''Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music'' is a live album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Italian Black Saint label. The album features live performances by Hamiet Bluiett,

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, Oliver Lake and David Murray recorded at the

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in New York City on December 6–7, 1985.

Reception

The AllMusic review by

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awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Of their six originals, it is as usual the three Hemphill contributions that are most memorable."Yanow, S
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Magazine included the album in his list "The New York Canon: Jazz," writing "Soulful pop energy and avant-garde elusiveness prefiguring the late-eighties–early-nineties Knitting Factory scene." A reviewer for ''

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'' wrote that the album "finds Messrs. Bluiett, Hemphill, Lake, and Murray waxing bluesy, swinging, and cacophonous."

Track listing

# "One/Waltz/Time" (Hemphill) - 3:51 # "Great Peace" (Murray) - 14:58 # "Kinda' Up" (Lake) - 3:50 # "Paper Works" (Bluiett) - 8:07 # "Open Air (For Tommy)" (Hemphill) - 10:14 # "Georgia Blue" (Hemphill) - 6:35

Personnel

* Hamiet Bluiett —

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alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

* Oliver Lake — alto saxophone * David Murray — tenor saxophone

References

{{Authority control World Saxophone Quartet live albums 1986 live albums Black Saint/Soul Note live albums