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Album

Time Being

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: 01. A Chase (Lake) - 06:07; 02. Medea (Workman) - 05:23; 03. Tight Rope (Cyrille) - 06:17; 04. Equilateral (Lake/Workman/Cyrille) - 08:44; 05. Lope (Lake) - 04:41; 06. Time Was (Lake/Workman/Cyrille) - 08:43; 07. Playng For Keeps (Lake/Workman/Cyrille) - 06:38; 08. Given(The Whirlwind)(Cyrille) - 04:24; 09. Time Being (Lake/Workman/Cyrille) 05:09; 10. Special People (Cyrille) 04:53.

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Article: Profile

Oliver Lake: From Which Freedom Continues

by Kurt Gottschalk
November 2, 2006

It's not a term to toss around, but sometimes it fits. Oliver Lake, one could say with little worry of hyperbole, is a renaissance man. Best known as an original member of the longstanding World Saxophone Quartet, he is also an organizer with a sense for business--from founding the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis ...

Article: Album Review

Trio 3: Time Being

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 27, 2006

La quarta incisione del Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman e Andrew Cyrille), nell’arco di quasi un decennio, evidenzia la grande attenzione posta dai tre formidabili musicisti al processo creativo e alla necessità di darne testimonianza in modo ponderato, andando in controtendenza rispetto ad un mercato sempre più affamato ed inflazionato da prodotti di routine. A ...

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Article: Live Review

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

by Erik R. Quick
June 29, 2005

Bernard Lyons, the affable English organizer of the continually outstanding concert series at Baltimore's An Die Musik, welcomed the audience and introduced the duet of saxophonist Oliver Lake and guitarist (Michael) Gregory Jackson. Although drummer Pheroan Ak Laff was present for the first set, “he has a hygiene issue, went to his hotel to shower ...

Album

Dat Love

By Oliver Lake

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Stolen Moments 2. Double Space 3. Venus 4. Dat Love 5. 2G 6. Senor Blues 7. Song for Jay 8. Time

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Article: Interview

Meet Oliver Lake

by Craig Jolley
November 4, 2004

St. Louis musical rootsMy mother owned a restaurant with a juke box that had a lot of blues, rhythm and blues. That may have piqued my interest. When I was in high school I got interested in the drum and bugle corps. A lot of members of the corps were playing jazz. That really ...

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Article: Interview

Oliver Lake: Jazz is a Music of Exploration

by Nenad Georgievski
November 4, 2004

Not too many artists today can encompass so many different interests and musical styles within their work as is the case with Oliver Lake. He is a poet, painter, performance artist and also one of the better-known representatives of modern jazz. As a musician, he started his career in the 60's as part of the Black ...

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Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake Steel Quartet: Dat Love

Read "Dat Love" reviewed by Joel Roberts

by Joel Roberts
July 2, 2004

Despite its unconventional instrumentation, Oliver Lake’s steel quartet is actually one of the adventurous alto saxophonist’s more conventional endeavors. The group, which features Lyndon Achee, one of the few pan steel virtuosos on the jazz scene, offers what might be called AfroCaribbean soul jazz, an accessible yet provocative blend of funk and soul jazz with tropical ...

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Article: Compare & Contrast

Oliver Lake: Upwards & Outwards

by Nic Jones
March 13, 2004

Oliver Lake has always had an innate grasp of musical tradition that extends beyond jazz to encompass other areas of African American musical expression, and the effect of this on his music has always been beneficial. Allied to this have been two other virtues, namely his abiding fascination with the work of Eric Dolphy, perhaps unsurprisingly ...

Album

Cloth

By Oliver Lake

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: Cloth Two; M.I.L.D.; Dedicated to Dolphy; '63 Impala; Round 2000; Dance 6/8; Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the...; Creole Talkin'.