Borah Bergman, Oliver Lake

A New Organization is a duo concert by pianist Borah Bergman and saxophonist Oliver Lake, recorded live at the Knitting Factory on 8 July 1997 and released by Soul Note in 1999. There are five pieces, four of them between ten and fifteen minutes long, and Lake moves between alto and soprano saxophone. Bergman produced the record himself, and Bill Shoemaker wrote the liner notes.

The set opens with I Kiss Your Eyes, ten minutes long, followed by the thirteen-minute title piece and I Won't Wash For Three Days. The Blue Tree, under six minutes, is the shortest, and Forever Fervent closes the concert at fourteen and a half. Glenn Astarita reviewed the album for All About Jazz in April 1999. He placed Bergman's playing "within the Cecil Taylor or Fred Van Hove school", while hearing a vigorous, flexible approach that remained his own. In Lake, a long-standing member of the World Saxophone Quartet, he heard a return to his avant-garde roots, built on explosive technique, extended notes, vibrato and unusual sounds from both horns. He described the two as anticipating each other's intentions and articulations, at times uncannily, and singled out Forever Fervent, where the energy levels climb to "near supernatural proportions". He gave it three and a half stars and found the results at times fascinating.

This is the original Soul Note CD 121322-2, released in 1999.