Andrew Lamb

Tenor saxophonist Andrew Lamb is with the capacity of screaming just like a full-blooded free of charge jazzer, but generally he prefers to function a high-energy middle floor between bop as well as the avant-garde, with regards to both firmness and tranquility. Lamb was created in Clinton, NC, and was raised partially in Chicago before ultimately putting down origins in NY. Having analyzed with AACM charter member Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Lamb arrived onto the city’s avant-garde picture just since it was winding down within the ’70s, and therefore wasn’t documented for a long time. For the time being, he became a dynamic presence within the Bedford-Stuyvesant arts picture, eventually earning a grant from your Brooklyn Arts Council. In 1994, Lamb finally got the opportunity to lead a program for Delmark; he made up all the items on Portrait within the Mist, which presented a backing device of vibraphonist Warren Smith, bassist Wilber Morris, and drummer Andrei Strobert. Lamb and his support ensemble became a normal presence in the brand new York area, specifically around Brooklyn, and sometimes performed the annual Eyesight Festival, which started in 1996. In 2001, he had taken component in Alan Silva’s big-band task the Audio Visions Orchestra, and the next calendar year he toured with AACM-affiliated drummer Alvin Fielder.