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Sam Rivers (jazz musician)
American jazz musician and composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the bassist of Limp Bizkit, see Sam Rivers (bassist).
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 ā 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.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Samuel Carthorne Rivers |
Born | (1923-09-25)September 25, 1923 El Reno, Oklahoma, U.S.[1][2] |
Died | December 26, 2011(2011-12-26) (aged 88) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, composer, educator |
Instrument(s) | Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano |
Years active | 1950sā2011 |
Labels | Blue Note, Impulse, FMP, RCA, Nato, Postcards, Stunt, Timeless, Rivbea Sound, Posi-Tone, Marge |
Website | Sam Rivers |
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Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the mid-1960s spread of free jazz. With a thorough command of music theory, orchestration and composition, Rivers was an influential and prominent artist in jazz music.[2]