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A memoir of the trip to New York City for the Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, and Barry Altschul concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre, May 25th, 2007. The RivBea Research Collective mailing list. |
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Session List :::
All sessions linked below are to detailed entries for recorded media.
Also listed in chronological order within this sessionography and its session entries are play-dates with no known recorded media.
I would appreciate notice of any club dates, concert dates, festival dates, etcetera, that are not listed here.
Please include reference information (i.e. periodical name, issue date, page number), along with any and all relevant details.
- 50.02.22 / Serge Chaloff [Broadcast Recording] Verona
- 61.12.14 / Tadd Dameron Octet: Blue Note Records Presents The Lost Sessions (Blue Note)
- 63.00.00 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Boston
- Sam Rivers with the Miles Davis Quintet — 64.04.03 to 64.07.15
- 64.07.12 / Miles Davis Quintet [Audience Recording] Tokyo
- IMAGE
- Miles Davis Quintet: Starlight In Black Live (Mega Disc Lengendary Collection Series)
- Miles Davis Quintet: Moment / 1964 Japan Tour Definitive Edition (Heavy Blow) + 64.07.15
- 64.07.13 / Miles Davis Quintet [Vague and Unsubstantiated Rumors of Broadcast Recording] Osaka
- 64.07.14 / Miles Davis Quintet: Miles in Tokyo (CBS)
IMAGE - Miles Davis Quintet: Heard 'Round the World (CBS)
- Miles Davis Quintet: Title? (CBS)
- Miles Davis: Milestones: New York / Berlin / Tokyo (Jazz Door)
- Miles Davis: The Complete 63-64 Columbia Recordings (Mosaic)
- Miles Davis: Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 (SONY)
- Miles Davis: The Best of Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964 (SONY)
IMAGE - 64.07.15 / Miles Davis Quintet [Audience Recording] Kyoto
- Miles Davis Quintet: Moment / 1964 Japan Tour Definitive Edition (Heavy Blow) + 64.07.12
IMAGES - 64.08.21 / Tony Williams: Life Time (Blue Note)
- Maiden Voyage: Modern Mainstream No. 2 (Blue Note)
- The Blue Note Years, Volume Five, The Avant Garde (Blue Note) + 64.12.11
- The Blue Note Years, 60 Years 1939 / 1999 (Blue Note) + 64.12.11
- 64.11.12 / Larry Young: Into Somethin' (Blue Note)
- Larry Young: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young (Mosaic)
- Larry Young: The Art of Larry Young (Blue Note)
- Grant Green: Have Guitar, Will Travel, featuring Grant Green (Blue Note)
- Various Artists: Blue Note's Six Vital Organs, Home of the Hammond (Blue Note)
- 64.12.11 / Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song (Blue Note)
- Various Artists: 40 Years of Jazz / History of Blue Note - Box 4 (Blue Note)
- Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions (Mosaic) + 65.05.21; 66.10.11; 67.03.17
- The Blue Note Years, Volume Five, The Avant Garde (Blue Note) + 64.08.21
- The Blue Note Years, 60 Years 1939 / 1999 (Blue Note) + 64.08.21
- Various Artists: The Amazing Shoichi Yui, Volume 2 (Toshiba) / IMAGE
- Various Artists: A Blue Conception (EMI) + 65.04.03
- Various Artists: Jazzanova Blue Note Trip (Blue Note)
- 65.04.03 / Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue (Blue Note)
- Bobby Hutcherson: Spiral (Blue Note)
- Blue Note Sampler Vol.3 (Blue Note)
- Bobby Hutcherson: The Best of the Blue Note Years (Blue Note)
- Various Artists: A Blue Conception (EMI) + 64.12.11
- 65.05.21 / Sam Rivers: Contours (Blue Note)
- Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions (Mosaic) + 64.12.11; 66.10.11; 67.03.17
- Various Artists: Out of the Blue: The Art of the Improvisers (Blue Note)
- Sam Rivers: Contours (Connoisseur 24-bit Remaster) (Blue Note)
- 65.08.12 / Tony Williams: Spring (Blue Note)
- Various Artists: Blue Bossa (1963-1965) (Blue Note)
- Herbie Hancock: Blue Note (EMI)
- 66.03.07 / Sam Rivers: Involution (Blue Note) + 67.03.17
- Andrew Hill: The Complete Andrew Hill Blue Note Sessions (1963-1966) (Mosaic)
- 66.07.02 / Bill Dixon [Audience Recording?] Newport
- 66.10.11 / Sam Rivers: A New Conception (Blue Note)
- Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions (Mosaic) + 64.12.11; 65.05.21; 67.03.17
- Various Artists: AFRTS Basic Musical Library, P Series (Armed Forces Radio and Television Service)
- 67.02.10 / Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select #16 (Mosaic) + 67.10.31
- 67.02.20 / Nat Jones Quintet [Rehearsal Recording] NYC
- 67.03.17 / Sam Rivers Sextet: Involution (Blue Note) + 66.03.07
- Sam Rivers Sextet: Dimensions and Extensions (Blue Note)
- Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions (Mosaic) + 64.12.11; 65.05.21; 66.10.11
- 67.10.31 / Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select #16 (Mosaic) + 67.02.10
- 68.00.00 (1) / Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 68.00.00 (2) / Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 69.01.11 / Don Ayler Sextet with Albert Ayler: Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost (Revenant Records)
- Sam Rivers with the Cecil Taylor Quartet—69.02.08 to 69.11.10, and beyond
- 69.02.08 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording & Broadcast Recordings] Grinnell
- 69.07.28 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Audience Recording] Paris
- 69.07.29 / Cecil Taylor: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vols. 1-3 (Shandar) / IMAGE
- Cecil Taylor: Second Act of A, vols. 1-3 (RCA)
- Cecil Taylor Quartet: The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (Prestige)
- Cecil Taylor: Fondation Maeght Nights, Vols. 1-3 (Jazz View)
- 69.08.00 / Jimi Hendrix with Sam Rivers [POSSIBLE Audience Recordings] Woodstock
- Sam Rivers with the Cecil Taylor Quartet — Continued...
- 69.10.26 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Audience Recordings] Milan
- 69.11.02 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording] London
- 69.11.03 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Salle Pleyel
- 69.11.04 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Copenhagen
- 69.11.05 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Stockholm
- 69.11.06 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Berlin
- 69.11.09 / Cecil Taylor Quartet: Cecil Taylor Quartet in Europe (Jazz Connoisseur)
- Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recording] Rotterdam
- 69.11.10 / Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Stuttgart
- 70.00.00 / Various Artists: New American Music, Volume 1 (Smithsonian Folkways Records)
- 70.00.00 / Sam Rivers' RivBEA Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] New York City
- 71.01.17 / Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble [RivBea Archival Recording] New York City
- 71.02.13 / Sam Rivers: Hues (Impulse!) + 71.02.14; 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10
- Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording] Boston
- 71.02.14 / Sam Rivers: Hues (Impulse!) + 71.02.13; 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10
- 71.02.21 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
- 71.04.08 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Brooklyn
- 71.06.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording & RivBea Archival Recording] Boston
- 72.00.00 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
- 72.05.00 / Bill Evans & George Russell Orchestra: Living Time (Columbia)
- 72.06.27 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 72.07.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 72.07.10 / Free Jam Session [Video & Audio Recording] New York City
- 72.10.27 / Sam Rivers: Hues (Impulse!) + 71.02.13; 71.02.14; 73.08.03; 73.11.10
- Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions (Impulse!) + 73.07.06; 73.08.03; 73.11.10
- 72.11.30 / Dave Holland: Conference of the Birds (ECM)
- 72.12.01 / Dave Holland Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 72.12.02 / Dave Holland Quartet [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 72.12.00 (1) / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 72.12.00 (2) / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 72.12.16 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 72.12.30 / Sam Rivers & Karl Berger Group [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.04.20 / Sam Rivers Ensemble [RivBea Archive Recording] NYC
- 73.04.27 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 73.04.28 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 73.06.00 / Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archive Recording] NYC
- 73.06.30 / Don Cherry Octet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.07.00 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.07.03 / Sam Rivers Orchestral Explorations Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.07.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.07.06 / Sam Rivers: Streams (Impulse!)
- Various Artists: The Saxophone (Impulse!)
- Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions (Impulse!) + 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10
- Various Artists: Fire Into Music - The Best of MCA/Impulse! (Impulse!)
- Various Artists: Impulsively (Impulse!)
- 73.08.03 / Sam Rivers: Hues (Impulse!) + 71.02.13; 71.02.14; 72.10.27; 73.11.10
- Various Artists: No Energy Crisis (Impulse!)
- Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions (Impulse!) + 72.10.27; 73.07.06; 73.11.10
- Sam Rivers: Trio Live (Impulse!) + 73.11.10
- Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording] Molde
- 73.10.19 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 73.11.01 / Karl Berger / Creative Music Studio / Music Universe [Broadcast Recording] Berlin
- 73.11.10 / Sam Rivers: Hues (Impulse!) + 71.02.13; 71.02.14; 72.10.27; 73.08.03
- Various Artists: Impulse! Artists on Tour (Impulse!)
- Various Artists: The Drums (Impulse!)
- Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions (Impulse!) + 72.10.27; 73.07.06; 73.08.03
- Sam Rivers: Trio Live (Impulse!) + 73.08.03
- 73.11.00 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.12.01 / Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] NYC
- 73.12.24 / Sam Rivers & Barry Altschul Duo [RivBea Archival Recording] NYC
- 73.12.27 / Sam Rivers & Barry Altschul Duo [Audience Recording ?] NYC
- 74.02.00 / Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy (Earthforms Records)
- 74.03.02 / Sam Rivers Ensemble [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.03.04 / Sam Rivers: Crystals (Impulse!)
- 74.03.27 / The Music Universe Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.05.15 / John Lee Hooker: Free Beer and Chicken (ABC)
- 74.06.00 / Dick Griffin: The Eighth Wonder (Strata East)
- Dick Griffin: The Eighth Wonder & More (Konnex)
- Various Artists: Strata-2-East (Universal Sound)
- 74.06.09 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.06.29 / Sam Rivers Sextet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.07.05 / Jazz Opera Ensemble [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 74.07.06 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience & Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 74.07.07 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.07.24 / Various Artists: Jazz In Piazza [Broadcast Video] Villalago & Perugia
- 74.11.01 / Sam Rivers Reeds of Harlem [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.11.28 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 74.12.29 / Sam Rivers Trio + Karl Berger [Audience Recording] Woodstock
- 75.00.00 (1) / Sam Rivers Piano Solos "Mid '70s" [Audience Recording] NYC
- 75.00.00 (2) / Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 75.05.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] East Lansing
- 75.00.00 (3) / Sam Rivers & Rashied Ali Duo [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 75.06.01 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 75.06.22 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] NYC
- 75.07.01 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 75.07.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 75.07.08 / Sam Rivers Solo [RivBea Archival Recording & Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 75.08.01 / Bill Cole º Sam Rivers º Warren Smith: The First Cycle (Music from Dartmouth)
- 75.09.06 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Paris
- 75.09.26 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Paris
- 75.10.16 / Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising (Black Saint) + 75.10.17
- 75.10.17 / Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising (Black Saint)
- 75.10.25 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] San Francisco
- 75.12.09 / Sam Rivers: Sizzle (Impulse!)
- 75.12.12 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 75.12.14 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 75.12.18 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 75.12.21 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 76.00.00 (1) / Joe Cocker: Stingray (A&M Records)
- Joe Cocker: Greatest Hits (A&M Records)
- Joe Cocker: The Anthology (A&M Records)
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Joe Cocker (A&M Records)
- Joe Cocker: Greatest Love Songs (Hip-O Records)
- 76.02.18 / Sam Rivers: Sam Rivers / Dave Holland (Improvising Artists)
- Sam Rivers: Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol.2 (Improvising Artists)
- 76.02.29 / Carman Moore: Four Movements for a Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon (Hong Kong Trade Development Council)
IMAGE: Sleeve of the Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon vinyl. - 76.03.12 / Sam Rivers: The Quest (Red Record)
- Various Artists: I Grandi del Jazz: L'Avanguardia (Fabbri Brothers Press)
- Sam Rivers: Vision (Tobacco Road)
- Sam Rivers: SAM RIVERS con SCHIANO, ALTSCHUL e HOLLAND (GONG Magazine)
IMAGES: Vinyl and sleeve of GONG Magazine Supplement 7" vinyl.
