Recent AFA Performances: October 9, 2020 Vision Festival: Healing Soul
Upcoming AFA Performances: June 26, 2022 Vision Festival 26 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Website: https://oliverlake.net/
OLIVER LAKE is a Lifetime Achievement Award honoree for the 26th Annual Vision Festival. He will be celebrated with a full night of programming on June 26, 2022. Click the button below for full schedule of Vision Festival performers, venue information, tickets, and more!
The artistic scope of renowned saxophonist, composer, painter, and poet Oliver Lake’s (b. September 14, 1942 in Marianna, Arkansas) 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.
Recent AFA Performances: October 9, 2020 Vision Festival: Healing Soul Upcoming AFA Performances: June 26, 2022 Vision Festival 26 Lifetime Achievement Honoree Website: https://oliverlake.net/ Oliver Lake Big Band | AFA 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...More
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