Modern Big Band Leader and Composer Edward Wilkerson.
Chicago-based composer, arranger and tenor saxophonist Edward Wilkerson. He leads the big band Shadow Vignettes, whose 1986 album, "Birth of a Notion," was on most jazz critic's lists as one of the top ten albums of that year. In Wilkerson's newest album, titled "Eight Bold Souls," he leads a smaller group, an octet.
Other segments from the episode on January 14, 1988
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 14, 1988: Interview with Ron Reagan, Jr.; Review of Eddie Hinton's album "Letters from Mississippi"; Interview with Edward Wilkerson; Review of the film "3 Men and…
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