- 76.03.13 / Sam Rivers: The Quest
- 76.03.16 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Bergamo
- 76.04.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 76.04.10 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
- 76.05.15 / Various Artists: Wildflowers I: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (Douglas)
- Various Artists: Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Complete (Knitting Factory)
- 76.00.00 (2) / Sam Rivers and Rashid Sinan [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 76.07.11 (3) / Various Artists: After Hours / The Great Pescara Jam Sessions Volume 2° (Ecamlab)
- 76.07.20 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Verona
- 76.07.23 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Ravenna
- 76.07.24 / Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Villalago (Horo) + 76.07.25
- 76.07.25 / Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Perugia (Horo)
- Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Villalago (Horo)
- Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] Villalago
- 76.08.08 / Sam Rivers Trio [Video Recording] Roermond
- 76.08.23 / Sam Rivers Solo [Audience Recording] Chateauvallon
- 76.08.27 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Willisau
- 76.09.02 / Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.I, Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz (Circle Records)
- Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.II, Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz (Circle Records)
- Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.III, Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz (Circle Records)
- Sam Rivers / Earl Cross: Jazz of the Seventies (Circle Records)
- Sam Rivers / James Newton: Flutes! (Circle Records)
- 76.10.10 / Kazuko Shiraishi: Dedicated to the Late John Coltrane (Musicworks)
- 76.11.13 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Long Island
- 76.11.23 / ERROR LISTING: Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Amsterdam
- 77.00.00 / Various Artists: Sam Rivers Solo Silver Burdett's PIPELINE (Pipeline)
- 77.01.00 / Sam Rivers [Audience Recording / Interview] NYC
- 77.02.08 / Barry Altschul: You Can't Name Your Own Tune + 77.02.09
- 77.02.09 / Barry Altschul: You Can't Name Your Own Tune
- 77.04.16 / Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Broadcast Recording] Paris
- 77.04.18 / Sam Rivers: Paragon (Fluid Records) / IMAGE
- 77.04.28 / Sam Rivers & Mario Schiano: Rendez-vous (Red Records)
- 77.05.07 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Vancouver
- 77.05.24 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Washington, DC
- 77.06.04 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Altglashütten
- 77.06.15 / Sam Rivers Trio [Soundboard Recording] Graz
- 77.06.17 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Laibach
- 77.06-07.00 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 77.08.19 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast (?) Recording] Chateauvallon
- 77.09.06 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Modena
- 77.09.24 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Bosto
- 77.10.00 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Soundboard Recording] Brussels
- 77.10.12 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Nancy
- 77.10.13 / Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Audience Recording] Nancy
- 77.11.06 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Broadcast Recording] Berlin
- 77.11.13 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Rotterdam
- 78.01.01 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 78.00.00 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 78.01.00 / Sam Rivers Trio: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] Salt Lake City
- 78.02.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 78.02.10 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Ann Arbor
- 78.03.30 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 78.06.24 / Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Audience Recording] Washington, DC
- 78.06.00 / Sam Rivers & Sonny Rollins Quintet [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 78.06.30 (1) / Sam Rivers: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 78.06.30 (2) / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 78.07.22 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording] Nervi
- 78.07.23 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] San Remo
- 78.08.08 / Sam Rivers: Waves (Tomato Records)
- Various Artists: Tomato Sampler (Tomato Records) / IMAGE
- 78.09.23 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
- 78.10.02 / Sam Rivers Quartet: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] Austin
- 78.10.00 (1) / Sam Rivers Quartet: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] New Orleans
- 78.10.15 / Sam Rivers Quartet & Anthony Braxton [Audience & Broadcast Recording] San Francisco
- 78.10.22-23 / IMAGE: Sam Rivers Quartet in Vancoouver
- 78.10.25 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Seattle, WA
- 78.11.06 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording & RivBea Archival Recording] Padova
- 78.11.07 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Padova
- 78.12.11 / Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Audience Recording] Quebec
- 79.01.24 / Sam Rivers Big Band [Audience Recording] NYC
- 79.02.04 / Sam Rivers Tentet + 1 [Audience Recording] Kent
- Hamiet Bluiett / Muhal Richard Abrams: "Saying Something for All"
ERROR LISTING !!!
- Hamiet Bluiett / Muhal Richard Abrams: "Saying Something for All"
- 79.04.00 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] New Orleans
- 79.04.20 (2) / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Washington, DC
- 79.05.15 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Hamburg
- 79.06.12 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Olympia
- 79.06.22 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 79.07.05 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Kent
- 79.07.13 (1) / Archie Shepp / Sam Rivers Double Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 79.08.23 / Sam Rivers Quartet with The Seattle Composers & Improvisers Orchestra [Audience Recording] Seattle
- 79.11.06 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording & Video] Mailand
- 79.11.15 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Audio & Video Recordings] München
- 79.11.20 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Turin
- 79.12.00 / Sam Rivers: Contrasts (ECM)
- Various Artists: ECM Sampler 7 (ECM)
- Various Artists: The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Contemporary Currents (Franklin Mint)
- 80.02.00 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Auckland, New Zealand
- 80.02.16 / Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording] Albuquerue
- 80.03.22 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Karlsruhe
- 80.03.28 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Bielefeld
- 80.04.01 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Basel
- 80.06.28 / Sam Rivers & Dave Holland [Soundboard Recording] Pisa
- 80.10.02 / Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording] Brisbane
- 80.10.00 / Sam Rivers [Audience Recording / Interview] Stockholm
- 80.11.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Athens
- 81.01.01 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Woodstock
- 81.01.06 / Sam Rivers [RivBea Archival Recording] Northampton
- 81.02.08 / Sam Rivers Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording] Minneapolis
- 81.02.10 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 81.03.13 / Sam Rivers Solo [Audience Recording] Washington, DC
- 81.04.04 / Sam Rivers: Crosscurrent (Blue Marge)
- Sam Rivers Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording] Paris
- 81.05.17 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording] Florence
- 81.08.28 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Willisau
- 81.09.04 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Saalfelden
- 81.12.18 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience & Broadcast Recordings] NYC
- 82.02.05 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Villingen
- 82.02.06 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording] Saalfelden
- 82.02.21 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording] Florence
- 82.05.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] New Orleans
- 82.06.06 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Washington, DC
- 82.06.12 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Trossingen
- 82.06.13 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: Jazzbühne Berlin '82, Vol.10 (Repertoire Records)
- Various Artists: Jazz Highlights Live in Berlin (Amiga Records) / IMAGE
- 82.08.26 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Soundboard Recording] Willisau
- 82.09.01 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] East Berlin
- 82.09.05 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording] Saalfelden
- 82.09.13 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan: Colours (Black Saint)
- 82.10.14 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Wien
- 82.11.14 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Köln
- 82.12.03 / Steve McCraven Quartet Featuring Sam Rivers: Intertwining Spirits (Freelance) + 82.12.04
- 82.12.04 / Steve McCraven Quartet Featuring Sam Rivers: Intertwining Spirits (Freelance)
- 83.01.25 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Manchester
- 83.02.00 / Peter Sonntag Quartet featuring Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] Köln
- 83.02.24 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Milan
- 83.04.02 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Video] Manchester
- 83.04.30 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] New Orleans
- 83.09.02 / Beaver Harris Trio [Soundboard Recording] Saalfelden
- 83.10.08 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Leverkusen
- 83.10.15 / Sam Rivers & Köln Workshop Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Donaueschingen
- 84.01.00 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 84.01.19 / Max Roach Quartet + Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording & Video] Hamburg
- 84.02.02 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Bregenz
- 84.02.19 / Sam Rivers & Mal Waldron Duo [Audience Recording] Paris
- 84.02.20 / Sam Rivers & Mal Waldron Duo [RivBea Archival Recording] unknown place
- 84.03.21 / Sam Rivers & Abdullah Ibrahim Duo [Audience Recording] London
- 84.05.25 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 87.06.06 / Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: The Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie, An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master (PBS)
- 84.07.00 / Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording] Montreal
- 84.07.28 / Sam Rivers & Reggie Workman Duo [Audience Recording] Washington, DC
- 80.04.12 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 85.03.08 / Beaver Harris' French Horn Connection [Broadcast Video] Burghausen
- 85.03.21 / Beaver Harris' French Horn Connection [Broadcast Recording] London
- 85.04.19 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording] Basel
- 85.09.02 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 85.11.08 / Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] Cambridge
- 85.11.11 / Thurman Barker: Voyage (UpTee Productions)
- 86.00.00 / Chaka Khan : Destiny (Warner Brothers)
- Chaka Khan: Love of a Lifetime / Coltrane Dreams (Warner Brothers)
- Chaka Khan: Perfect Fit (Warner Brothers)
- 86.02.01 / Rivers - Pullen Quartet [Audience Recording] NYC
- 86.04.26 / Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] Cambridge
- 86.05.28 / MEMORIAL SERVICE for JIMMY LYONS [Audience Recording & Videotape] NYC
- 86.10.14 / Hilton Ruiz: Something Grand (RCA Novus) + 86.10.15
- Various Artists: American Beauty º Film Soundtrack (Dreamworks)
- 86.10.15 / Hilton Ruiz: Something Grand (RCA Novus)
- 87.01.31 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 87.02.27 / Dizzy Gillespie Birthday Concert [Broadcast Video] Stuttgart
- 87.04.00 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Recording] Fort Worth
- 87.07.02 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (BBC Music)
- Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
- 87.07.04 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Recording] Stockholm
- 87.07.06 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Video] Rome
- 87.07.07 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording] Cagliari
- 87.07.09 (2) / Sam Rivers Jam Session [Broadcast Recording] Nice
- 87.07.11 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 87.07.12 (1) / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 87.07.12 (2) / Sam Rivers & Friends [Audience Recording] Den Haag
- 87.07.13 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Recording] Montreux
- 87.07.17 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Recording] Wein
- 87.07.25 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Video] Freehold
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Summer Jazz Live at New Jersey 1987 (Alpha Centauri)
- 87.10.15 / Hilton Ruiz: El Camino (The Road) (RCA Novus)
- Various Artists: Novus Sampler '88 (RCA Novus)
- Hilton Ruiz: The Collected Hilton Ruiz (RCA Novus) + 88.11.30; 88.12.01
- 87.10.28 / ERROR LISTING: Dizzy Gillespie Birthday Concert [Broadcast Video] Mainz
- 87.12.16 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with John Faddis [Audience Recording] NYC
- 87.12.18 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with John Faddis [Audience Recording] NYC
- 87.12.20 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with John Faddis [Audience Recording] NYC
- 88.01.07 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Recording] Enschede
- 88.01.11-12 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with special guests Tony Scott and Gege' Telesforo [Broadcast Video] Rome
- 88.06.03 / [Audience Recording] Wolf Trap
- 88.07.15 / Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Video & Audio Recordings] Perugia
- IMAGE [Photo courtesy Sam Rivers]
- 88.07.23 / Dizzy Gillespie & the United Nation Orchestra [Audience Recording] San Sebastian
- 88.11.30 / Hilton Ruiz: Strut (RCA Novus) + 88.12.01
- Hilton Ruiz: The Collected Hilton Ruiz (RCA Novus) + 87.10.15; 88.12.01
- 88.12.01 / Hilton Ruiz: Strut (RCA Novus)
- Hilton Ruiz: The Collected Hilton Ruiz (RCA Novus) + 87.10.15; 88.11.30
- 89.04.01 / Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [FM Broadcast Recording] Tokyo
- 89.09.02 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 89.09.02 / Dizzy Gillespie United Nation Orchestra [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 89.10.07 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Video Recording] Leverkusen
- 89.10.09 / Sam Rivers Quartet: Lazuli (Timeless) + 89.10.10
- 89.10.10 / Sam Rivers Quartet: Lazuli (Timeless)
- 89.11.27 / Sam Rivers Quartet [RivBea Archival Soundboard & Audience Recordings] Linz
- 90.07.12 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 91.00.00 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Lokeren
- 91.04.01 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Zaragoza
- 91.04.13 *or* 91.04.14 / Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording] London
- 91.07.26 / Sam Rivers & Michael Leasure Duo [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
- 91.10.18 / Roots: Salutes the Saxophone (IN&OUT) + 91.10.19
- Roots: Salutes the Saxophone, Volume 1 (IN&OUT) + 91.10.19
- 91.10.19 (1) / Roots: Salutes the Saxophone (IN&OUT)
- Roots: Salutes the Saxophone, Volume 1 (IN&OUT)
- Roots: Salutes the Saxophone, Volume 2 (IN&OUT)
- Roots [*possible* Soundboard Recording] Pulheim
- 91.10.19 (2) / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Hamburg
- 92.01.12 / Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra w/ Julius Hemphill and Sam Rivers: Flux (Northeastern / Popular Arts) + 92.01.13
