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Sam Rivers
| Celebration Few, if any, free jazz saxophonists have approached music with the same degree of intellectual rigor as Sam Rivers; just as few have managed to maintain a high level of creativity over a long life. Rivers plays with remarkable technical precision and a manifest knowledge of his materials. His sound is hard and extraordinarily well-centered, his articulation sharp, and his command of the tenor saxophone complete. Rivers' playing sometimes has an unremitting seriousness that can be extremely demanding, even off-putting. Nevertheless, the depth of his artistry is considerable. Rivers is as substantial a player as avant-garde jazz has produced. Sam Rivers is one of the major figures in contemporary American music, an authentic jazz original. A prolific composer of songs and melodies, compositions for Jazz Orchestra, Ensembles large and small, Jazz Opera and Symphony Orchestra. A true multi-instrumentalist equally proficient on Tenor and Soprano saxophone, flute and piano.
This critically acclaimed live release captures Sam with his trio roaring through 12 originals at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles.
Posi-Tone © 2006 |
