Roulette continues the 70th birthday celebrations for outstanding musician Oliver Lake. A Melon Jazz Living Legacy Award recipient, Lake has embraced a diverse array of musical styles and disciplines throughout his long and highly acclaimed career, he has an array of extraordinary talents including composer, saxophonist, flautist and bandleader that have made him a world-renown artist. At Roulette, he will be presenting a night of improvised duets featuring an all star cast of musicians October 12  and, October 13 the Oliver Lake Big Band will perform in a rare Brooklyn engagement.

Saturday, October 13 2012
Oliver Lake Big Band
Jason Marshall – bari  sax
Darius Jones – alto sax
Bruce Williams – alto sax
Mike Lee – tenor sax
James Stewart – tenor sax

Waldron Ricks – trumpet
Greg Glassman –  trumpet
Duane Eubanks – trumpet

Aaron Johnson – trombone
Stafford Hunter – trombone
Alfred Patterson – trombone
Terry Greene – trombone

Robert Sabin    bass
Yoichi  Uzeki   piano
Chris Beck    drums

Funded in part through New Music USA’s Metlife Creative Connections program.