Oliver Lake
Biography
Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) 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. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. Lake worked in the group Trio 3 with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille. 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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Debut
1993
Stressed Out
1996
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Set The Twilight Reeling
1996
Musical Prophet (The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions)
2018
Rhythm And Blues
1989
Free Lancing
1981
Are You Glad To Be In America?
1980
Enchance
1977
Spiritual Jazz (Esoteric, Modal And Deep Jazz From The Underground 1968-77)
2008
Debut Live
2004
One Down
1982
Wildflowers 2 (The New York Loft Jazz Sessions)
1977
The Art Of The Saxophone
1987
Credited work
642 releases · 106 albums · active 1972–2025
- Performance · 1,594
- Other credits · 259
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 13
Studios: Wild Bunch Studios · Olympic Studios · Livingston Studios · Matrix Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- World Saxophone Quartet
- Björk
- Trio 3
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- Material
- James Blood Ulmer
- Oliver Lake Quintet