Gene Lake
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Oliver Gene Lake, Jr. (born January 12, 1966 in St. Louis) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of saxophonist Oliver Lake. Lake began playing drums when he was five years old, and took lessons with Pheeroan akLaff as a high schooler at The High School of Music & Art in New York City. He attended Berklee College of Music, where he worked with Tommy Campbell, and played in local Boston bands in a variety of styles. He played with his father in New York in 1987 and 1988, then joined Henry Threadgill's ensemble in 1990. Later in the 1990s he worked with Steve Coleman, Lunar Crush (with David Fiuczynski and John Medeski), Marcus Miller, Brandon Ross, David Sanborn, the World Saxophone Quartet, and Joe Zawinul. Outside of jazz, Lake also played with R&B musicians such as Maxwell and Me'Shell Ndegeocello. Lake has been a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.
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- Mabel Normand featuring Gene Lake
- Transformation
- Hollywood featuring Gene Lake
- Tragicomique featuring Gene Lake
- Observer featuring Gene Lake
- A Noise From The Deep featuring Gene Lake
- Creature Discomfort featuring Gene Lake
- Creature Code featuring Gene Lake
- Creature Alone featuring Gene Lake
- Creature and Friend featuring Gene Lake
- The Real Roscoe featuring Gene Lake
- Heaven On Earth
- Creature Theme (Closure) featuring Gene Lake
- Famous Players featuring Gene Lake
- Barnyard Flirtations featuring Gene Lake
- Just Another Murder featuring Gene Lake
- Sapphire Sky Blue featuring Gene Lake
- Butterfly Effect featuring Gene Lake
- Fatty's Day Off featuring Gene Lake
- Over And Over
- The Growing Tree featuring Gene Lake
- Prologue featuring Gene Lake
- Leaving London featuring Gene Lake
- Observer Animation featuring Gene Lake