- 92.01.13 / Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra w/ Julius Hemphill and Sam Rivers: Flux (Northeastern / Popular Arts)
- 92.03.24 / Roots: Salute to the Saxophone (VideoArts)
- Various Artists: Double Time Jazz Collection Volume 5 (Eagle Eye Media)
- 92.03.26 / Roots [Broadcast Video] Burghausen
- 92.04.01 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Karlsruhe
- 92.04.04 / Dave Holland Trio w/ Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] Utrecht
- 92.04.04 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Utrecht
- 92.06.25 / Roots [Audience Recording] NYC
- 92.07.01 / Roots [Broadcast Video & Audio Recordings] Lugano
- 92.07.10 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 92.07.17 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Berlin
- 92.07.24 / Roots [Audience Recording] Modena
- 92.11.00 / Longineu Parsons: Work Song (Longineu Music)
- Longineu Parsons: Spaced: Collected Works 1980 - 1999 (Longineu Music)
- 92.12.14 / Roots: Stablemates (IN&OUT) + 92.12.15
- 92.12.15 / Roots: Stablemates (IN&OUT)
- 93.04.09 / Barry Altschul Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording] Draguignan
- 93.04.14 / Scott Whitfield: To Be There (Amosaya Music)
- 93.05.01 / Roots [Audience Recording] Cardiff
- 93.05.00 (1) / Roots [Audience Recording] Essen
- 93.05.07 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Bern
- 93.05.00 (2) / Roots [Broadcast Video] Köln
- 93.05.08 (1) / Roots [Broadcast Recording / Video] Bern
- 93.05.08 (2) / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Bonn
- 93.05.20 / Roots [Audience Recording] Paris
- 93.05.21 / Roots [Audience Recording] Paris
- 93.09.27 / James Blood Ulmer Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording] unknown location
- 93.10.09 / James Blood Ulmer Quartet [Broadcast Recording / Broadcast Video] Leverkusen
- 93.10.27 / Roots [Audience Recording] Paris
- 93.11.10 / Barry Altschul Quartet [Audience Recording] Oakland
- 93.12.05 / Reggie Workman: Summit Conference (Postcards) + 93.12.06
- Various Artists: Arkadia Jazz Presents: Out and Out Jazz (Arkadia Jazz) + 95.04.27
- 93.12.06 (1) / Reggie Workman: Summit Conference (Postcards)
- 93.12.06 (2) / Music Revelation Ensemble: In the Name of... (DIW) + 93.12.07
- 93.12.07 / Music Revelation Ensemble: In the Name of... (DIW)
- 94.03.02 / Sam Rivers' RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] unknown locale
- 94.07.00 / Roots [Broadcast Recording] Eldena
- 94.11.00 / Sam Rivers Interview [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 94.12.21 / Bruce Ditmas: What If (Postcards) + 94.12.22
- 94.12.22 / Bruce Ditmas: What If (Postcards)
- 95.02.19 / Franklin Kiermyer: Kairos (Evidence) + 95.02.20; 95.02.21; 95.02.22
- 95.02.20 / Franklin Kiermyer: Kairos (Evidence)
- 95.02.21 / Franklin Kiermyer: Kairos (Evidence)
- 95.02.22 / Franklin Kiermyer: Kairos (Evidence)
- 95.03.25 / Thilo Wolf Big Band [Broadcast Video] Burghausen
- 95.04.05 / Improvisors Pool: Backgrounds for Improvisors featuring Sam Rivers & Alexander Von Schlippenbach (FMP)
- 95.04.27 / Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns (Postcards) + 95.04.28
- Various Artists: Arkadia Jazz Presents: Out and Out Jazz (Arkadia Jazz) + 93.12.05
- 95.04.28 / Reggie Workman: Cerebral Caverns (Postcards)
- 95.05.00 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Video Recording] Melbourne
- 95.06.10 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Melbourne
- 95.06.17 / Sam Rivers: Portrait (FMP) + 95.06.18
- 95.06.18 / Sam Rivers: Portrait (FMP)
- 95.07.08 / Sam Rivers: Concept (RivBea) + 96.02.10; 96.03.18; 96.04.23; 96.05.13
- 95.07.14 / Various Artists: Relaxing the Undertow (Put It On a Cracker)
- 95.08.02 / Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Audience Recording] Oakland
- 95.08.17 / Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Audience Recording] Oakland
- 95.11.04 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Melbourne
- 96.02.10 / Sam Rivers: Concept (RivBea) + 95.07.08; 96.03.18; 96.04.23; 96.05.13
- 96.03.01 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Florida
- 96.03.18 / Sam Rivers: Concept (RivBea) + 95.07.08; 96.02.10; 96.04.23; 96.05.13
- 96.03.21 / Sam Rivers: Configuration (Nato) + 96.03.22; 96.03.23; 96.03.24
- 96.03.22 / Sam Rivers: Configuration (Nato)
- 96.03.23 / Sam Rivers: Configuration (Nato)
- 96.03.24 / Sam Rivers: Configuration (Nato)
- 96.04.23 / Sam Rivers: Concept (RivBea) + 95.07.08; 96.02.10; 96.03.18; 96.05.13
- 96.05.13 / Sam Rivers: Concept (RivBea) + 95.07.08; 96.02.10; 96.03.18; 96.04.23
- 96.05.29 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 96.05.30 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 96.07.20 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Orlando
- 96.10.00 / Sam Rivers & Trudy Morse [Broadcast Recording] Orlando
- 96.11.14 / Julian Priester/Sam Rivers: Hints on Light and Shadow (Postcards) + 96.11.15
- 96.11.15 / Julian Priester/Sam Rivers: Hints on Light and Shadow (Postcards)
- 97.02.08 (1) / The Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble with special guest Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] Hanover
- 97.02.08 (2) / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Hanover
- 97.02.23 / Sam Rivers' RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
- 97.04.04 / Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording] Paris
- 97.04.20 / Sam Rivers' RivBea Orchestra + Quartet and Duo with Chick Corea [Audience Recording] Gainesville
- 97.06.29 / Reggie Workman Trio [RivBea Archival Recording] Tornio
- 97.07.27 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Washington, DC
- 97.08.16 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Oakland
- 97.08.17 / Sam Rivers & Julian Priester Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording & Audience Recording] Oakland
- 97.09.26 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 97.09.27 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] New York City
- 97.11.08 / Sam Rivers & Alexander Schlippenbach: Tangens (FMP) + 97.11.09
- 97.11.09 / Sam Rivers & Alexander Schlippenbach: Tangens (FMP)
- 97.11.22 / Sam Rivers Trio [Soundboard Recording] St. Petersburg
- 98.01.22 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Eight Day Journal (Nato) + 98.01.23; 98.01.24; 98.01.31
- 98.01.23 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Eight Day Journal (Nato)
- 98.01.24 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Eight Day Journal (Nato)
- 98.01.31 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Eight Day Journal (Nato)
- 98.02.22 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: Live on the Internet [Web Broadcast] Winter Park
- 98.03.27 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Gainesville
- 98.04.12 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 98.06.10 / Reggie Workman's Summit Conference [Broadcast & Audience Recording] NYC
- 98.07.02 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Vienne
- 98.09.00 / Various Artists: Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: 1999 Orlando Music Awards (Orlando Weekly)
- 98.09.23 / Sam Rivers Trio: [Audience Recording] NYC
- 98.09.26 / Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra: [Audience Recording] NYC
- 98.09.27 / Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra [Audience Recording] NYC
- 98.09.28 / Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra: Inspiration (BMG) + 98.09.29
- Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra: Culmination (BMG) + 98.09.29
- Various Artists: Jazziz On Disc, January 2000 Limited Edition (Jazziz Magazine + CD)
- 98.09.29 / Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra: Inspiration (BMG)
- Sam Rivers RivBea All-Star Orchestra: Culmination (BMG)
- 98.10.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
- 98.12.15 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Winter Garden (Nato) + 98.12.16; 98.12.17
- Music Planet: Vier Tage mit Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas [TV Video Production] France
- 98.12.16 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Winter Garden (Nato)
- 98.12.17 / Sam Rivers & Tony Hymas: Winter Garden (Nato)
- 99.03.26 / Julian Priester and Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] San Francisco
- 99.07.02 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Video] Vienne
- 99.07.03 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra featuring Hamiet Bluiett & Ray Anderson and Steve Coleman Double Band [Broadcast VIDEO] Paris
- 99.09.01 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: Aurora (RivBea Sound Company) + 99.09.02
- 99.09.02 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: Aurora (RivBea Sound Company)
- 99.09.03 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 99.09.04 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra featuring Hamiet Bluiett & Ray Anderson [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Chicago
- 99.11.20 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra / Orchestral Explorations for 30 Musicians [Broadcast Recording] Winter Park
- 00.06.24 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Warsaw
- 00.08.05 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Caramoor
- 00.04.16 / Sam Rivers & Anthony Cole Duo [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 00.05.07 (1) / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] New Orleans
- 00.11.04 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 01.03.16 / Jason Moran: Black Stars (Blue Note) + 01.03.17
- 01.03.17 / Jason Moran: Black Stars (Blue Note)
- 01.00.00 / Sam Rivers Trio: Firestorm (RivBea Sound Company)
- 01.03.22 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] NYC
- 01.03.23 / Sam Rivers Trio [WKCR Archival Recording & Audience Recording] NYC
- 01.03.24 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] New York City
- 01.03.25 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] New York City
- 01.03.26 / Sam Rivers SOLO & Trio [Audience Recording] Boston
- 01.04.16 / Various Artists: Visions / performances from the EMIT series (isospin labs)
- 01.06.06 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Orlando
- 01.07.04 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Orlando
- 01.07.21 / Longineu Parsons: Tribal Disorder (Longineau Music)
- 01.09.05 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording] Orlando
- 01.10.06 / Jason Moran and the Bandwagon [Audience Recording] Minneapolis
- 01.10.29 / Sam Rivers Trio [Television Broadcast Recording] Seixal
- 02.01.03 / Fluid Motion: Fluid Motion (isospin labs)
- 02.01.14 / Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Blues (Tzadik) + 02.01.15
- 02.01.15 / Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Blues (Tzadik)
- 02.04.04 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Austin
- 02.04.06 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Houston
- 02.07.14 / Jason Moran and the Bandwagon [Broadcast Recording] Netherlands
- 02.08.24 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Video Recording & Audience Recording] Orlando
- 02.00.00 / Junkie Rush: Junkie Rush II (Junkie Rush)
- 02.10.08 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 02.11.14 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 02.11.15 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 03.05.19 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Vicenza
- 03.05.24 / IMAGE: RivBea Orchestra in Orlando
- 03.07.11 / Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording] Den Haag
- 03.07.20 / Jason Moran Trio featuring Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording] Gent
- 03.07.22 / Nojo with Sam Rivers: City of Neighbourhoods (True North Records) + 03.07.23
- 03.07.23 / Nojo with Sam Rivers: City of Neighbourhoods (True North Records)
- 03.07.25 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Halifax
- 03.08.29 / Sam Rivers Trio + Steven Bernstein "play Diaspora Blues" [Broadcast & Audience Recording] Saalfelden
- 03.09.24 / Sam Rivers º Adam Rudolph º Harris Eisenstadt: Vista (Meta Records)
- 03.09.27 / Sam Rivers: Celebration (Posi-Tone Records) + 03.09.28
- 03.09.28 / Sam Rivers: Celebration (Posi-Tone Records)
- 03.11.20 / Sam Rivers Trio + Steven Bernstein "play Diaspora Blues" [Broadcast Recording] Lugano
- 03.11.25 / Sam Rivers Trio + Steven Bernstein "play Diaspora Blues" [Digital Soundboard Recording] Vienna
- 03.11.30 / Sam Rivers Trio + Steven Bernstein "play Diaspora Blues" [Soundboard Recording] Amsterdam
- 04.10.14 / Rivers º Street º Osgood º Carrott: Purple Violets (Stunt Records) + 04.10.15
- Rivers º Street º Osgood º: Violet Violets (Stunt Records) + 04.10.15
- 04.10.15 / Rivers º Street º Osgood º Carrott: Purple Violets (Stunt Records)
- Rivers º Street º Osgood º: Violet Violets (Stunt Records)
- 04.10.20 / Sam Rivers RivBea All-Stars Orchestra [Audience Recording] Orlando
- 04.11.13 / Sam Rivers Trio & RivBea Orchestra U.K. [Broadcast Recording] London
- 05.02.24 / Brian Groder [Rehearsal Recording and Video] Orlando
- 05.03.05 / Sam Rivers Trio + Steven Bernstein's Diaspora Blues [Audience Recording] Philadelphia
- 05.04.28 / Brian Groder: Torque (Latham) + 05.04.29
- 05.04.29 / Brian Groder: Torque (Latham)
- 05.05.13 / Sam Rivers and the Austrian Jazz All-Star Orchestra [Broadcast Recording] Diersbach
- 05.05.19 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Seattle
- 05.05.21 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] Tucson
- 05.06.14 / WARM [Audience Recording] NYC
- 05.06.18 / Sam Rivers Solo [Audience Recording] Chicago
- 05.06.25 / WARM [Broadcast & Audience Recordings] Terni
- 06.06.14 (1) / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording & Video] NYC
- 06.06.14 (2) / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording & Video] NYC
- 07.05.25 / Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording] NYC
- 08.09.12 / Sam Rivers Trio & the NEC Jazz Orchestra [Audience Recording] Boston
- 08.08.13 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
- 08.09.15 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
- 08.11.12 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
- 08.12.10 / Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording] Orlando
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50.02.22 • Serge Chaloff [Broadcast Recording]
February 22, 1950 / The Hi Hat, Verona, Italy- broadcaster title announcement [0:02]
- 1. Pennies From Heaven [4:10] (sound hiccups/cutouts from 2:38 through 3:20)
- club announcement [0:14]
- 2. Gabardine & Serge [1:44] (cuts off at ending, baritone solo over rhythm section only...)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
unidentified (trumpet)
unidentified (trombone)
two unidentified players (v)
two unidentified players (va)
unidentified (cello)
unidentified (piano)
unidentified (bass)
unidentified (drums)
Vladimir Simosko:
"...saw you noted under "confusing sources" about the "possible Hi-Hat broadcast" while Sam was in Serge's band in 1950. That info was via me direct from Sam when I was interviewing him about Serge a few years ago. As noted in my book "Serge Chaloff" (Scarecrow Press 1998), in 1950 Serge had a 12-piece group with the lineup of trumpet, trombone, tenor, bari, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, piano, bass, & drums. Serge's mother (Margaret) gave him $600.00 for special arrangements, which were mostly standards arranged by Nat Pierce, Sonny Truitt, & some others. They spent at least 6 weeks rehearsing and played 2 gigs (one at the Hi-Hat opposite Roy Eldridge, with a broadcast). The way Hi-Hat broadcasts have been turning up in recent years, perhaps it will turn up; sorry I never found the exact dates. There'd been rumors all along that there were recordings: some said rehearsal tapes, others a radio station recording for broadcast. Sam Rivers played tenor with that group; when I interviewed him about Serge and asked about that group, Sam said it was a very nice group & he was sorry there were no recordings, and mentioned that the Hi-Hat broadcast occurred but that he had no idea if it was preserved. Serge's booker said they were too sophisticated and wanted to book Serge with just a rhythm section, so Serge had to give up, and the charts went into a trunk...."
