hello all
just a little news in these times....."in this economy"

Several new cd9s, released and forthcoming:
New Cd’s Trio 3 + Irene Schweizer
Berne Concert a live recording of a concert featuring Irene Schweizer piano, Reggie Workman bass, Andrew Cyrille drums, Oliver Lake alto sax. Released on the Intakt Record label.
"Phat Jam" live recording from a concert on Milan, Italy in fall of 2007 features Archie Shepp, Oliver Lake, Cochemea Gastelum (reeds), Napoleon Maddox vocals, Joe Fonda bass and Hamid Drake drums.
Upcoming cds July 2009: Trio 3+Geri Allen on Intakt Records
June 2009 double CD release of first two "Oliver Lake/Jump Up" albums Plug It & Jump Up cd release party /performance @ Sweet Rhythm June 5th & 6th with original Jump Up band members Pheeroan Ak Laff drums, Jerome Harris guitar, B randon Ross, guitar, Billie Grant, bass & Oliver Lake alto sax . A Passin’ Thru Records release.
Makanda Project "Struttin" an 11 piece ensemble dedicated to to performing the music of Makanda Ken McIntyre, will be a Passin Trhu records release later this summer.
On Mar 6th I had a wonderful duo concert with Vijay Iyer @ Symphony Space NYC. Vijay is quite gifted pianist, we performed each others compositions and had an enthusiastic audience...
On Mar 13th I went to Boston as guest soloist with the "Makanda Project", a 11 piece ensemble dedicated to to performing the music of Makanda Ken McIntyre. Ensemble is headed by pianist John Kordeski. Makanda Project will release its first cd on the Passin Thru label later this summer.
On March 14th I received the an honor from Spelman College, their annual "African American Classical Music Award." This was held at Rutgers University and sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College . The Spelman College Jazz Ensemble performed at the event. It’s always good to be recognized for your work.....and it was especially nice to receive this award from Spelman. As James Brown would say "I FEEL GOOD."
March 23rd: I was asked to speak about the black artist group (BAG) and my life experiences at a Jazz history class of Gerry Hemingway at the New School in New York.....it went well. After all it was a subject I knew!
March 25th till April 3rd I went to Zurich, Switzerland and performed and recorded with Swiss drummer Dieter Ulrich and bassist Christain Weber. We did 2 concerts and one recording for Intakt Records....we were in the studio for three days, what a luxury I’m accustomed to doing a recording in one day.....
April 4th went Paris and did a concert at the Banlieus Bleues festival with Archie Shepp tenor sax, Napoleon Maddox vocals beat box, Sil Matadin bass and Hamid Drake drums This project is called Archie Sheep Phat Jam, we had a great concert of original music , most of the tunes by rapper beat boxer Napoleon Maddox, French audiences love Archie and they expressed this verbally thru out our concert. It was my 2nd time playing with Archie and we will do a tour in the fall with this group, "Phat Jam"
I will be a member of a panel at Columbia University on April 17th 1:00 pm discussing the Black Artist Group and the New York downtown jazz scene in the mid to late 70’s
April 30th I will be performing my big band charts at Bard College with Bard’s big band.
check out passinthru website www.passinthru.org for cd’s and downloads

Ok until next time "ain’t nuthin’ real but LOVE"

Oliver Lake
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::New Book: Breakin' Glass Breakin' Glass
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Breakin' Glass where Oliver Lake expands on the vocabulary of Photonality (a visual music composition) adding the spoken word poetry of Oliver Lake. This visual music composition integrates the properties of photography and jazz music with spoken word poetry to create a visual dimension of tone and rhythm. Photonality teaches the eye to see music. | http://stores.lulu.com/photonality1084 |

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