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Pianists · 1923–2011

Sam Rivers

American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011)

Born: 25 September 1923
El Reno
Died: 26 December 2011
Orlando
Country: United States
Active: 2011–
Record labels: Blue Note
Discography: 28 albums

Biography

Sam Rivers was a jazz musician who played piano, saxophone, clarinet and flute. Sam Rivers was born on 25 September 1923 in El Reno and died on 26 December 2011 in Orlando. The music is usually filed under jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz. Record labels: Blue Note. The discography here lists 28 albums, from “Fuchsia Swing Song” (1964) to “Lyon 29.03.1997” (2018).

Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano and viola. Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the increased popularity of free jazz in the mid-1960s, a genre in which he was a prominent and influential artist.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Fuchsia Swing Song 1964 · Blue Note A New Conception 1967 · Blue Note Contours 1967 · Blue Note Streams 1973 · Live · impulse! Crystals 1974 · impulse! Hues 1975 · impulse! Sizzle 1976 · impulse! The Quest 1976 · Red Records Black Africa! Perugia 1977 · Live · Horo Records Black Africa! Villalago (Black Africa 1) 1977 · Live · Horo Records Flutes! 1977 · Live · Circle Records Paragon 1977 · Fluid Records

Vol. 2 1977 · Improvising Artists Inc.

The Dedication Series, Volume XII: The Live Trio Sessions 1978 · Live · impulse! Waves 1979 · Tomato Contrasts 1980 · ECM Records Dimensions & Extensions 1986 · Blue Note Portrait 1995 · FMP Configuration 1996 · nato Concept 1997 · Rivbea Sound Eight Days Journal 1998 · nato Tangens 1998

Trio Live 1998 · Live

Celebration 2004 · Live

Vista 2004 · Meta Records Purple Violets 2005 · Stunt Records

Reunion: Live in New York 2012 · Live

Lyon 29.03.1997 2018 · Noël Akchoté Downloads

Also plays on

Albums where Sam Rivers is credited as a sideman

1964	Life Time — Anthony Williams	tenor saxophone
1964	Into Somethin’ — Larry Young	tenor saxophone
1965	Spring — Anthony Williams	tenor saxophone
1965	Dialogue — Bobby Hutcherson	tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
1971	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 1 — Cecil Taylor	saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
1972	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 3 — Cecil Taylor	saxophone, tenor saxophone
1972	Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, vol. 2 — Cecil Taylor	saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
1976	Dave Holland / Sam Rivers — Dave Holland / Sam Rivers	soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
1979	Spiral — Bobby Hutcherson	bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
1995	Cerebral Caverns — Reggie Workman	flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
2007	Change — Andrew Hill	tenor saxophone