Oliver Lake

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Oliver Lake
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Background information
Born (1942-09-14) September 14, 1942 (age 81)
Marianna, Arkansas, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Instruments soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute

Oliver Lake (b. Marianna, Arkansas, September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer and poet. He is known mainly on alto saxophone but also performs on soprano saxophone and flute.[1]

During the 1960s Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis.

In 1977 Lake co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet, with David Murray, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett.

He is currently a member of the group, Trio 3, with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille.

Lake is a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.[2] His son is jazz drummer Gene Lake (b. 12 January 1966).

Discography

As leader

  • 1971: Ntu: The Point From Which Freedom Begins (Freedom Records)
  • 1974: Passin' Thru (Passin' Thru)
  • 1975: Heavy Spirits (Freedom)
  • 1976: Holding Together (Black Saint)
  • 1978: Shine (Arista Novus)
  • 1978: Life Dance Of Is (Arista Novus)
  • 1978: Buster Bee (Sackville)
  • 1979: Zaki (hat Art)
  • 1980: Prophet (Black Saint)
  • 1981: Jump Up (Gramavision)
  • 1981: Clevont Fitzhubert (Black Saint)
  • 1982: Plug It (Gramavision)
  • 1984: Expandable Language (Black Saint)
  • 1986: Gallery (Gramavision)
  • 1986: Dancevision (Blue Heron)
  • 1987: Impala (Gramavision)
  • 1989: Otherside (Gramavision)
  • 1989: Boston Duets (Music & Arts)
  • 1991: Again and Again (Gramavision)
  • 1992: Virtual Reality (Gazell Records))
  • 1994: Edge-ing (Black Saint)
  • 1996: Dedicated to Dolphy (Black Saint)
  • 1996: Matador Of 1st & 1st (Passin' Thru)
  • 1996: Movements, Turns & Switches (Passin' Thru)
  • 2000: Talkin' Stick (Passin' Thru)
  • 2000: Kinda' Up (Passin' Thru)
  • 2001: Have Yourself A Merry (Passin' Thru)
  • 2003: Cloth (Passin' Thru)
  • 2004: Dat Love (Passin' Thru)
  • 2005: Oliver Lake Quartet Live (Passin' Thru)
  • 2006: Lake / Tchicai / Osgood / Westergaard (Passin' Thru)
  • 2008: Makin' It (Passin' Thru)
  • 2010: Plan (Passin' Thru)
  • 2011: For a Little Dancin' (Intakt Records)
  • 2013: Wheels (Passin' Thru)
  • 2013: All Decks (Intakt Records)
  • 2015: To Roy (Intakt Records)

With Trio 3

  • Live in Willisau (Dizim, 1997)
  • Encounter (Passin' Thru, 2000)
  • Open Ideas (Palmetto, 2002)
  • Time Being (Intakt, 2006)
  • Live at the Sunset (Marge, 2008)
  • At this Time (Intakt, 2009) + Geri Allen
  • Berne Concert (Intakt, 2009) + Irene Schweizer
  • Celebrating Mary Lou Williams (Intakt, 2010) + Geri Allen
  • Refraction - Breaking Glass (Intakt, 2013) + Jason Moran
  • Wiring (Intakt, 2014) + Vijay Iyer

With World Saxophone Quartet

Title Year Label
Point of No Return 1977 Moers Music
Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet 1979 Black Saint
W.S.Q. 1981 Black Saint
Revue 1982 Black Saint
Live in Zurich 1984 Black Saint
Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music 1986 Black Saint
Plays Duke Ellington 1986 Elektra / Nonesuch
Dances and Ballads 1987 Elektra / Nonesuch
Rhythm and Blues 1989 Elektra / Nonesuch
Metamorphosis 1991 Elektra / Nonesuch
Moving Right Along 1993 Black Saint
Breath of Life 1994 Elektra / Nonesuch
Four Now 1996 Justin Time
Takin' It 2 the Next Level 1996 Justin Time
Selim Sivad: a Tribute to Miles Davis 1998 Justin Time
Requiem for Julius 2000 Justin Time
25th Anniversary: The New Chapter 2001 Justin Time
Steppenwolf 2002 Justin Time
Experience 2004 Justin Time
Political Blues 2006 Justin Time

As sideman

With Anthony Braxton

With Alex Cline

With Billy Hart

With Michael Gregory Jackson

With Wadada Leo Smith

With James Blood Ulmer

Awards

References

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