# Expandable Language > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Expandable_Language > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Expandable_Language.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expandable_Language > Source revision: 1305651440 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1984 studio album by Oliver Lake Expandable Language Studio album by Oliver Lake Released 1984 Recorded September 17 & 20, 1984 Genre Jazz Length 37:10 Label Black Saint Producer Giovanni Bonandrini Oliver Lake chronology Plug It (1982) Expandable Language (1984) Dancevision (1986) ***Expandable Language*** is an album by American jazz saxophonist [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake), recorded in 1984 for the Italian [Black Saint](/source/Black_Saint%2FSoul_Note) label.[1] ## Reception The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) review by [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) stated, "This free bop session (which is often quite free but often has a strong pulse) is one of altoist Oliver Lake's more rewarding sessions".[2] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3] ## Track listing *All compositions by Oliver Lake* 1. "Expandable Language" - 7:48 1. "Comous" - 5:20 1. "N.S." - 5:50 1. "Page Four" - 5:20 1. "Soons" - 7:23 1. "Everybody Knows That" - 5:29 Recorded at Vanguard Studios in New York City on September 17 & 20, 1984 ## Personnel - [Oliver Lake](/source/Oliver_Lake) - [alto saxophone](/source/Alto_saxophone), [soprano saxophone](/source/Soprano_saxophone), [flute](/source/Flute) - [Kevin Eubanks](/source/Kevin_Eubanks) - [guitar](/source/Guitar) - [Geri Allen](/source/Geri_Allen) - [piano](/source/Piano) - [Fred Hopkins](/source/Fred_Hopkins) - [bass](/source/Double_bass) - [Pheeroan akLaff](/source/Pheeroan_akLaff) - [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Black_Saint_Records_discography_1-0)** [Black Saint Records discography](https://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html) accessed July 7, 2011 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_2-1) Yanow, S. [AllMusic Review](http://www.allmusic.com/album/expandable-language-r142464) accessed July 7, 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_3-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 860. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0). v t e Oliver Lake Studio albums Heavy Spirits (1975) Holding Together (1976) Prophet (1980) Clevont Fitzhubert (1981) Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Again and Again (1991) Virtual Reality (Total Escapism) (1992) Edge-ing (1994) Dedicated to Dolphy (1996) Talkin' Stick (2000) Trio 3 Live in Willisau (1997) Encounter (2000) Open Ideas (2002) Time Being (2006) At This Time (2009) Refraction – Breakin' Glass (2013) Wiring (2014) Live albums Boston Duets (1992) Related articles World Saxophone Quartet Andrew Cyrille Reggie Workman v t e Geri Allen Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. Albums as leader or co-leader The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012) With Oliver Lake Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008) With others Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Expandable Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expandable_Language) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expandable_Language?action=history)). 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