Person · Male
Sam Rivers
saxophone, flute jazz musician
- From
- El Reno, United States
- Active
- 1923–2011
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 35
- free jazz
- jazz
- avant-garde jazz
About
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – 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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Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the increased popularity of free jazz in the mid-1960s, a genre in which he was a prominent and influential artist.
Member of
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Miles Davis Quintet saxophone
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Sam Rivers Rivbea Orchestra eponymous, flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
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The Sam Rivers Quartet saxophone
Discography
Albums
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Fuchsia Swing Song Apple Music
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Contours Apple Music
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A New Conception Apple Music
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Crystals Apple Music
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Hues Apple Music
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Dave Holland / Sam Rivers
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The Quest Apple Music
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Capricorn Rising
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Sizzle Apple Music
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Vol. 2
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Paragon Apple Music
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Waves Apple Music
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Contrasts Apple Music
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Dimensions & Extensions Apple Music
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Salutes the Saxophone
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Capricorn Rising
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Portrait Apple Music
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Configuration Apple Music
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Hints on Light and Shadow
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Concept
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Eight Days Journal
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Tangens
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Vista
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Purple Violets
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Lyon 29.03.1997
Live
Compilations
Links
Official
Concerts
Buy
Also known as
Sam Rivers Group · サム・リヴァース
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
- american
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- f86342be-eef7-445b-90c9-250bdf3f0b3b
- ISNI
- 0000000118332570
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.