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Date of Birth
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14-September-1942
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Place of Birth
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Marianna
(Lee County, Arkansas, United States of America, Lee County School District)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Lake, Oliver, Oliver Eugene Lake
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Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer and poet. He is known mainly on alto saxophone but also performs on soprano saxophone and flute.
During the 1960s Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis.
In 1977 Lake co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet, with David Murray, Julius Hemphill and Hamiet Bluiett.
Lake is a resident of Montclair, New Jersey. His son is jazz drummer Gene Lake.
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