Point of No Return is the debut album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Moers Music label in 1977.

The album features a live performance by alto saxophonists Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake, tenor saxophonist David Murray and baritone saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett. It was recorded at the 6th International New Jazz Festival in Moers in June 1977.

Writer Gary Giddins commented: "little on... Point of No Return suggested serious absorption in exploring the potential of a renegade sax section (Murray's hurly-burly 'Scared Sheetless' pointedly fills most of the play time), and that little bit was by Hemphill, who always preferred group conception to workaday nightly improvisation." - Wikipedia

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Saxofour at the Tinguely Museum in Basel, 4 May 2024 (and memories of the World Saxophone Quartet in San Franscisco in the 1980s). #111Words #Jazz #Music #Saxofour #TinguelyMuseum #Basel #WorldSaxophoneQuartet #SanFrancisco #GreatAmericanMusicHall https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/05/saxofour-at-tinguely-museum-in-basel-4.html

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World Saxophone Quartet:
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And now I’ve remembered Murray at World Saxophone Quartet concerts, which I wrote about here: https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2021/07/world-saxophone-quartet-in-san.html

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The joy of listening to David Murray. #111Words #DavidMurray #Jazz #Music #WorldSaxophoneQuartet #JackDeJohnette #AkiTakase https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-joy-of-listening-to-david-murray.html