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Sam Rivers Centennial + New John Zorn Works

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
October 10, 2023
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For this week's show, we celebrate the centennial of the birth of composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers; along the way we'll here a short vocal set and some recent releases from John Zorn.

Playlist

Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club—Complete (Columbia) 01:50
Helen Merrill, Clifford Brown "Hush Now Don't Explain" from Hellen Merrill (Jazz Images) 02:30
Mal Waldron "Hush Now Don't Explain" from Mal 2 (Orignnal Jazz Classics) 05:13
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra "Solitude" from Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Columbia) 14:39
Grachan Moncur III "Air Raid" from Evolution (Blue Note) 18:49
Tony Williams "Tomorrow Afternoon" from Life Time (Blue Note) 28:08
Miles Davis "So What" from Heard 'Round the World (Columbia) 33:43
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis "Ahunk Ahunk" from Consummation (Blue Note) 42:46
Gard Nilssen Supersonic Orchestra "Boogie Stop Tøffel" from Family (We Jazz Records) 50:41
Sam Rivers & The Rivbea Orchestra "Crux" from Mosaic Select: Trilogy (Mosaic Select) 58:40
Sam Rivers "Fuchsia Swing Song" from Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note) 1:07:53
Sam Rivers "Pean" from Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note) 1:13:19
Sam Rivers "Surge" from Waves (Tomato) 1:20:19
Sam Rivers Trio "Beatrice" from Caldera (NoBusiness Records) 1:25:32
Charlie Parker "Dark Shadows" from Carvin' The Bird (Bird's Nest) 1:32:02
Capitol International Jazzmen "If I Could Be with You" from Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 6 (Capitol) 1:35:12
Somi, Gregory Porter "Love Tastes Like Strawberries" from Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (Salon Africana) 1:37:55
John Zorn "Where The Wild Thyme Blows" from Full Fathom Five (Tzadik) 1:37:55
John Zorn "Jair" from New Masada Quartet Vol. 2 (Tzadik) 1:49:31

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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor

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