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Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman
American double-bassist
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Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill
American jazz musician
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James Emery
James Emery
American musician
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Marcus Rojas
Marcus Rojas
American musician
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American musician
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Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake
American musician
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Billy Hart
Billy Hart
American jazz drummer
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Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy
American musician
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David Murray
David Murray
American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet)
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Reggie Nicholson
Reggie Nicholson
American musician
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Liberty Ellman
Liberty Ellman
American musician
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Cecil Brooks III
Cecil Brooks III
American musician
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Stomu Takeishi
Stomu Takeishi
Japanese musician
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Olu Dara
Olu Dara
American musician
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Steve McCall
Steve McCall
American jazz drummer
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Luis Perdomo
Luis Perdomo
American musician
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Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely
American musician
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Geri Allen
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist
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Baikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll
American musician
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Andy McKee
Andy McKee
American bassist
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Craig S. Harris
Craig S. Harris
American musician
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John Betsch
John Betsch
American musician
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Michael Cain
Michael Cain
American pianist and composer
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Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal
American jazz drummer
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Willie "The Lion" Smith
Willie "The Lion" Smith
American musician
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Akua Dixon
Akua Dixon
American cellist and singer
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Steve Turre
Steve Turre
American jazz trombonist
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Newman Taylor Baker
Newman Taylor Baker
American musician
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David S. Ware
David S. Ware
jazz musician
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Dana Hall
Dana Hall
Jazz drummer
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Wallace Roney
Wallace Roney
American musician
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Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy
American jazz drummer
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
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Herman Hupfeld
Herman Hupfeld
American songwriter
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille
American avant-garde jazz drummer
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Jerome Harris
Jerome Harris
American jazz musician
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Curtis Robert Macdonald
Curtis Robert Macdonald
musical artist
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Pheeroan akLaff
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Amina Claudine Myers
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Ray Anderson
Ray Anderson
American trombonist/jazz/trumpet player
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Gene Bertoncini
Gene Bertoncini
American jazz guitarist
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Oliver Nelson
Oliver Nelson
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)
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Reggie Washington
Reggie Washington
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Major Holley
Major Holley
American jazz upright bassist
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Jimmy Owens
Jimmy Owens
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, lecturer, and educator
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
American pianist
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Pyeng Threadgill
Pyeng Threadgill
musical artist
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Myra Melford
Myra Melford
Jazz pianist and composer
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Paul Horn
Paul Horn
American flautist in jazz and New Age music
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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Loren Schoenberg
Loren Schoenberg
American musician
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Ted Curson
Ted Curson
Jazz trumpeter
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
American musician
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Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto
Cuban composer, educator and jazz drummer
Gene Lake
American jazz drummer (born 1966)

Gene Lake

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American jazz drummer (born 1966)

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.