Sam Rivers

tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, piano · 1923–2011 · El Reno

Saxophonist and composer born in Oklahoma, Sam Rivers recorded Fuchsia Swing Song for Blue Note, then Streams for Impulse! in 1973. With his wife Beatrice, he opened Studio Rivbea in 1970, a loft on Bond Street in Manhattan that became one of the central venues of 1970s loft jazz.

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Styles

• Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz)
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• Rainbows (1976)

Sources

• Source

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