World Saxophone Quartet

saxophones (quartet: two altos, tenor, baritone) · 1977–2016

Saxophone quartet founded in 1977 by Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett, and David Murray, three of whom had worked at the Black Artists' Group in St. Louis. It blends free jazz, R&B, funk, and South African jazz, and disbanded in 2016.

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Styles

• Free jazz
• Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz)

Landmark tracks

• Plainsong (1980)
• Connections (1980)
• Pillars Latino (1980)

Sources

• Source

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