It's not clear that Rivers was on this date. The two tracks are limited to Chaloff solos, with no tenor audible. —RL
{Primary Source: CD-R; Rob Oudshoorn 05.06.05}
...returning to Boston in 1958 and joining Herb Pomeroy's band at the Stable. He continued to work with Pomeroy until 1962, in addition to gigging on his own. He recalls that as far back as 1959 he hired a brilliant 13-year-old drummer named Anthony Williams, for whom he rightly predicted a brilliant future. |
61.12.14 • Various Artists: Tadd Dameron: Blue Note Records Presents The Lost Sessions
Blue Note Connoisseur Series 7243 5 21484 2 4 (CD) 1999[This disc also includes tracks from sessions led by Charlie Rouse, Sonny Stitt, Herbie Hancock, Ike Quebec, and Fred Jackson.]
December 14, 1961 / Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- 1. The Elder Speaks (Rivers) [5:48]
- 2. Bevan Beeps (Dameron) [5:13]
- 3. Lament for the Living (Dameron) [4:06]
- 4. Aloof Spoof (Dameron) [6:22]
- The Blue Note Discography has two takes of each title, no indication on BN 21484 which have been issued:
- The Elder Speaks / tk 5
- The Elder Speaks / tk 7
- Bevan Beeps / tk 18
- Bevan Beeps / tk 19
- Lament for the Living / tk 22
- Lament for the Living / tk 29
- Aloof Spoof / tk 31
- Aloof Spoof / tk 34
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
Julius Watkins (french horn)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Cecil Payne (bar)
Tadd Dameron (piano, arrangement)
Paul Chambers (bass)
Philly Joe Jones (drums)
{Primary Source: Blue Note Connoisseur Series 7243 5 21484 2 4; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli}
63.00.00 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
WGBH-TV Broadcast; WKCR-FM Broadcast, "Sam Rivers Festival" 07.05.21
"probably" 1963, "Sunday afternoon..." / WGBH-TV, Boston
- announcement by host Randy Weston over 0:14 at start of track 1
- 1. H.I.T. (Galper) [6:52]
- 2. Beatrice (Rivers) [8:11]
- 3. Dance of the Tripedal (Rivers) [10:34] (incomplete, fades out)
- Interview with Hal Galper by WKCR's Ben Young on May 18, 2007 [25:38]
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute)
Hal Galper (piano)
"Lanky" Larry Richardson (bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; "unissued acetate in possession of Hal Galper," WKCR Radio Broadcast}
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On The Japan Tour dates :::There have been unsubstantiated claims of additional sessions with Rivers during the Japan tour, but no research to back these claims :::"This Japanese tour included six concerts with Sam Rivers at four cities. July 10, Nagoya / July 11, Osaka / July 12, Tokyo / July 13, Osaka / July 14, Tokyo / July 15, Kyoto. Three of these (July 13, 14 and 15) were recorded for radio broadcast. ...This information was acquired from the jazz magazine Swing Journal." [Tosiyuki Nomoto 02.05.00; 02.06.02] "Of course I have heard Miles Group 1964. (Nagoya) I have concert tour book and flyer of 'World Jazz Festival in Japan'." (See below.) [Kuniharu Itoh 02.06.10]
"I'm sorry but Miles only played three days—July 12, 14 and 15! have from Japanese friends the information that Miles only played at the... 3 concerts. Miles Davis seems to have arrived in Tokyo on July 9th, so why he shouldn't have played any of the others days mentioned I don't know..." [Jan Lohman, posting to Miles-list] "Although several Japanese concerts were booked, the Quintet apparently performed only three: Hibaya Yagai Ongaku-do Hall, Tokyo (July 12), Shinjuku Kohseinenkin Hall, Tokyo (July 14), and Maruyama Ongaku-do Hall, Kyoto (July 15)." [Dan Plosin's Miles Ahead Sessions on the Web.] "I asked Yasuki Nakayama (a noted music critic and once the chief editor of the 'Swing Journal') on this issue, and he says although the Miles group basically travelled and appeared together with 'A-group', not all bands were supposed to play every time anyway. Therefore, it's not a mystery that Miles didn't have to play on some venues. As far as I know, there are no rumors about Miles' cancelling his concerts in Japan, 1964. Also I guess Miles didn't go to Osaka (and possibly Nagoya) at all. Nagoya is something like Chicago—a big, but somewhat provincial city and is halfway between Kyoto/Osaka and Tokyo. And Osaka is pretty close to Kyoto but a hundred miles away from Tokyo, so Nagoya -> Osaka -> Tokyo -> Osaka -> Tokyo -> Kyoto sequence doesn't make much sense. I think the tour started in Nagoya, then some bands went to Osaka while others went to Tokyo and did two concerts each, and finally met in Kyoto. Miles might just have stayed in Tokyo and then went to Kyoto directly." [Masayuki Hatta 03.12.22] "I do remember performing in Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto..." [Sam Rivers 02.06.09] This would seem to tentatively place a small worm into the stew for either July 11 or July 13, but most probably NOT... I'm still working on it, not because I believe it, but, forgive me, because I wish there were more music to hear. —RL |
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64.07.12 • Miles Davis Quintet [Soundboard Recording]
Miles Davis (trumpet) Sam Rivers (tenor sax) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Tony Williams (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Jan Strom and Tosiyuki Nomoto; www.plosin.com/milesAhead} |
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64.07.13 • Miles Davis Quintet [Unissued, Nonexistent / Broadcast Recording]July 13, 1964 / Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan"The tape on the 13th has still slept in the warehouse of a broadcasting station. There is not a person whom heard." —Tosiyuki Nomoto/ Again: There is no evidence for this concert (64.07.13) having occurred at all. —RL {Primary Source: Tosiyuki Nomoto 02.06.05} Not in anyone's collection. |
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64.07.14 • Miles Davis Quintet: Miles in Tokyo {1}CBS Sony SOPL 162 (LP) 1964; SONX 60064-R (LP) JPN 1969; CBS Sony 25AP 762 (LP) 1977 JPN; CSCS 5146 (CD) JPN; Tristar 80873 (CD) 1994; Sony Mastersound SRCS 9112 (CD) 1996 JPN; Sony 65335 (CD) 1997
Miles Davis (trumpet) Sam Rivers (tenor sax) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Tony Williams (drums) {Primary Source: CSCS 5146; JD 12113/4} |
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64.07.15 • Miles Davis Quintet [Audience Recording]July 15, 1964 / Maruyama Ongaku do, Kyoto, Japan
Sam Rivers (tenor sax) Herbie Hancock (piano) Ron Carter (bass) Tony Williams (drums) {Primary Source: CD-R; www.plosin.com/milesAhead} |
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64.08.21 • Tony Williams: Life Time {1}
Blue Note BLP4180 (mono LP); BST 84180 (stereo LP) 1964; CDP 7-84180-2 (CD) 1987; BNS40018 (LP) UK; GXK-8026 (LP) Jpn; BNJ 71043 (LP) Jpn; CP9534 (CD) Jpn; RVG Edition 7243 4 99004 2 4 (CD) 1999- Maiden Voyage: Modern Mainstream No. 2 {2}
BN W-5513 (LP) Jpn - Various Artists: The Blue Note Years, Volume Five, The Avant Garde {3}
Blue Note 7243 4 96384 2 6 (2CD) 1998 / 1st Session: [See also 64.12.11] - Various Artists: The Blue Note Years, 60 Years 1939 / 1999 {4}
Blue Note 7243 4 96427 2 0 (14CD Boxed Set) 1998
- 1. Two Pieces of One: Red / mstr #1417 / tk 5 [10:36] {1}
- 2. Two Pieces of One: Green / mstr #1418 / tk 7 [8:03] {1}
- 3. Tomorrow Afternoon / mstr #1419 / tk 9 [5:30] {1,2,3,4}
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Richard Davis (bass-1,2) *
Gary Peacock (bass)
* The BN Discography has Davis on tracks 1 & 2. CDP 7 84180 2 erroneously lists Davis on track 3 only.
Three other tracks sans Rivers were recorded 64.08.24.
Tony Williams Interview:
Tony Williams: ...It was the first record that Blue Note had ever made of free, avant-garde music [Life Time]. I think they wanted me to make a record. I wanted to make a record, and by that time I guess, because I was so adamant about what I wanted to do, they were willing to take the chance.
John Ephland: You wanted to play free music, not the straightahead stuff?
TW: Yeah. I mean, what's been important to me is to show diversity in different things, and to show different colors of things. I mean, if I'm working with a band, it sounds one way; and then I'm recording with other people and it sounds another way, then why not—if I get the chance to do something of my own—do a third thing? That makes sense to me. That's logical because it gives me a chance to, number one, show that I can do that, and secondly, it brings a fresh sound to the ear of people who have heard me do the other two things.
JE: And it was consistent with some of the music you'd done before.
TW: Right, before that. And, you know, when I was in Boston, playin' with Sam, one of the things that really opened my ears was the first time I heard Ornette Coleman. That first record I heard—I think it was Change of the Century—was just unbelievable, the impact it made on me. This was about 1959, 1960.
JE: So it planted a seed?
TW: Yeah. That music was the way to go, for me, at that time.
["Tony Williams: Still The Rhythm Magician," Down Beat 89.05.01, Down Beat Magazine Archive]
{Primary Source: BST 84180; CDP 7-84180-2, RVG Edition 7243 4 99004 2 4; Blue Note 7243 4 96384 2 6}
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- 64.10.00 - Sam Rivers (reeds), Jimmy Stevenson (bass), Barry Altschul (drums), others? / The October Revolution, Cellar Cafe, New York City [Barry Altschul Interview, Sam Rivers Festival, WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974]
Altschul: "I met [Sam Rivers] at Jimmy Stevenson's house in 1964... rehearsing a band [for the October Revolution]" —Bill Dixon's four-day festival which led to the birth of The Jazz Composers' Guild and the Jazz Composers' Orvhestra.
