Biography
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Sam Rivers
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Birth name :
Samuel Carthorne Rivers
Genres :
Jazz
Avant-garde jazz
Free jazz
Instruments :
Bass clarinet
Labels :
Blue Note
Impulse
FMP
RCA
Postcards
Stunt
Years active :
1950s–2011
Born / Died
Born:(1923-09-25)September 25, 1923 El Reno, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:December 26, 2011(2011-12-26) (aged 88) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
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Sam Rivers
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer. He performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano.
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.
