Rainbows

Sam Rivers · 1976 · Studio Rivbea, Wildflowers series

Context

Recorded as a trio in May 1976 at Studio Rivbea, the loft that Sam Rivers and his wife Beatrice had run in Manhattan since 1970. The track is part of the Wildflowers series, five records produced by Michael Cuscuna to document the loft jazz scene. Robert Palmer saw in them, in the New York Times, "the most remarkable documents to come out of the lofts so far."

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz). Among the origins and influences of Collectives and lofts: Free jazz, AACM.

Sources

• EN: Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions
• EN: Sam Rivers (jazz musician)

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