Oliver Lake

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Oliver Lake
Other Minds Lake.jpg
Lake taking a bow at Other Minds, San Francisco, 2016
Background information
Born (1942-09-14) September 14, 1942 (age 83)
Marianna, Arkansas, U.S. [1]
Genres Jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
Years active1971–present
Labels Freedom, Black Saint, Arista Novus, Gramavision, Intakt, Justin Time
Formerly of World Saxophone Quartet
Website www.oliverlake.net
Lake at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, CA, 3/6/88 Oliver Lake 1988.jpg
Lake at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, CA, 3/6/88

Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) [1] is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. [2] During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. [1] In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. [2] Lake worked in the group Trio 3 with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille. [2] Lake has appeared on more than 80 albums as a bandleader, co-leader, and side musician. He is the father of drummer Gene Lake. Lake has been a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. [3]

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Awards and honors

Discography

As leader or co-leader

With Trio 3

With the OGJB Quartet (Lake, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul)

As sideman

With Karl Berger

With Björk

With Andrew Cyrille

With Ted Daniel

With Michael Gregory Jackson

With Meshell Ndegeocello

With Malachi Thompson

With James Blood Ulmer

With World Saxophone Quartet

With others

References

  1. 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 251. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
  2. 1 2 3 Kelsey, Chris. "Oliver Lake | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger , September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Oliver Lake -- Lake, a longtime resident of Montclair, is a formidable alto saxophonist and composer of the jazz avant-garde."
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