64.11.12 • Larry Young: Into Somethin' {1}
Blue Note BLP4187 (mono LP); BST 84187 (stereo LP) 1965; K18P 9235 (LP) 1965 Jpn; TOCJ-4187 (CD) JAP; TOCJ-9196 24-BIT (CD) JAP; Connoisseur CD Series CDP 7243 8 21734 2 7 (CD) 1998; Blue Note 4187 Limited Edition HQ-vinyl Reissue (LP)- Larry Young: The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young {2}
Mosaic MD6-137 (CD) 1991; Mosaic MR9-137 (LP) 1991 - Larry Young: The Art of Larry Young {3}
Blue Note / Capitol CDP 0777 7 99177 2 3 (CD) 1992 - Various Artists: Have Guitar, Will Travel, featuring {4}
Blue Note BN-6067 (CD) - Grant Green: Retrospective 1961-1966 {5}
Blue Note 7243 5 40851 2 3 (4CD) 2002 - Various Artists: Blue Note's Six Vital Organs, Home of the Hammond {6}
Blue Note (Blue Notable Series Volume 12) BN 7243 8 53234 2 3 (CD) England
[Also includes tracks by Jimmy McGriff, John Patton, Jimmy Smith, Baby Face Willette, and Jack McDuff.] - Various Artists : BLUE NOTE Best 100 Vol.II {7} Blue Note TOCP-66272/3 (2CD) 2007 JAPAN; Blue Note RVG Edition 66383-TOCJ (2CD) 2007 Japan
- 1. Plaza De Toros (Green) / mstr #1464 / tk 3 [9:35] {1,2,5,6}
- 2. Tyrone (Young) / mstr #1465 / tk 5 [9:36] {1,2,3,5,7}
- 3. Backup (Young) / mstr #1466 / tk 9 [8:35] {1,2,4}
- 4. Paris Eye (Young) / mstr #1467 / tk 10 [6:38] {1,2}
- 5. Ritha [quartet version] (Young) / mstr #1468 / tk 22 [6:52] {1 * ,2}
Larry Young (organ)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Grant Green (guitar)
Elvin Jones (drums)
{Primary Source: MD6-137; CDP 7243 8 21734 2 7; BN 7243 8 53234 2 3}
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64.12.11 • Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song {1}
Blue Note BLP 4184 (mono LP) 1965; BST 84184 (stereo LP) 1965; BST 84184 (stereo LP) FR 1984; BN GXK8020 (LP) JAP; BN TOCJ-4184 (CD) JAP; BN 8704688 (CD) EUR; BNST 84184 (CD) JAP 1995; BN TOCJ-84184 (24 Bit RVG Ltd. Edition) (CD) JAP 2000; BN 90413 Connoisseur Series CD 2003- 40 Years of Jazz / History of Blue Note - Box 4 {2}
BN Liberty/EMI 1A158-83395/8 (4LP) 1983 NED - Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions {3}
Mosaic MD3-167 (3CD) 1996; Mosaic MQ5-167 (5LP) 1996 / 1st Session [See 65.05.21; 66.10.11; 67.03.17]
- Various Artists: The Blue Note Years, Volume Five, The Avant Garde {4}
Blue Note 7243 4 96384 2 6 (2CD) 1998 / 1st Session: [See also 64.08.21] - Various Artists: The Blue Note Years, 60 Years 1939 / 1999 {5}
Blue Note 7243 4 96427 2 0 (14CD Boxed Set) 1998 / 1st Session: [See also 64.08.21] - Various Artists: The Amazing Shoichi Yui, Volume 2 {6}
Toshiba EMI SPCD1607 (CD Sampler) 1998 JAP
[This promo sampler contains 43 tracks of excerpts from famed critic Shoichi Yui,
offered in two sections titled "The Golden Age of Modern Jazz" and "Jazz in Transition".]
- Various Artists: A Blue Conception {7}
EMI 6991124 (CD) 2001 UK - Various Artists: Jazzanova Blue Note Trip {8}
Blue Note 74461digipak (2CD) 2005 Netherlands - Various Artists: Blue Note Trip - Jazzanova Lookin' Back {8}
Blue Note BTE 30594 (2LP) 2005; Blue Note 74617 (2LP) 2005 Netherlands - Various Artists : BLUE NOTE Best 100 Vol.II {9}
Blue Note TOCP-66272/3 (2CD) 2007 JAPAN; Blue Note RVG Edition 66383-TOCJ (2CD) 2007 Japan
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- 1. Fuchsia Swing Song / mstr #1487 / tk 3 [6:00] {1,3,6}
- 2. Cyclic Episode / mstr #1488 / tk 6 [6:55] {1,3,7}
- 3. Luminous Monolith / mstr #1489 / tk 10 [6:28] {1,2,3,4,5,9}
- 4. Luminous Monolith / alt tk, tk 12 [6:36] {3}
- 5. Ellipsis / mstr #1490 / tk 15 [7:39] {1,3}
- 6. Downstairs Blues Upstairs / alt tk 1, tk 17 [8:06] {3}
- 7. Downstairs Blues Upstairs / alt tk 2, tk 18 [7:44] {3}
- 8. Downstairs Blues Upstairs / alt tk 3, tk 19 [7:46] {3}
- 9. Downstairs Blues Upstairs / mstr #1491 / tk 20 [5:31] {1,3}
- 10. Beatrice / mstr #1492 / tk 23 [6:10] {1,3,8}
Sam Rivers (tenor sax / Compositions)
Jaki Byard (piano)
Ron Carter (bass)
Tony Williams (drums)
{Primary Source: MD3-167; MQ5-167; Blue Note 96384; BN 90413; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli; random}
65.04.03 • Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue {1}
Blue Note BNLP 4198 (mono LP); BST 84198 (stereo LP) 1965; BLJ 84198 (LP) 1987; CDP 46537 (CD); BMG D112556 (CD) 1987; TOJC 4198 (CD) JAP 1995; RVG Edition 35586 (CD) 2002- Bobby Hutcherson: Spiral {2}
Blue Note Classic LT-996 (LP); LBR1029 (LP) England; BN GXK 8178 (LP) Jpn - Blue Note Sampler Vol.3 {3}
United Artists UALP21 - Bobby Hutcherson: The Best of the Blue Note Years {4}
Blue Note 31325 (CD) 2001 - Various Artists: A Blue Conception {5}
EMI 6991124 (CD) 2001 UK
- 1. Catta (Hill) / mstr #1556 / tk 3 [7:15] {1}
- 2. Jasper (Hill) / mstr #1557 / tk 11 [8:27] {1,2,3}
- 3. Idle While (Chambers) / mstr #1558 / tk 18 [6:35] {1}
- 4. Ghetto Lights (Hill) / mstr #1559 / tk 24 [6:12] {1,4}
- 5. Les Noirs Marchant (Hill) / mstr #1560 / tk 29 [6:35] {1,5}
- 6. Dialogue (Chambers) / mstr #1561 / tk 30 [9:58] {1}
Bobby Hutcherson (vibes, marimba-6)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1,2; soprano sax-4; bass clarinet-2,4,6; flute-3,5)
Andrew Hill (piano)
Richard Davis (bass)
Joe Chambers (drums)
{Primary Source: D112556; 7243 5 35586 2 8}
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65.04.09
65.04.10
65.04.11 - Jazz Composers Orchestra: Conflicting information exists regarding workshop performances/rehearsals held between April 9 and 11, 1965. Participation of Bob Zottola (t), Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax), Tony Williams (d) is uncertain, but mentioned by Ben Young in Dixonia p. 366. / Session on 65.04.10 released as Jazz Composers Orchestra: Communication, Fontana 661 011 ZY (LP); Recording personnel: Makanda Ken McIntyre (f, bass clarinet, alto sax), Perry Robinson (cl), Steve Lacy (soprano sax), Robin Kenyatta, Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Bob Carducci (tenor sax), Fred Pirtle (bar), Ray Codrington, Michael Mantler (t), Roswell Rudd (trombone), Paul Bley (piano), Kent Carter, Steve Swallow (bass), Barry Altschul (d), Carla Bley, Bill Dixon (con) / Contemporary Center, New York City [www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/McIntyre/mkm-disc.htm]
65.05.21 • Sam Rivers: Contours {1}
Blue Note BLP 4206 (mono LP) 1966; BST 84206 (stereo LP) 1966; BNJ-71044 (LP) JAP- Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions {2}
Mosaic MD3-167 (3CD) 1996; Mosaic MQ5-167 (5LP) 1996 / 2nd Session [See 64.12.11; 66.10.11; 67.03.17] - Various Artists: Out of the Blue: The Art of the Improvisers {3}
Blue Note CDP8-35414-2 (CD) 1995 England
[This disc also includes "Theme De YoYo" by Art Ensemble Of Chicago; "Old Gospel" by Jackie McLean; "Motystrophe" by Cecil Taylor; "Point Of Many Returns" by Sam Rivers; "Herzog" by Bobby Hutcherson; "Diddy Wah" by Andrew Hill; "Gazzelloni" by Eric Dolphy; "Majestic Soul" by Larry Young; and "We now interrupt for a commercial" by Ornette Coleman. Quite a nice mix, eh?] - Sam Rivers: Contours (Connoisseur 24-bit Remaster) {4}
EMI Blue Note 7243 4 73163 2 6 (CD) 2004
- 1. Point of Many Returns / mstr #1582 / tk 6 [9:18] {1,2,3,}
- 2. Dance of the Tripedal / mstr # 1583 / tk 10 [10:06] {1,2,}
- 3. Mellifluous Cacophony / mstr #1584 / tk 12 [8:57] {1,2,}
- 4. Euterpe / mstr # 1585 / tk 18 [11:42] {1,2,}
- 5. Mellifluous Cacophony / alt tk, tk 25 [9:00] {2,}
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-2,3,5, soprano sax-1, flute-4 / Compositions)
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet)
Herbie Hancock (piano)
Ron Carter (bass)
Joe Chambers (drums)
{Primary Source: MD3-167; MQ5-167; CDP8-35414-2; 7243 4 73163 2 6; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli}
- 65.05.23 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams / Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society, Madison Club, Baltimore, MD [Jeff Zeitz posting to MILES-LIST 98.01.10]
65.08.12 • Tony Williams: Spring {1}
Blue Note BLP 4216 (mono LP) 1965; BST 84216 (LP) 1965; BN 84216 (LP, Liberty Records, with BIEM mark) FR; KING GXK-8007 "Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150" (LP) JAP 1977; CDP 7 46135 2 (CD) 1987; EMI B000007WMF (CD) JAP 1998; TOCJ4216 (CD) 1998; EMI B000053SQL RVG Limited Edition (CD) 2000- Blue Bossa (1963-1965) {2}
K18P-9128 (LP) Jpn - Herbie Hancock: Blue Note {3}
EMI 4789372, (Musica Jazz CD) IT / Supplement to Musica Jazz Magazine, issue no.12, Dec. 1993
- 1. Extras / mstr # 1642 / tk 2 [8:07] {1}
- 2. Tee / mstr # 1643 / tk 4 [10:25] {1}
- 3. From Before / mstr # 1644 / tk 6 [6:50] {1,2,3}
- 4. Love Song / mstr # 1645 / tk 18 [8:22] {1}
Wayne Shorter (tenor sax-1,2,3)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Herbie Hancock (piano-3,4)
Gary Peacock (bass)
{Primary Source: CDP 7 46135 2; amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca, AMICUS No. 33954657}
- 66.00.00 - Andrew Hill Trio: Rivers, Joe Chambers / no venue or locale info [Musica Jazz June 1966 p.19, on-line index]
- 66.01.09 - Sam Rivers (no personell listed) / Club 4, Cambridge, MA [ebay poster]
66.03.07 • Sam Rivers: Involution {1}
Blue Note BN-LA453-H2 (2LP) 1975; BST 84492 (2LP) Ger;- Andrew Hill: The Complete Andrew Hill Blue Note Sessions (1963-1966)
Mosaic MD7-161 (CD) 1995; Mosaic MQ10-161 (LP) 1995 - Andrew Hill: Change
Blue Note Connoisseur Series 85190 (CD) 2007
"According to the Blue Note discography, 'Involution' was originally the title of the unissued Hill session. Catalogue number for this would have been BN BLP 4233, BLP indicating that [both] a mono and a stereo issue were planned." —G. Stolte
March 7, 1966 / Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- 1. Violence / mstr #1708 / tk 1 [11:04] {1}
- 2. Violence / alt tk, tk 3 [7:00]
- 3. Hope / mstr #1709 / tk 5 [7:15] {1}
- 4. Illusion / mstr #1710 / tk 7 [5:52] {1}
- 5. Desire / mstr #1712 / tk 16 [6:31] {1}
- 6. Desire / alt tk, tk 18 [8:30]
Andrew Hill (piano, harpsichord-1,2,3 under bass solos only, Compositions)
Walter Booker (bass)
J.C. Moses (drums)
{Primary Source: BN-LA453-H2; MD7-161; MD10-161}
66.07.02 • Bill Dixon [Audience Recording?]
