Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942)[ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Oliver Lake -- Lake, a longtime resident of Montclair, is a formidable alto saxophonist and composer of the jazz avant-garde."]
Awards and honors
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Guggenheim Fellowship (1993)
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Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award (2006)
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Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (2014)
Discography
As leader or co-leader
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Heavy Spirits (Arista/Freedom, 1975)
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Passing Thru (Passin' Thru, 1974)
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Holding Together (Black Saint, 1976)
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(Arista/Freedom, 1976)
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Buster Bee (Sackville, 1978)
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Life Dance of Is (Arista Novus, 1978)
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Shine! (Arista Novus, 1979)
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Clevont Fitzhubert (Black Saint, 1981)
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Prophet (Black Saint, 1981)
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Jump Up (Gramavision, 1982)
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Plug It (Gramavision, 1983)
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Expandable Language (Black Saint, 1985)
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Gallery (Gramavision, 1986)
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Dancevision (Blue Heron, 1986)
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Impala (Gramavision, 1987)
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Otherside (Gramavision, 1988)
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Again and Again (Gramavision, 1991)
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Boston Duets (Music & Arts, 1992)
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Virtual Reality (Total Escapism) (Gazell, 1992)
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Zaki (hat ART, 1992)
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Edge-ing (Black Saint, 1994)
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Dedicated to Dolphy (Black Saint, 1996)
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Matador of 1st & 1st (Passin' Thru, 1996)
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Movement, Turns & Switches (Passin' Thru, 1997)
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Kinda' Up (Justin Time, 2000)
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Talkin' Stick (Passin' Thru, 2000)
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Have Yourself a Merry... (Passin' Thru, 2001)
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Cloth (Passin' Thru, 2003)
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Dat Love (Passin' Thru, 2004)
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Live (Passin' Thru, 2005)
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Urban Rumination (Metaphysical, 2005)
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Lake/Tchicai/Osgood/Westergaard (Passin' Thru, 2006)
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Makin' It (Passin' Thru, 2008)
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For a Little Dancin (Intakt, 2010)
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Plan (Passin' Thru, 2010)
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Lakes at the Stone (Passin' Thru, 2011)
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Wheels (Passin' Thru, 2013)
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All Decks (Intakt, 2013)
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What I Heard (Passin' Thru, 2014)
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To Roy (Intakt, 2015)
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Live at the Downtown Music Gallery NYC (2016)
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Right Up On (Passin' Thru, 2017)
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Spirit (SFÄR, 2023)
With Trio 3
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Live in Willisau (Dizim, 1997)
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Encounter (Passin' Thru, 2000)
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Open Ideas (Palmetto, 2002)
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Time Being (Intakt, 2006)
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(Marge, 2008)
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Berne Concert (Intakt, 2009)
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At This Time (Intakt, 2009)
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Celebrating Mary Lou Williams–Live at Birdland New York (Intakt, 2011)
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Refraction – Breakin' Glass (Intakt, 2013)
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Wiring (Intakt, 2014)
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Visiting Texture (Intakt, 2017)
With the OGJB Quartet (Lake, Graham Haynes, Joe Fonda, Barry Altschul)
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Bamako (TUM, 2019)
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Ode to O (TUM, 2022)
As sideman
With Karl Berger
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Live at the Donaueschingen Music Festival (MPS, 1980)
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New Moon (Palcoscenico, 1980)
With Björk
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Debut (One Little Indian, 1993)
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Celebrating Wood and Metal (MTV, 1997)
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Surrounded (One Little Indian, 2006)
With Andrew Cyrille
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My Friend Louis (DIW, 1992)
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Ode to the Living Tree (Venus, 1995)
With Ted Daniel
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In the Beginning (Altura Music, 1997)
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Innerconnection (NoBusiness, 2014)
With Michael Gregory Jackson
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Clarity (Bija, 1977)
