Oliver Lake Big Band | Vision Festival 23

For the past two decades, Oliver Lake’s Big Band has served as one of his greatest achievements and most sophisticated compositional outlets. Influenced by Oliver Nelson and Duke Ellington, Lake takes a hint from both arrangers and creates vast colorings with the horns, which in turn he utilizes in compositions that draw on his avant-garde style. Lake premiered three new compositions for this performance at Vision Festival 23.

This engagement of the Oliver Lake Big Band is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Performed and recorded on May 28, 2018 at Arts for Art Vision Festival 23, Roulette, Brooklyn.

The Oliver Lake Big Band is:

Compositions, alto sax and visual art: Oliver Lake
Saxophones: Bruce Williams, James Stewart, Alex Harding, Darius Jones and Mike Lee
Trumpets: Adam O’Farrill, Freddie Hendrix, Nabate Isles, Greg Glassman
Trombones: Aaron Johnson, Al Patterson, Terry Greene II, Robert Stringer
Piano: Yoichi Uzeki
Bass: Robert Sabin
Drums: Chris Beck

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The artistic scope of renowned saxophonist, composer, painter, and poet Oliver Lake’s half-century-long career is unparalleled. An extensive resume of his collaborations includes work with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Flux String Quartet, Bjork, Lou Reed, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Anthony Braxton, James Blood Ulmer, William Parker, Vijay Iyer, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille and a veritable who’s who of the jazz vanguard. Oliver’s efforts extend far beyond the music, with his creation of the non-profit Passin’ Thru organization, becoming a mainstay at Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum, publishing two books of poetry and frequently producing visual artwork for exhibitions across the country.

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Sound by Stephen Schmidt.

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YEAH!!!! Do you have the full footage of this concert???