1984 studio album by Oliver Lake
Expandable Language is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake recorded in 1984 for the Italian Black Saint label.[ 1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This free bop session (which is often quite free but often has a strong pulse) is one of altoist Oliver Lake's more rewarding sessions".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Oliver Lake
"Expandable Language" - 7:48
"Comous" - 5:20
"N.S." - 5:50
"Page Four" - 5:20
"Soons" - 7:23
"Everybody Knows That" - 5:29
Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on September 17 & 20, 1984
Personnel
References
Studio albums Trio 3 Live albums Related
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader With Oliver Lake With others
Movies (Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)
Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
The Collective (Cecil Brooks III , 1989)
Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks , 1989)
Droppin' Things (Betty Carter , 1990)
Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman , 1996)
Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman , 1985)
Flute Talk (Buddy Collette , 1988)
Etudes (Charlie Haden , 1987)
The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
Reflections in Change (Craig Handy , 1999)
Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd , 2002)
Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
Monk in Motian (Paul Motian , 1988)
Mindgames (Greg Osby , 1988)
Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman , 1989)
Crunchin' (Wallace Roney , 1993)
Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw , 1986)
By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas , 1989)