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World Saxophone Quartet: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note Format: 6 x CD Box Set. Italy Feb 7, 2012 Label: Black Saint-BXS 1015, Soul Note- BXS 1015 Series: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint Soul Note CD1: Recorded on December 1978 at Ricordi Studios, Milano CD2: Recorded March 1980 at Sound Heights Studio, Brooklyn, NY CD3: Recorded October 14, 1980 at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris CD4: Recorded Live November 6, 1981 at Jazz Festival, Zürich CD5: Recorded Live on November 6 7, 1985 at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY CD6: Recorded on October 18 19, 1993 at Sear Sound, NYC The World Saxophone Quartet is an American jazz ensemble founded in 1977 that originally consisted of David Murray (Henry Threadgill, James Blood Ulmer, Elvin Jones), Oliver Lake (Trio 3), Julius Hemphill (Bjork, Bill Frisell, Anthony Braxton), and Hamiet Bluiett (Charles Mingus, Babatunde Olatungi, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye). This is one of the finest and most original combos in the history of jazz, and they were consistently rated among the top jazz groups of the the ?80s and ?90s. In the beginning their sound included only four saxophones (three of whom were originally heard on Anthony Braxton?s album "New York, Fall 1974?). WSQ was a mixture of free form improvisational jazz and the use of repeated phrases from the swing era, and sometimes a bit of blues or r b thrown in for good measure. This set is a good example of post bop jazz utilizing only horns?nothing else needed? that shows a band that is fearlessly making a path for creating new form jazz. Who knows what they might have created if they hadn?t split up in 2016, but at least we have their legacy here still. Highlight: Hamiet Bluiett?s composition, Hattie Wall in all its versions, was a signature for the group. Check it out! (Very hard to find, $120 new on Amazon.)