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Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, and piano. Rivers was previously thought to have been born in 1930. Rivers's father was a gospel musician who had sung with the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Silverstone Quartet, exposing Rivers to music from an early age. Rivers moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1947, where he studied at the Boston Conservatory with Alan Hovhaness. He performed with Quincy Jones, Herb Pomeroy, Tadd Dameron and others. In 1959 Rivers began performing with 13-year-old drummer Tony Williams, who later went on to have an impressive career
Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts
By Cecil Taylor
Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Side A: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Evening Set Version, Part 1; Side B: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Evening Set Version, Part 2; Side C: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 1; Side D: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 2; Side E: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 1; Side F: Fragments of a Dedication to Duke Ellington, Afternoon Set Version, Part 2.
A Dave Holland Primer
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed).
Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary
by Dave Kaufman
Julius Hemphill, a brilliant alto saxophonist and extraordinary composer, was a towering figure in avant-garde jazz and creative music. Yet his body of work remains surprisingly little known, even among aficionados of this sort of adventurous music. Hemphill's music demonstrated a deep feeling for the blues and other African American traditions. His creative vision extended well ...
Todd DelGiudice: Mas Alto
by Dan McClenaghan
It seems that every saxophonist at some point in their career decides to pare the music down to its essentials. It is hard to pare down beyond the sax, bass, and drums trio. The history of this musical setup is long. Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Sam Rivers, Lee Konitz and Joe Lovano (and so many more) ...
Hingetown Jazz Festival 2026
by John Chacona
Hingetown Jazz Festival BOP STOP, Jukebox and Saucy Brew Works Cleveland, OH September 5, 2026 Birds flyin' high, you know how I feel Sun in the sky, you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by, you know how I feel Beloved Cleveland vocalist Evelyn Wright ...
Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston: Fuller Sound: Dynasty (Volume 2)
by Jack Bowers
On Dynasty, Volume 2, sisters in song Tia Fuller and Shamie Fuller-Royston continue a family musical tradition once shared with their late parents, Fred and Elthopia Fuller as the Fuller Sound. Now it is essentially an alto saxophone (Tia) and piano (Shamie) duo, with Tia adding her voice on two numbers, her own “Momma Said" and ...
Ron Carter: Sweet Notes: The Gospel According To An Upright Man
by Ian Patterson
There is just no slowing down for bassist Ron Carter. At least, not that you would know. Writing, arranging, recording, gigging, teaching, media commitments--it is all in a day's work for the indefatigable 89-year-old NEA Jazz Master. Since 1959, when he arrived in New York from his native Detroit, Ron Carter has enjoyed an unparalleled career. ...
Miles Davis At 100: A Global Perspective
by Ian Patterson
Miles Davis' centenary has arrived. The second century begins. What changes jazz has undergone in the 100 years since Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926! Davis was all about change, evolution, growth, and reinvention. A driving force behind many of the changes in direction jazz took during his ...
Mal Wadron, Sam Rivers, Nick Fraser, Meredith Bates, and much more
by Lawrence Peryer
An hour of creative music where archival recordings and new releases share equal footing. Irreversible Entanglements and a newly surfaced 1984 Mal Waldron-Sam Rivers improvisation open the show; Alabaster DePlume, a Daunik Lazro-Joëlle Léandre-Paul Lovens trio, Work Money Death, and Nick Fraser carry the middle sets; and Vancouver composer Meredith Bates closes it out with music ...
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