Holding Together Explained

Holding Together
Type:	Album
Artist:	Oliver Lake
Cover:	Holding Together.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	March 1976
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:31
Label:	Black Saint
Producer:	Giacomo Pellicciotti
Chronology:	Oliver Lake
Prev Title:	Heavy Spirits
Prev Year:	1975
Next Year:	1976

Holding Together is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake recorded in 1975 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Lake except as indicated

1. "Trailway Shake/Sad Lo-Uis" – 10:04
2. "Hasan" – 4:12
3. "USTA B" – 6:25
4. "Holding Together" – 10:30
5. "Machine Wing" – 7:39
6. "Ballad" (Michael Gregory Jackson) – 1:41

• Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City in March, 1976

Personnel

• Oliver Lake – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, percussion
• Michael Gregory Jackson – guitar, mandolin, bamboo flute, percussion, vocals
• Fred Hopkins – bass
• Paul Maddox – drums, percussion

Notes and References

1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/holding-together-r142467 Allmusic Review