July 2, 1966 / Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI- 1. Pomegranate Parts 1-6 (Dixon) [38:27]
Ken McIntyre (alto sax, bass clarinet)
"Louis Brown or Sam Rivers" (tenor sax)
"Alvin Silva or Bob Cunningham" (bass)
"Sunny Murray or Tom Price" (drums)
Judith Dunn (dance)
I got this recording on a reel tape many years ago (1980?)... The info with the tape was Dixon, McIntyre, Brown, Cunningham, Price—which I think is inaccurate especially re: bass and drummer. I checked the date in Burt Goldblatt's book (Newport Jazz Festival / Illustrated History), and there are mistakes there as well: on p.132 briefly describing the session, B.G. writes "...one very extended number called 'Pomegranate'. Aside from Ken McIntyre on bass clarinet and alto sax nothing much seemed to happen..." In the program documentation part [on] p.271 the lineup is Dixon, Rivers (tenor sax and bass clarinet), Silva, Murray—that is, missing McIntyre. —Lukas Lindenmaier 05.09.11
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 66.08.21 - CANCELLED gig / "Due to absence of ANDREW HILL, SAM RIVERS, RICHARD DAVIS, JOE CHAMBERS" / Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society, Madison Club, Baltimore, MD [home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html]
66.10.11 • Sam Rivers: A New Conception {1}
Blue Note BLP 4249 (mono LP); BST 84249 (stereo LP)Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions {2}
Mosaic MD3-167 (3CD) 1996; Mosaic MQ5-167 (5LP) 1996
3rd Session [See 64.12.11; 65.05.21; 67.03.17]- AFRTS Basic Musical Library, P Series {3}
Shelf no.LPA 23967, 1 sound disc: 33-1/3 rpm, stereo 12-inch microgroove
AFRTS P-10644 (LP) 1968
Genre(s) Popular music - 1961-1970
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
- 1. I'll Never Smile Again (Ruth Lowe) / mstr #1783 / tk 5 [5:55] {1,2,3}
- The Touch of Your Lips [UNISSUED]
- 2. That's All (Haymes, Brandt) / mstr #1784 / tk 17 [5:37] {1,2}
- 3. When I Fall In Love (Heyman, Young) / mstr #1785 / tk 18 [5:48] {1,2,3}
- 4. What a Difference a Day Makes (Grever, Adams) / mstr #1786 / tk 21 [6:17] {1,2}
- 5. Detour Ahead (Ellis, Carter, Frigo) / mstr #1787 / tk 23 [5:08] {1,2}
- 6. Temptation (Brown, Freed) / mstr #1788 / tk 24 [7:36] {1,2}
- 7. Secret Love (Fain, Webster) / mstr #1789 / tk 25 [7:31] {1,2,3}
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1,4,5,6,7; soprano sax-1,3,5,6,7; flute-6,7,8)
Hal Galper (piano)
Herbie Lewis (bass)
Steve Ellington (drums) / AFRTS P-10644 has "Ellinton".
{Primary Source: MD3-167; MQ5-167; Library of Congress Database}
- 66.10.23 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (tenor sax), Hal Galper (piano), Herb Lewis (bass), Steve Ellington (drums) / Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society, Madison Club, Baltimore, MD [home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html]
67.02.10 • Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select #16
Mosaic Records Mosaic Select #16 MS-016 (Blue Note Sessions) (3CD) 20051st Session: [See also 67.10.31]
February 10, 1967 / Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- 1. Prevue / mstr #1834 / tk 2 [6:14]
- 2. Yomo / mstr #1835 / tk 5 [10:02]
- 3. I / mstr #1836 / tk 8 [7:30]
- 4. Awake / mstr #1837 / tk 9 [7:05]
- 5. Now / mstr #1838 / tk 11 [4:40]
Robin Kenyatta (alto sax)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-2,3,4,5; flute-3; soprano sax-1)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Teddy Robinson (drums)
Nadi Qamar, aka Spaulding Givens (thumb piano-2; African drum-2,3; percussion-1,5)
{Primary Source: Mosaic Select #16 MS-016; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli}
67.02.20 • Nat Jones Quintet [Rehearsal Tape]
February 20, 1967 / Live At 9 Great Jones Street, New York City- Afternoon session:
- 1. Peyote / take 1
- 2. Peyote / take 2
- 3. The Night Song / take 1
- 4. The Night Song / take 2
- 5. The Night Song / take 3
- 6. The Night Song / take 4
- 7. The Night Song / take 5
- 8. The Night Song / take 6
- 9. The Night Song / take 7
- Evening session:
- 10. Complicity / take 1
- 11. Complicity / take 2
- 12. Complicity / take 3
- 13. Complicity / take 4
- 14. Complicity / take 5
- 15. You Had Better Listen / take 1
- 16. You Had Better Listen / take 2
- 17. You Had Better Listen / take 3
- 18. You Had Better Listen / take 4
- 19. The Night We Called It a Day / take 1
- 20. The Night We Called It a Day / take 2
- 21. The Night We Called It a Day / take 3
- 22. The Night We Called It a Day / take 4
- 23. The Night We Called It a Day / take 5
- 24. Torati Road / take 1
- 25. Torati Road / take 2
- 26. All For You / take 1
- 27. All For You / take 2
Nat Jones (piano)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Bennie Maupin (reeds)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Sonny Brown (drums)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
67.03.17 • Sam Rivers: Involution
Blue Note BN-LA453-H2 (2LP) 1975; BN 784261-2 (CD) EUR- Sam Rivers Sextet: Dimensions and Extensions
Blue Note BST 84261 (LP) 1986; 4BN 84261 (CS) 1986; CDP 7 84261 2 7 (CD) 1995; Blue Note RVG Edition 50999 2 15364 2 7 (CD) 2008 - Sam Rivers: The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions
Mosaic MD3-167 (1996) (3CD); Mosaic MQ5-167 (1996) (5LP) / 4th Session [See 64.12.11; 65.05.21; 66.10.11]
March 17, 1967 / Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- 1. Paean / mstr #1858 / tk 10 [5:21]
- 2. Precis / mstr #1859 / tk 20 [5:18]
- 3. Helix / mstr #1860 / tk 25 [5:29]
- 4. Effusive Melange / mstr #1861 / tk 32 [5:47]
- 5. Involution / mstr #1862 / tk 33 [7:10]
- 6. Afflatus / mstr #1863 / tk 34 [6:25]
James Spaulding (alto sax, flute)
Donald Byrd (trumpet)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: BN-LA453-H2; MD3-167; MQ5-167; 4BN 84261; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli}
67.10.31 • Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select #16
Mosaic Records Mosaic Select #16 MS-016 (Blue Note Sessions) (3CD) 20052nd Session: [See also 67.02.10]
October, 31 1967 / Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
- 1. Oriba (first version) / #1977 / tk 3 [05:38]
- 2. Mother's Tale / #1978 / tk 7 [09:27]
- 3. Enamorado / #1979 / tk 14 [06:07]
- 4. For Blue People Only / #1980 / tk 15 [09:34]
- 5. Oriba (second version) / #1981 / tk 20 [06:12]
Andrew Hill (piano)
Woody Shaw (trumpet)
Robin Kenyatta (alto sax)
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-2,3, tenor sax-1,2,4,5)
Howard Johnson (baritone horn-4, tuba-1,2,3,5)
Herbie Lewis (bass)
Teddy Robinson (drums)
{Primary Source: Mosaic Select #16 MS-016; Blue Note Discography, Cuscuna & Ruppli}
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68.00.00 (1) • Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra [Audience Recording]
Date ?, 1968 / unknown venue, New York City- 1. Large Orchestra Piece 1 [29:00]
- 2. V + VI rehearsal reel [17:50]
- 3. "XP" [18:00]
- 4. "XY" [17:20]
Leo Jones, Jacques Coursil (trumpet)
Clifford Thornton (cornet)
Richard Dunbar (french horn)
Sam Burtis, Wesley Whittaker (trombone)
John Buckingham (tuba)
Dave Chamberlain (flute, soprano sax)
Marzette Watts (bass clarinet)
Sonny Simmons (eng horn)
Monty Waters (bass-natural soprano sax)
Leopanar Witlarge (alto sax)
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax)
Arthur Doyle (tenor sax)
Sonny Clark (bar)
Warren Chiasson (vibes)
Susan Elrauch (mezzo-soprano voice)
{Primary Source: info via Dixonia, a Bio-Discography by Ben Young.} Not in my collection.
68.00.00 (2) • Bill Dixon University of the Streets Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
unknown date, 1968 / unknown venue, New York City- 1. unknown title [43:02]
- (possibly "Intents and Purposes," mentioned in interview)
- Dixon interview segment [3:12] (incomplete, cuts in, then out at end)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
others, possibly as in 68.00.00 (1) above.
{Primary Source: CD-R}
69.01.11 • Don Ayler Sextet with Albert Ayler: Albert Ayler—Holy Ghost
Revenant Records (9CD "Spirit Box")January 11, 1969 / venue?, New York City
- 1. Prophet John [ : ]
- 2. Judge Ye Not [ : ]
- [46:18]
Albert Ayler (reeds)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Richard Johnson (piano)
Richard Davis, Ibrahim Wahen (bass)
Muhammad Ali (drums)
"...Disc 7 plunges into murky lo-fi with two live sessions, one from New York Town Hall (January 11th 1969) featuring a sextet led by Don Ayler and featuring his brother along with Sam Rivers on tenor, Richard Johnson on piano, Richard Davis and Ibrahim Wahen on basses, and Muhammad Ali on drums. At least so it says here... both Aylers are recognisable, but the rest of the band comes across as nothing more than an apocalyptic angry blur. The recording is of historical interest, as it documents Ayler's last appearance with his brother..." —uncredited quote from an on-line review.
{Primary Source: Spirit Box}
- 69.00.00 - "Following the Free Music Meeting [Alan] Silva went to Paris and stayed for several months, playing with Sunny Murray, Bernard Vitet, François Tusques and Michel Portal, before returning to New York in early 1969. The first incarnation of his mythic big band, The Celestrial Communication Orchestra (CCO), rehearsed in a loft on 14th Street (featuring horn players Sam Rivers, Marzette Watts, Frank Lowe, Perry Robinson, and drummers Barry Altschul and Lawrence Cook), though Silva considers his first real orchestral piece to be ‘Solestrial,’ on the ESP-Disk record Skillfullness, on which he conducted." [WIRE #228 February 2003 p.40]
Sam Rivers with the Cecil Taylor Quartet |
"Cecil Taylor Unit will be available to the entire campus for discussion, etc..." / Cecil Taylor Previewed: Uncompromising Artist Presents New Jazz, By Gary Giddins (article quoted in 69.02.08 session entry below) [Grinnell College Scarlet and Black, Vol.LXXVI Friday, February 7, 1969] |
69.02.08 • Cecil Taylor Unit [RivBea Archival Recording & Broadcast Recordings]
Cecil Taylor (piano) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute) Andrew Cyrille (drums) {Primary Source: RivBea 2CD-R, Reel 16; 3CD-R Broadcast; info via Library of Congress Database; Andrew Galloway 02.11.28} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available. "I received photo copies of the articles from the student newspaper The Scarlet and Black, describing Cecil Taylor's performance at Grinnell. Apparently, it was quite controversial (SURPRISE!!!)..." —Andrew Galloway 02.11.28, posting to Cecil Taylor Research List.
