Oliver Lake
born on 14/9/1942 in Marianna, AR, United States
Oliver Lake
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.
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)
- 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)
- 1987: Impala (Gramavision)
- 1989: Otherside (Gramavision)
- 1991: Again and Again (Gramavision)
- 1992: Virtual Reality (Gazell Records))
- 1992: Zaki (Hat-Hut 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)
- 2001: Have Yourself A Merry (Passin' Thru)
- 2003: Cloth (Passin' Thru)
- 2004: Dat Love (Passin' Thru)
- 2005: Oliver Lake Quartet Live (Passin' Thru)
- 2008: Plan (Passin' Thru)
- 2010: Oliver Lake Quartet Live (Passin' Thru)
- 2011: For a little Dancin' (Intakt Records)
- 2013: Wheels
As sideman
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 |
With Anthony Braxton
- New York, Fall 1974 (Arista, 1974)
With Michael Gregory Jackson
- Karmonic Suite (1978, Improvising Artists)
With James Blood Ulmer
- Are You Glad to Be in America? (1980. Artists House)
Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1993)
- Melon Jazz Living Legacy Award (2006)
References
- Allmusic biography
- The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats, The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2004
External links
- Official Oliver Lake website
- Passin' Thru website
- Portraits of Oliver Lake by Dominik Huber / dominikphoto.com
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