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Oliver Lake Collection [collection]
- Title
- Oliver Lake Collection [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1974-2009
- Bulk: 1980-2003
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 2 ft.
- Abstract
- Jazz musician, composer, and teacher Oliver Lake (b. 1942) is best known as a founding member of the World Saxophone Quartet, the band with which he made his most enduring mark on jazz. Lake was raised in St. Louis, and earned a bachelor's in 1968 from Lincoln University of Missouri. He taught school and played in the St. Louis area, and, from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, he led a musicians' collective, the Black Artist's Group (BAG). Lake lived in Paris from 1972-74, where he worked in a quintet with fellow BAG members. By 1975, he had moved--along with most of his BAG colleagues--to New York, where he became active in what was called by some the "loft jazz" scene.
- Contents Note
- Music manuscripts (holographs, ozalids, and computer printouts); printed music; book of original poems by Lake; published book of paintings by Lake; correspondence; promotional material.
- Preferred Citation
- Oliver Lake Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Copyright
- Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.
- Subjects
- Jazz
- Saxophone Music
- Bluiett, Hamiet
- Hemphill, Julius
- Murray, David
- Lake, Oliver
- World Saxophone Quartet
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 08-21-2012