Oliver Lake Collection Span: 1974-2009 Bulk: 1980-2003 English collection 2 ft. 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. Music manuscripts (holographs, ozalids, and computer printouts); printed music; book of original poems by Lake; published book of paintings by Lake; correspondence; promotional material. Oliver Lake Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress Lake Music manuscripts and papers of free jazz musician, composer, teacher and co-founder of the World Saxophone Quartet, Oliver Lake. 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. Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply. Jazz Saxophone Music Bluiett, Hamiet Hemphill, Julius Murray, David Lake, Oliver World Saxophone Quartet Performing Arts Encyclopedia scdb Music Division, Library of Congress IHAS 120821 loc.natlib.scdb.200033862