Expandable Language Explained

Expandable Language
Type:Album
Artist:Oliver Lake
Cover:Expandable Language.jpg
Released:1984
Recorded:September 17 & 20, 1984
Genre:Jazz
Length:37:10
Label:Black Saint
Producer:Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:Oliver Lake
Prev Title:Plug It
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Dancevision
Next Year:1986

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

  1. "Expandable Language" - 7:48
  2. "Comous" - 5:20
  3. "N.S." - 5:50
  4. "Page Four" - 5:20
  5. "Soons" - 7:23
  6. "Everybody Knows That" - 5:29

Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on September 17 & 20, 1984

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 7, 2011