World Saxophone Quartet was a highly regarded jazz ensemble formed in New York
City in 1976 by baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, alto and soprano players
Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake and tenor David Murray. The group formed out of
the Black Artists Group that Bluiett, Hemphill and Lake had established in St.
Louis, Missouri in 1968. They became one of the most successful jazz outfits in
America in the 1970s and '80s and recorded several albums in their career
including 'Revue' (1982), 'Rhythm and Blues' (1989), 'Metamorphosis' (1991),
'Breath of Life' (1994), 'Requiem for J...