- Oliver Lake
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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 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).
Contents
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)
As sideman
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 Yes We Can[3] 2010 Jazzwerkstatt - 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
- ^ Yes We Can at Allmusic
External links
Categories:- Avant-garde jazz musicians
- 1942 births
- Living people
- American composers
- American saxophonists
- Jazz composers
- Jazz alto saxophonists
- People from Lee County, Arkansas
- Music of St. Louis, Missouri
- Freedom Records artists
- World Saxophone Quartet members
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