# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-lake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:55.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oliver-lake"
name: "Oliver Lake"
slug: "oliver-lake"
description: "Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Hamiet Bluiett. Lake worked in the group Trio 3 with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille. Lake has appeared on more than 80 albums as a bandleader, co-leader, and side musician. He is the father of drummer Gene Lake. Lake has been a resident of Montclair, New Jersey."
tagline: "American musician (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver_Lake.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-09-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.28
  momentum:             1.127694859038143
  historical:           14.29082266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 467
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/OliverLake"
    handle:    "OliverLake"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OliverLakeMusic"
    handle:    "OliverLakeMusic"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.oliverlake.net/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcXvXvXd0XpXFXoNP6AzwBQ"
    handle:    "@olake03"
    followers: 467
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "أوليفر لاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "اوليفر لاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "اولیفر لاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cd%E1%BB%8D_Mmiri_Oliver"
    title: "Ọdọ Mmiri Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF"
    title: "オリヴァー・レイク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lake"
    title: "Oliver Lake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лейк, Оливер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e58cdacf-c655-4848-a570-7d3f3fb11935"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump