Otherside is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake featuring a quintet and a big band, which was recorded in 1988 and released on the Gramavision label. The big band pieces were commissioned by the Jazz Coalition with funding from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities New Works Program.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states " The often ferocious ensembles are memorable, and the rendition of 'Dedication to Dolphy' is particularly noteworthy. Fans of advanced jazz will want to get this underrated releases."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Lake.

"Gano Club" – 4:23
"Whitestone" – 9:30
"Stand" – 5:08
"Hymn for the Old Year" – 5:18
"Weave Song II" – 9:08
"Dedicated to Dolphy" – 18:29

A & R Recording, New York City except "Dedicated to Dolphy" recorded live on April 17, 1988 at Somerville Theatre, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Personnel

Quintet

Oliver Lake - saxophone
Geri Allen – piano
Anthony Peterson – guitar
Fred Hopkins – double bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums

Big Band

Oliver Lake, Greg Osby, Marty Ehrlich, John Stubblefield, Matt Darriau, Jay Branford - saxophone
Stanton Davis, Baikida Carroll, Roy Okutani – trumpet
Frank Lacy, Al Patterson, Josh Roseman – trombone
Pete Cirelli – bass trombone
Mark Taylor, W. Marshall Sealy – French horn
Michele Rosewoman – piano
Leon Dorsey – bass
Gene Lake – drums

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Oliver Lake – Otherside: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

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	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)