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CECIL TAYLOR TOUR continues with session 69.07.28. |
- 69.04.06 - Sam Rivers' Orchestral Explorations / 5:00 to 9:00pm, Slug's, New York City [New York Magazine April 28, 1969 p.15]
- 69.04.13 - Sam Rivers' Orchestral Explorations / 5:00 to 9:00pm, Slug's, New York City [ibid]
- 69.04.20 - Sam Rivers' Orchestral Explorations / 5:00 to 9:00pm, Slug's, New York City [ibid]
- 69.04.27 - Sam Rivers' Orchestral Explorations / 5:00 to 9:00pm, Slug's, New York City [ibid]
69.07.28 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Audience Recording]July 28, 1969 / St. Paul de Vence, France
"There was one concert on 69-0728 afternoon/evening plus another one the next day/afternoon/evening. The recordings as on Shandar/Prestige are from 69-0729. The first concert is known from a private audience recording only, so far, and the music is very different from ‘Second Act Of A’". —H. Lukas Lindenmaier 05.01.03 Cecil Taylor (piano, voice, composition) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax, voice) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, voice) Andrew Cyrille (drums, perc, voice) {Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography; info via V. Simosko.} |
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69.07.29 • Cecil Taylor: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Vols. 1-3Shandar SR 10.011 (3LP) FR; SR 83 507 (Vol.1), SR 83 508 (Vol.1), SR 83 509 (Vol.1)
"...recorded in St. Paul de Vence which is about 30-40 km northwest of Nice in southern France, i.e. nowhere near Paris! ...an old error (started by Prestige.)" —Graham L. Rogers Side 6 is an encore, as "it was apparently a complete piece in itself." —Vladimir Simosko Jazz: America's Classical Music, a book by Grover Sales, has the title of the above piece as "Second Art of A." —Sales indicates he took this title from an LP release. Cecil Taylor (piano, voice-4, Composition) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax) Andrew Cyrille (drums) "...met Miró at the Fondation Maeght in 1969. [Miró] gave each member of Taylor's group at that time... an original lithograph (‘Same design but different colours for each,’ says Taylor) and he left it in his will that the pianist should be the first to play at the [Miró Museum on the island of Majorca] when it was conmpleted." [WIRE #124 June 1994 p.23] )
Cecil Taylor Quartet at Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence.Photo courtesy Sam Rivers. [Click image to enlarge view]{Primary Source: P-34003; Jazz Records - The Specialist Labels, compiled by Ralph Laing and Chris Sheridan. Published in two volumes by Jazz Media APS, Denmark, 1981.} | ||
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CECIL TAYLOR TOUR continues with session 69.10.00. |
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69.08.00 • Jimi Hendrix with Sam Rivers [POSSIBLE Audience Recordings]
August, 1969 / Woodstock, NYJeff Evangelista, Jimi Hendrix researcher/archivist, correspondence 02.04.18 and 02.05.26:
"Sam has mentioned in interviews that Alan Douglas set up a jam with him and Jimi at the Woodstock retreat house (Jimi's rented house), and they had a play. Your session dates helped tremendously because I think I have narrowed the time-frame down to August 1969. From your notes, it looks like Sam was in Europe (Poland etc.) for most of the autumn of 1969. And he played in France with Cecil Taylor in late July. Jimi [was in] Morocco... July 30 through Aug, ...and was at the retreat for most of August. Of course Woodstock was held Aug 18.
...Anything that might rule out this time-frame? Do you know anything more about this supposed jam between the two musicians? ...We do have quite a bit of tapes from this ‘Woodstock rehearsal’ period, but nothing I can identify with Sam. Jimi was definitely experimenting with playing with Free Jazz'ers at this time though, as we can hear from the house tapes and tapes recorded at the Tinker Street Cinema with Earl Cross on trumpet.
The Sam Rivers episode though is one mystery that needs to be solved. it would be wonderful to get a sense... about what they might have played together, personnel, ...etc. If tapes existed..."
Steve Lafayette, correspondence 09.03.21
"I've been researching this ever since I spoke with one of the session players, Stafford James (celloist). He said that others players were Jumma Santos, Billy Cox, Mike Ephron and maybe Jerry Velez. It was Fall time at Jimi's Woodstock house on a farm. He doesn't recall anyone taping it, but said it was like one long continous jam for four hours. Sorry I don't have anything more concrete, wish I did... Stafford also mentioned it was probably in August of '70, as he recalls Jimi died a month after their jam. Somebody needs to get on the horn to these other sessions players about this gig quick before all memory fails."
This latest throws the year off... I do have a reference for "Juma (congas)," most likely Jumma Santos, in a session with Rivers and the Harlem Ensemble in '71 (Down Beat October 28 1971 p.33, review by Bill Cole). Then again, we could be casting line in a lifeless pond... —RL
If anyone has any info to add to this, please contact Rick Lopez and/or Jeff Evangelista.
{Primary Source: Jeff Evangelista 02.04.18 and 02.05.26; Steve Lafayette 09.03.21} Not in my collection.
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69.10.26 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Audience Recording]October 26, 1969 / Teatro Lyrico, Milan, Italy
* The LP excerpts from 69.11.09 "are also on a tape from 69.10.26 but most sources place the LP as a recording from De Doelen." —Jan Ström Cecil Taylor (piano) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute) Andrew Cyrille (drums) {Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.} |
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69.11.02 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recording]
November 2, 1969 / Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England
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69.11.03 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording]November 3, 1969 / Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
—H. Lukas Lindenmaier to CTResearch-List 03.09.23 Cecil Taylor (piano, Composition) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax) Andrew Cyrille (drums) {Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.} |
69.11.04 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording]November 4, 1969 / Tivoli, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax) Andrew Cyrille (drums) {Primary Source: CD-R; info via Heinrich Smejkal} |
69.11.05 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast & Audience Recordings]
November 5, 1969 / Newport Jazz Festival, Folkets Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
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69.11.06 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
November 6, 1969 / Berlin Jazztage 1969, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany |
69.11.09 • Cecil Taylor Quartet: Cecil Taylor Quartet in Europe
Jazz Connoisseur JC 111 (LP) IT
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69.11.10 • Cecil Taylor Quartet [Broadcast Recording]November 10, 1969 / Liederhalle, Mozartsaal, Stuttgart, Germany
Cecil Taylor (piano) Jimmy Lyons (alto sax) Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute) Andrew Cyrille (drums) {Primary Source: CD-R; Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.} |
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69.11.11 / Berlin - See 69.11.06 |
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69.11.30 / Berlin - See 69.11.06 "the 69.11.30 date possibly was the broadcasting date for the 69.11.06 recording" —H. Lukas Lindenmaier to CTResearch-List 03.09.23 |
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- 70.01.13-18 - Cecil Taylor Quartet: Cecil Taylor (piano), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Andrew Cyrille (drums) / Slug's, New York City / (Unknown titles) [Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.]
- 70.02.00 - Cecil Taylor Quartet: Cecil Taylor (piano), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Andrew Cyrille (drums) / East 3rd Street Club, New York City / (unknown titles) [Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.]
70.00.00 • Various Artists: New American Music, Volume 1
New York Section, Composers of the 1970's
Smithsonian Folkways Records Stereo FTS 33901 (LP) 1975; F-33901 (CD & CS) 1992"Early 1970" (?) / unknown venue and place
- 1. Shadows [11:00] "for tenor sax, flute, soprano sax, and synthesizer."
Liner notes and Rivers' composer's statement for this disc.
{Primary Source: FTS 33901; F-33901; date via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3966]; personnel info via Mr. Sam Rivers}
- 71.00.00 (1) - McCoy Tyner Quintet: Sam Rivers, Charles Tolliver, Eric Gravatt / upcoming "in concert at Slug's," New York City [Musica Jazz January 1971 p.26, on-line index] "There were several great [Tyner] lineups in the '70s that never recorded, perhaps most notably an early '70s incarnation with Charles Tolliver, Sam Rivers and Eric Gravatt." [Mark Rappaport posting to Miles-list 01.31.00]
On the P.S. 92 Recordings...Rivers moved to New York City and opened his studio in Harlem in early 1970, and was there until moving to Bond Street (Studio RivBEA) in June of '72. P.S. 92 is located at 22 W 134th Street in East Harlem, and if we assume that it wasn't until the RivBEA days that there was enough of a facility available to rehearse any large ensembles, the P.S. 92 option during this time makes sense. The Harlem Ensemble Recording of 71.01.17 also suggests this. |
71.00.00 (2) • Sam Rivers' RivBEA Orchestra [RivBea Archival Recording]
unknown date, probably 1971 or early 1972 / Rehearsal, P.S. 92, New York City- RivBea Archive / Reel 15
- 1. unknown composition
- 2. unknown composition
- This is a recording of a rehearsal of orchestral compositions.
Sam Rivers (reeds)
unknown personnel...
{Primary Source: Joe Washek; Reel 15} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
71.01.17 • Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble [RivBea Archival Recording]
January 17, 1971 / P.S. 92, New York City- RivBea Archive / Reel 12
- 1. improvisation [30:00]
Tracking the first part of the rehearsal was very difficult due to the frequent breakdowns after short bits of music. I opted to track in no less than 4 or 5 minute increments." —Joe Washek 09.03.29
Sam Rivers (reeds)
others...
{Primary Source: Joe Washek; Reel 12} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
71.02.13 • Sam Rivers: Hues
Impulse! ASD-9302 (LP) 1975; IMP8007 (LP); YQ-8505AI (LP) JAP1st Session: [See also 71.02.14; 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10]
- Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
Recorded by Sam Rivers and Larry Villella.
- Hues LP:
- 1. Amber [4:26]
- 2. Turquoise [4:01]
- 3. Rose [5:13]
- RivBea Archive / Tape Reels 53, 54, and 55
- 1. improvisation [63:26]
- (soprano sax section—13:12 / b+dr—2:31)
- (fl section—18:19)
- (p section—13:21 / b+dr—1:59)
- (tenor sax section—13:49)
"This LP is made up of selections from various Sam Rivers performances, some recorded by Impulse! and some from Rivers' own tapes... (titles are... given to sections of live performance after the fact, for LP purposes.)" —Impulse! session producer Ed Michel
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1, flute-2, piano-3, Compositions)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Norman Connors (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Impulse! ASD 9302; RivBea CD-R, Reels 53/54/55; Producer Ed Michel; alternate LP issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3972].} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
71.02.14 • Sam Rivers: Hues
Impulse! ASD-9302 (LP) 1975; IMP8007 (LP); YQ-8505AI (LP) JAPRecorded by Sam Rivers and Larry Villella / a RivBea Archive Recording.
2nd Session: [See also 71.02.13; 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10]
February 14, 1971 / The Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA
- 1. Chartreuse [3:17]
Impulse! session producer Ed Michel:
"My work notes on these tapes indicate recorded sets for February 14 as:
- 1. first set afternoon 58:00
- 2. first set evening 48:00
- 3. second set evening 55:45
- 4. ‘reel A’ undated 57:2x
- 5. undated Live at The Workshop 47:00 + announcement
- 6. reel ‘Conceptualism’ 51:20 (See:71.02.21 below)
- 7. ‘Box B’ undated, probably same 39:00
- 8. ‘Box C’ undated, probably same, with sitters-in John Neve (piano), ‘Gordon?’ (drums), unknown (alto sax, clarinet), unknown (soprano sax) 55:00
- ‘Box D’ 42:20."
Another source has "Rivers Trio" (personnel as below, w/ Rivers on soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, piano) "Private Recording, Jazz Workshop Boston, approx. 1971, one continuous set, 50:00"
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, Composition)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Norman Connors (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Impulse! ASD 9302; Producer Ed Michel; alternate LP issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3972].}
71.02.21 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February 21, 1971 / The Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA- 1. Conceptualism [53:00]
Cecil McBee (bass)
Norman Connors (drums)
{Primary Source: confidential} Not in my collection.
- 71.03.29
71.03.30
71.03.31 - "Impulses: A concert of improvisation conceived and directed by Margaret Beals, with Sheila Jordan, Joel Press, Sam Rivers, Gwendolyn Watson, and Bill Wood." / 8:00pm, Cubiculo, New York City [New York Magazine March 29, 1971 p.19]
71.04.08 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 8, 1971 / The Muse, Brooklyn, NY- 1. unknown title [48:00]
Hakim Jami (bass)
Clifford Jarvis (drums)
{Primary Source: confidential} Not in my collection.
- 71.05.13 - Cecil Taylor Ensemble: The Mendota Players: Cecil Taylor (piano), Jimmy Lyons (alto sax), Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute), Andrew Cyrille (drums), Steve Levi (trumpet), Karyl Wolfe (trumpet), Craig Putrumpetura, Herman Milligan, Douglas Harris, Bob Kaufman, Bob Zankel, Tom Lachmund, David Birkin (reeds), Karen Borca (bassoon), Carla Poole (fl), Sam Lobel (cl), Estelle Katz (cl), Jeff Crespi (bass), Clifford Sykes (tympani), Ken Miller (dance) / Hunter College, New York City / (Unknown titles) [Jan Ström's Jimmy Lyons Sessionography.]
