Oliver Lake

Live duo of pianist Borah Bergman and saxophonist Oliver Lake (alto and soprano), recorded at the Knitting Factory on 8 July 1997. Five long improvised pieces, produced by Bergman, liner notes by Bill Shoemaker.

Oliver Lake (alto, soprano and tenor saxophone, flute) with Charles Eubanks (piano), Reggie Workman (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), recorded at Mu Rec Studio, Milan, on June 28-29, 1993. Black Saint, 1994.

Seven-CD box of Oliver Lake's Black Saint and Soul Note albums, recorded 1976 to 1997, with Michael Gregory Jackson, Baikida Carroll, Pheeroan akLaff, Geri Allen, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and Borah Bergman. Remastered 2013.

Original Italian edition on Black Saint of the 1982 album featuring Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray.

Original edition of the 1984 Italy-only album on Black Saint featuring Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray. With original innersleve.

To mark 50-years since a 22 year old Michael Gregory Jackson recorded his groundbreaking first release, "Clarity / Circle / Triangle / Square", recorded with the mind blowing group of his contemporaries Oliver Lake, David Murray and Leo Smith. This a…

"When I came to New York City in 1975, after my second period in Paris, I felt as if I was starting again. I didn’t have a band at that time. The Black Artists Group had broken up, or separated—well, it wasn’t much of a “break-up,” but we had come to…