A young lion with a roar being heard in several music genres; Corey Wilkes burst onto the music scene in 2002 and landed in the soul of the Chicago Jazz Club scene.
For his next feat he took on the ghost of Lester Bowie and filled the vacant trumpet seat in the the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Big shoes to fill for a new musician but Corey isn't an ordinary musician. He began at the age of 10, made the Illinois All State Honors Jazz Combo in high school and honed his talent at Berklee College of Music.
His soulful notes can be heard gracing a variety of projects such as DJ sets by Logic, Osunlade and Josh Deep; tracks on Hidden Beach's Unwrapped Vol 4, as well as Kahil El Zabar's Ascension Loft Series.
Corey has shared the stage and knowledge with Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, Ledisi, Soulive, James Moody, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mike Phillips, Roscoe Mitchell, Von Freeman, Fred Anderson, Will Calhoun, Malcom Jamal-Warner and so many more. In addtion he performs extensively in Europe as well as Africa and South America.
Holding down posts as an Artist in Residence and Board Member with the Jazz Institute of Chicago and a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians; this young lion has got a roar to listen for.
DISCOGRAPHY
2008
Corey Wilkes
"Drop It"
(Delmark Records)
2008
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
"Mama's House Live"
(EHE Records)
2008
IG Culture
"Zen Badizm"
(Freedom School)
2008
Evan Parker & Transatlantic Art Ensemble
"Boustrophedon"
(ECM Records)
2007
Gordon Chambers
"Love Stories"
(Chamber Music)
2007
Roscoe Mitchell & Transatlantic Art Ensemble
"Compostion/Improvisation Nos 1, 2, & 3"
(ECM Records)
2007
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
"Hot N' Heavy"
(Delmark Records)
2007
Voltress
"Antelopes"
(Cancer Records)
2006
Art Ensemble of Chicago
"Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City:Live at the Iridium"
(PI Records)
2006
Tortoise
"The Brave & The Bold"
(Overcoat Recordings)
2005
Various Artist
"Unwrapped Volume 4"
(Hidden Beach Records)
2005
Roscoe Mitchell Quintet
"Turn"
(Rogue Art)
2004
DJ Shannon Harris
"The New World Reveal-A-Solution"
(Urbanicity Recordings)
2004
Ernest Dawkins' Chicago 12
"Shades of Charade & Misconceptions of a Delusion"
(Dawk Records)
2003
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
"Afrika Rising"
(Dreamtime Records)
2002
Roscoe Mitchell & the Note Factory
"Song for My Sister"
(PI Records)
2001
Young Bleed Carleone
"Vintage"
(Da'Tention Home)
