Oliver Lake

Born in Marianna, Arkansas in 1942, Oliver moved to St. Louis at the age of two. He began drawing at the age of thirteen (and paints daily, using oil, acrylics, wood, canvas, and mixed media), and soon after began playing cymbals and bass drum in various drum and bugle corps. At 17, he began to take a serious interest in jazz. Like many other members of BAG and its Chicago-based sister organization, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Lake moved to New York in the mid-'70s, working the fertile ground of the downtown loft scene and quickly establishing himself as one of its most adventurous and multi-faceted artists. A co-founder of the internationally acclaimed World Saxophone Quartet with Hemphill, Hamiet Bluiett and David Murray in 1977 (and recently celebrating its 26th anniversary with an album of Jimi Hendrix pieces for Justin Time Records), Oliver continued to work with the WSQ and his own various groups - including the groundbreaking roots/reggae ensemble Jump Up - and collaborating with many notable choreographers, poets and a veritable Who's Who of the progressive jazz scene of the late 20th century, performing all over the U.S. as well as in Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Africa and Australia.

While he has continued to tour regularly with his own groups, collaborations and guest appearances - in the last three months of 2003, he performed in Europe, Japan and various U.S

Right Up On by Troy Dostert
Right Up On by Roger Farbey
To Roy by John Sharpe
To Roy by Stefano Merighi
To Roy by Glenn Astarita
Hexaphone by Alberto Bazzurro
For A Little Dancin’ by Nic Jones

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Oliver Lake Solo: San Diego, December 17, 2010

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Makin' It by Hrayr Attarian
Makin' It by Martin Longley
Zaki by Jeff Stockton
Zaki by Chris May
Lake/Tchicai/Osgood/Westergaard by Ivana Ng
Live by Ivana Ng

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Oliver Lake: From Which Freedom Continues

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A Welcome Reunion with Oliver Lake, Gregory Jackson and Pheroan Ak Laff

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Dat Love by Joel Roberts

Date	Detail	Price
Sep21Sat	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30
Oct18Fri	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30
Nov15Fri	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30

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Last Updated: July 12, 2017

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Instrument: Saxophone

Born: September 14, 1942

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Sep21Sat	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30
Oct18Fri	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30
Nov15Fri	AACM Concert Series 2019 Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia New York, NY	$15-30

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