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Karmonic Suite (Improvising Artists 1978)
With Meshell Ndegeocello
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The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams (Bismillah, 2007)
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(Universal/EmArcy, 2005)
With Malachi Thompson
With James Blood Ulmer
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Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade, 1980)
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Free Lancing (Columbia, 1981)
With World Saxophone Quartet
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Point of No Return (Moers Music, 1977)
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Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet (Black Saint, 1979)
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W.S.Q. (Black Saint, 1981)
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Revue (Black Saint, 1982)
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Live in Zurich (Black Saint, 1984)
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Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music (Black Saint, 1986)
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Plays Duke Ellington (Elektra Nonesuch, 1986)
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Dances and Ballads (Elektra Nonesuch, 1987)
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Rhythm and Blues (Elektra Musician, 1989)
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Metamorphosis (Elektra Nonesuch, 1991)
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Moving Right Along (Black Saint, 1994)
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Breath of Life (Elektra Nonesuch, 1994)
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Takin' It 2 the Next Level (Justin Time, 1996)
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Four Now (Justin Time, 1996)
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(Justin Time, 1998)
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M'Bizo (Justin Time, 1999)
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Requiem for Julius (Justin Time, 2000)
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(Justin Time, 2001)
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Steppenwolf (Justin Time, 2002)
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Experience (Justin Time, 2004)
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Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)
With others
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Pheeroan Aklaff, Global Mantras (ModernMasters, 1998)
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Dee Alexander, Songs My Mother Loves (Blujazz, 2014)
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Borah Bergman, A New Organization (Soul Note, 1999)
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Black Artists Group, In Paris, Aries 1973 (self-issued in 1973; reissued by Aguirre in 2018)
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Samuel Blaser, Early in the Morning (Outnote, 2018)
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Joseph Bowie, Joseph Bowie & Oliver Lake (Sackville, 1976)
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Anthony Braxton, New York, Fall 1974 (Arista, 1975)
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Baikida Carroll, Orange Fish Tears (Palm, 1974)
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Alex Cline, For People in Sorrow (Cryptogramophone, 2013)
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Jerome Cooper, For the People (hat Hut, 1980)
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Marilyn Crispell, Circles (Victo, 1991)
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Defunkt, Live in Europe (Music Avenue, 2002)
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Dave Douglas, Metamorphosis (Greenleaf Music, 2017)
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Lisle Ellis, Sucker Punch Requiem: Henceforth (2008)
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Laika Fatien, Nebula (Verve, 2011)
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Donal Fox, Gone City (New World, 1997)
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Dennis Gonzalez, Idle Wild (Clean Feed, 2005)
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Ross Hammond, Our Place On the Wheel (Prescott, 2020)
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Craig Harris, Souls Within the Veil (Aquastra Music, 2005)
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Billy Hart, Enchance (Horizon, 1977)
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Julius Hemphill, One Atmosphere (Tzadik, 2003)
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Human Arts Ensemble, Whisper of Dharma (Universal Justice, 1972)
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Bill Laswell, Bill Laswell & Material (Golden Stars, 2005)
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Abbey Lincoln, Who Used to Dance (Verve/Gitanes, 1997)
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Mark Masters, Farewell Walter Dewey Redman (Capri, 2008)
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Material, One Down (Elektra/Celluloid, 1982)
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Mediaeval Baebes, Undrentide (BMG, 2000)
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Tatsuya Nakamura, Song of Pat (Nadja, 1976)
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Lou Reed, Set the Twilight Reeling (Warner Bros., 1995)
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Archie Shepp, Phat Jam in Milano (Dawn of Freedom 2009)
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Solidarity Unit, Inc., Red, Black & Green (Universal Justice Records, 1972; Eremite, 2008)
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Bernadette Speach, Without Borders (Mode, 1988)
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String Trio of New York, Frozen Ropes (Barking Hoop, 2005)
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Sunny Murray, Apple Cores (Philly Jazz, 1978)
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Trio Transition, Trio Transition with Special Guest Oliver Lake (DIW, 1988)
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Bennie Wallace, The Art of the Saxophone (Denon, 1987)
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Reggie Workman, Synthesis (Leo, 1986)
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