JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Oliver Lake Instrument: Saxophone Born: Mariana, Arkansas "I play because I have to support my family and eat and all that. It really gets confusing. You get torn between being a businessman and being a musician." - Oliver Lake DownBeat Back to Artists Oliver Lake 2001 From the JazzFest Program Biography: