Although the voice – typically treated as the focal point of any arrangement in which it is included – was not an obvious choice for M-Base's complex textures or harmonically elaborated melodies, Wilson wove herself into the fabric of these settings with wordless improv and lyrics. She can be heard on Coleman's debut as a leader "Motherland Pulse" (1985), then as member of his "Five Elements" on "On the Edge of Tomorrow" (1986), "World Expansion" (1986), "Sine Die" (1987), and on M-Base Collective's sole recording as a large ensemble "Anatomy of a Groove" (1992).