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Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964
By Miles Davis
Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: CD1: Joshua; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; So Near, So Far; Basin Street Blues; Seven Steps to Heaven (take 3); Seven Steps to Heaven (take 5); Summer Night. CD2: Seven Steps to Heaven (rehearsal take); Seven Steps to Heaven; So Near, So Far; Joshua; Introduction by Andre Francis; Autumn Leaves; Milestones; I Thought About You. CD3: Joshua; All of You; Walkin'; Bye Bye Blackbird; Bye Bye (Theme). CD4: Introduction by Mort Fega; Autumn Leaves; So What; Stella By Starlight; Walkin'; All of You; Go-Go (Theme and Announcement).CD5: Introduction by Billy Taylor; All Blues; My Funny Valentine; Joshua; I Thought About You; Four; Seven Steps to Heaven; There is No Greater Love; Go-Go (Theme and Re-Introduction). CD6: Introduction by Teruo Osono; If I Were a Bell; My Funny Valentine; So What; Walkin'; All of You; Go-Go (Theme). CD7: Milestones; Autumn Leaves; So What; Stella By Starlight; Walkin; Go-Go (Theme).
Purple Violets
By Sam Rivers
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Solace; Mooche; Captain America; Abalone; In Search of Buck Benny; Turbulence; Where to
Go?!?; Moderation; Space.
Contours
By Sam Rivers
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Point of Many Returns; Dance of the Tripedal; Euterpe; Mellifluous Cacophony; Mellifluous Cacophony (alt tk)
Sam Rivers: Contours
by John Kelman
Unlike pianist Andrew Hill, who, late in life, is finally being awarded the accolades he deserves, saxophonist/flautist Sam Rivers never received his proper due and continues to work in relative obscurity. Sure, his name is known amongst those who know, but mention him to casual jazz listeners and most will go “Sam who?" or perhaps, with ...
Bobby Watson
by AAJ Staff
In 1977, quite a few eyebrows were raised when drummer Art Blakey, the nurturer of many jazz greats, started touting the country kid in overalls with the alto saxophone as his latest great discovery. Eyebrows remained up in amazement as Bobby Watson let loose with a Parkeresque run of notes. Watson's sweet, full tone evokes both ...
Sam Rivers: Contrasts
by C. Andrew Hovan
As an icon of creative endeavors, the ECM label is world renown for its releases by such heavyweights as Dave Holland, Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, and Jack DeJohnette, to name just a few. Probably much less acknowledged however are those little trinkets of musical pleasure that have fallen through the cracks over the years, several of ...
Sam Rivers: Fuschia Swing Song
by David Vance
1964 was an important year for the jazz saxophone. John Coltrane recorded the seminal A Love Supreme and Eric Dolphy made Out to Lunch, a masterpiece of the early jazz avant-garde. With that in mind, it’s not as surprising as it is unfortunate that saxophonist Sam Rivers’ debut Fuchsia Swing Song doesn’t get much press. Rivers ...
Sam Rivers Celebrates His 80th at the Jazz Bakery
by Rex Butters
Sam Rivers brought his boundless goodwill and energy to the Jazz Bakery for a week to celebrate his 80th birthday with adoring fans. The amazing Rivers played two sets a night, and jammed and recorded with local musicians after hours. The ebullient octogenarian performed with his longtime trio featuring Doug Matthews and Anthony Cole. Like Rivers, ...
Firestorm
By Sam Rivers
Label: Rivbea Sound
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Spark 2. Flame 3. Embers 4. Firestorm 5. Unity 6. Solace 7. Smoke 8. Nightfall 9. Dominant 10. Iris 11. Firewall
