cello, bass, drums, brass, and reeds in swooning, sweeping displays and then leading them into heated, richly pressing tunes that gallop and sprint and hop. This band is one of jazz's hidden treasures, and Last Option is an endless feast. --Andrew BartlettBand leader Edward Wilkerson Jr., is a jazz auteur in the tradition of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus: his compositions integrate a staggering sum of musical information without calling attention to their own cleverness. "Third One Smiles" has a funky swagger that'd make the Adderley brothers proud; the dirge "The Art Of Tea" wouldn't sound out of place at a New Orleans funeral; and "Odyssey" sounds quite, well, Ellingtonian. Like his forbears, Wilkerson writes with his musicians' skills in mind. They reward him with impassioned solos and, more importantly, disciplined ensemble work. Wilkerson writes sumptuous arrangements that generate much more sound than you'd expect from eight players; the leader and Mwata Bowden help perpetrate this illusion by playing five reeds between them, and Gerald Powell's tuba and Dushun Mosely's fleet drumming lay down an amply proportioned rhythmic foundation. Bassist Harrison Bankhead and cellist Naomi Millender bow exquisite shadings that reveal Wilkerson's affection for early 20th-century impressionistic composer Maurice Ravel, while trumpeter Robert Griffin and trombonist Isaiah Jackson add sugar and vinegar to the mix. Never mind the bleak title, the jubilant music on Last Option holds hope for jazz's future. --Bill Meyer
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