Expandable Language

Expandable Language
Expandable Language
Studio album by Oliver Lake
Released	1984
Recorded	September 17 & 20, 1984
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:10
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Oliver Lake chronology

Expandable Language is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake recorded in 1984 for the Italian Black Saint label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Oliver Lake

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

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

Personnel[edit]

Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Kevin Eubanks - guitar
Geri Allen - piano
Fred Hopkins - bass
Pheeroan akLaff - drums

References[edit]

^ Black Saint Records discography accessed July 7, 2011
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 7, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Black_Saint_Records_discography-1] Black Saint Records discography accessed July 7, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 7, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Oliver Lake
Studio albums	Heavy Spirits (1975) Holding Together (1976) Prophet (1980) Clevont Fitzhubert (1981) Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Again and Again (1991) Virtual Reality (Total Escapism) (1992) Edge-ing (1994) Dedicated to Dolphy (1996) Talkin' Stick (2000)
Trio 3	Live in Willisau (1997) Encounter (2000) Open Ideas (2002) Time Being (2006) At This Time (2009) Refraction – Breakin' Glass (2013) Wiring (2014)
Live albums	Boston Duets (1992)
Related	World Saxophone Quartet Andrew Cyrille Reggie Workman

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)