71.06.03 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording & RivBea Archival Recording]
June 3, 1971 / The Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA- RivBea Archive / Reel 8
- 1. "with one reel... [31:50] + announcements"
- 2. "another... [46:0x]"
—Impulse! session producer Ed Michel.
"This tape is in a Scotch 206 box. It is a ten-inch reel recorded at 7.5 ips, 2-track. On the back is written, 'Sam Rivers-Sat. Night June 3, 1971 Set 1 7.5 ips 2 track stereo.' Beneath is written in what appears to be different handwriting, '31:50 Tenor, Flute, Piano (bass off mike), McBee, Connors probably Workshop, Boston.' This is apparently the master tape of a recording of the first set on a different night from the performance excerpted on Hues.†
Unlike the other recordings from the Jazz Workshop in the archive, this one does not show any evidence of splicing or editing, leading me to believe that it was never considered for issue on Impulse!. This is the complete set and does not contain a soprano sax section. Having been in the Jazz Workshop many times and heard many more recordings from it, the ambiant sound of this recording leaves little doubt in my mind that it was recorded there." —Joe Washek, March 2009
Another source has "Rivers Trio, Private Recording, Jazz Workshop Boston, June 3, 1971, one continuous set, 48:00"
† RL: The other Boston Jazz Workshop gigs were on 71.02.13, 71.02.14 (both excerpted on Hues) and 72.02.21 (a probable Audience Recording).
Sam Rivers (flute, tenor sax, piano)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Norman Connors (drums)
{Primary Source: Joe Washek 09.03.29; E. Michel} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
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71.00.00 (3) - Sam Rivers: Visiting Artist, World Music Program, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT [Downbeat August 19, 1971 p.11]
- 71.00.00 (4) - Sam Rivers and the Harlem Ensemble: Joe Gardner, Olu Dara, Ted Daniels, and Don Mcintosh (trumpet), Grachan Moncur, Dick Griffin, David Haroom, and Jack Jeffers (trombones), Ed Perry (french horn), Bill Davis (tuba), Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano), Paul Jeffries (cl), Harvey Lesene (soprano sax), Rene McLean and Carlos Ward (alto sax), Roland Alexander and Dave Young (tenor sax), Kenny Rodgers (bar), Fred Kelly (flute), Hakim Jami (bass), Warren Smith and Wilson Moorman (drums), Juma (congas) / Wesleyan University Chapel, Middletown, CT
[Down Beat October 28 1971 p.33, review by Bill Cole:]
"...this concert was in jeopardy because of non-communication and general uncooperativeness by those representng the University. The money for the concert had not been secured until the Tuesday before the Saturday concert, which for Wesleyan is unusual. A request by Rivers for advance money to pay for the bus was denied. In fact, he wasn't notified about the money until Thursday, when he took the initiative to call to see what was happening. Food was supplied for the band when they arrived but they had to eat in one of the dormitory lounges, most of them sitting on the floor. When they arrived the chapel was completely closed, the piano was locked, no music stands were on the stage (which was entirely too small for a 25-piece band), and none of the amplifying equipment had been set up.
In other words, none of the courtesies afforded any other music performers on the campus were available to this band. But Rivers was determined to have his new work premiered.
The piece is called Shades. It was introduced by a procession of the musicians entering the chapel ringing bells and playing an assortment of percussion instruments. Rivers was the last to enter. Bedecked in a long, elegant white robe with black trim, he resembled a soothsayer... When percussionists Moorman, Smith, and Jami readied themselves and began playing, Rivers emotionally recited a poem by Yusef Rahman, All Praise to Allah, while the other musicians moved onto the crowded platform. ...Rivers picked up his tenor and the musical extravaganza began. The material seemed to be in four parts... about 90 percent of the music was improvisation with Rivers juxtaposing his lines against the full band, then a section, then another individual player, and then the percussion. The energy level... was incredibly high and it was sustained for the hour and 45 minutes it lasted... The stage area was so small that every time someone would move, music parts would fall off the stands and microphones would be hit... ...at the end I was exhilarated. And I wasn't the only one, the whole chapel seemed to burst at the seams, as if it hadn't heard anything like that in its entire history..."
72.05.00 • Bill Evans & George Russell Orchestra: Living Time
CBS Columbia KC 31490 (LP) 1972; Columbia CG33672 (2LP); Sony SRCS 7134 (CD) Jpn; Sony SRCS 9357 (CD) Jpn; CBS/Sony 25DP 5306 (CD) JpnMay, 1972 / Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York City
- 1. Living Time - Event I [3:50]
- 2. Event II [8:23]
- 3. Event III [2:49]
- 4. Event IV [5:31]
- 5. Event V [11:54]
- 6. Event VI [4:15]
- 7. Event VII [2:09]
- 8. Event VIII [5:41]
Carl Atkins (assistant conductor)
Jimmy Giuffre, Joe Henderson (reeds)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, oboe)
Snooky Young, Ernie Royal, Richard Williams (trumpet, flgl)
Stanton Davis (trumpet)
Dave Bargeron (trombone; tu)
Dave Baker, Garnett Brown (trombone)
John Clarke (french horn)
Sam Brown (guitar)
Bill Evans (piano, electric piano)
Ted Saunders (electric piano, clarinet)
Webster Lewis (org; electric piano)
Ron Carter (bass-5,7)
Stanley Clarke (electric bass -1,3)
Herb Bushler (electric bass -4,6,8)
Eddie Gomez (bass)
Tony Williams, Marty Morell (drums)
Mark Belair (percussion)
{Primary Source: KC 31490}
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- 72.06.00 - Sam Rivers opens Studio RivBea at 24 Bond Street in Soho, NYC / "...in a Soho building owned by Robert De Niro's mother, with artist Robert Mapplethorpe for an upstairs neighbor..."
"I felt the mid-70s music scene in NYC was amazing. Somebody interesting was playing almost every night; certainly every weekend. RivBea was one of the best places to go—great music from 10PM-4AM, for $3.00!" [Peter Katz posting to Miles-list 95.07.29]
"I used to see Sam Rivers play in his basement studio, Studio RivBea (Bea was his wife) here in NYC in the 'loft' years (1970s). You'd pass through his living room and go downstairs to the performance space..." [Greg Masters posting to Miles-list 96.09.19]
72.06.27 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM Broadcast, NYC
June 27, 1972 (also noted as 28th, probably Broadcast date.) / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City
- 1. Statement of 3 Restless Musicians [40:14] (split track at 30:23, fades out and back in)
- (tenor sax section—11:02)
- (b solo—2:44)
- (fl section—8:08)
- (b solo—2:44)
- (p section—6:05)
- (dr solo—0:45)
- (soprano sax section—9:01)
- WKCR announcement [0:44]
Hakim Jami (bass)
Wilson Moorman (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Andrew Galloway; anonymous 06.01.01; Patrick Clare 07.02.07}
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One of the first schedules from Studio RivBea and Studio We. —from Ed Hazell 09.06.14 |
- 72.06.30
72.07.01
72.07.02
72.07.03
72.07.04 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc), others unknown / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City [Ed Hazell 09.06.14]
72.07.05 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
July 5, 1972 / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Warren Smith (drums)
{Primary Source: info from Andrew Galloway; web2.clarkson.edu/projects/jumasarchive/video_pages/sam-rivers-vid.php} Not in my collection.
- 72.07.06 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc), others unknown / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City [Ed Hazell 09.06.14]
- 72.07.07 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc); Cecil McBee (bass); Jerome Cooper (drums, marimba, whooper, percussion) / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City [anonymous 03.12.13]
- 72.07.08 (1) - Sam Rivers / "Fish Market Festival," 2:00 to 10:00pm, at the piers of the South Street Seaport Museum, New York City / 7:00pm [Billboard July 1, 1972 p.55]
"The entire festival will be recorded for ater airing on FM stations thorughout then US." - 72.07.08 (2) - Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc), others unknown / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City [Ed Hazell 09.06.14]
- 72.07.08 (1) - Sam Rivers / "Fish Market Festival," 2:00 to 10:00pm, at the piers of the South Street Seaport Museum, New York City / 7:00pm [Billboard July 1, 1972 p.55]
"The entire festival will be recorded for ater airing on FM stations thorughout then US." - 72.07.09 (2) - Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc), others unknown / New York Musician's Jazz Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City [Ed Hazell 09.06.14]
72.07.10 • Free Jam Session [Video & Audio Recording]
July 10, 1972 / Central Park Mall, New York City- 1. improvisation [31:00]
This film was produced by Karma Stanley and Juma Sultan for the New York Musicians Organization.
This July 10, 1972 concert was the culmination of the first New York Musicians Jazz Festival.
"For 31 minutes last night the Central Park Mall was the scene..." —New York Times review
A sample video clip [0:30] (does not contain audio)
Alan "Juice" Glover and Frank Lowe (tenor sax)
Sam Rivers, Noah Howard, and Arthur Doyle (reeds)
Earl Cross and Ted Daniel (trumpet)
Sam Brown (guitar)
Art Jenkins, Jeanne Lee, and Joe Lee Wilson (voice)
Juma Sultan (bass)
Ali Abuwi and Harold Smith (percussion)
Barry Altschul, Steve Reid, and Art Lewis (drums)
many others...
{Primary Source: web2.clarkson.edu/projects/jumasarchive} Not in my collection.
72.10.27 • Sam Rivers: Hues
Impulse! ASD-9302 (LP) 1975; IMP8007 (LP); YQ-8505AI (LP) JAP-
Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions
IMP IA 9352/2 (1978) / 1st Session: [See also 73.07.06; 73.08.03; 73.11.10]
October 27, 1972 / Oakland University, Rochester, MI
- 1. Mauve [4:17]
- 2. Indigo [1:28]
Recording by Phil Mendelssohn (WDET) / a Rivers tape. / Concert produced by Professor Marvin Holiday
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, Compositions)
Richard Davis (bass)
Warren Smith (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: ASD 9302; IMP IA 9352/2; Producer E. Michel; alternate LP issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3972].} Audience Recordings not in my collection.
- 72.00.00 - "While working with Stan Getz, Holland also began to play with reedsman Sam Rivers and the players that assembled for [Holland's] first ensemble record as a leader. Conference of the Birds... comprised, he says, his ideal group... That group played some concerts together, but the contrasting approaches of Braxton and Rivers proved incompatible." [WIRE #50 April 1988 p.49]
72.00.00 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
unknown date, 1972 / Grendel's Lair, Philadelphia, PASome references show date as January 1, 1972, but I'm skeptical, seeing as how the comments above have Holland beginning his associaton with Rivers in late 1972... Any verification welcome.
- 1. improvisation [46:35] (incomplete, cuts out at end)
Thurman Barker (marimba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Tapes.aspx?s=19720000}
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72.11.30 • Dave Holland: Conference of the Birds
ECM Records ECM-1027 (LP) 1973; ECM PA7079 (LP) JAP; ECM 28MJ3505 (LP) JAP; ECM 78118-21027-2 (CD); ECM 829372-2 (CD)- Dave Holland: Selected Recordings {*}
ECM Records (Rarum X series) (CD) 2004
- 1. Four Winds [6:32] {*}
- 2. Q & A [8:34]
- 3. Conference of the Birds [4:34] {*}
- 4. Interception [8:20]
- 5. Now Here (Nowhere) [4:32]
- 6. See-Saw [6:40]
Sam Rivers (as-1,2; tenor sax-2,4,5,6; flute-2,3,5; soprano sax-2)
Anthony Braxton (soprano sax-1,3,5; as-2,5,6; flute-2; cl-2; bass clarinet-2; bs or cbs-2)
Barry Altschul (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: ECM 78118-21027-2; various alternate issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [H6914].}
72.12.01 • Dave Holland Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 1, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. See Saw [13:52]
- 2. Q & A [20:27]
- 3. Four Winds [5:26] (incomplete, cuts in after head during Braxton's solo)
- SR announcement [0:36]
- 4. Interception [14:48]
- 5. Now Here (nowhere) [13:08]
- 6. Billie's Bounce (C. Parker) [18:15]
- announcement by Sam Rivers [0:54]
- [88:09]
Anthony Braxton (reeds)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via A. Galloway}
72.12.02 • Dave Holland Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 2, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. Four Winds [27:08]
- 2. Q & A [12:59]
- 3. Interception [25:23]
- 4. Now Here (nowhere) [11:39]
- 5. See Saw [17:49]
- 6. Conference of the Birds [3:56]
- "At the end of 72.12.01, Sam says that they will be back tomorrow..."
Anthony Braxton (alto sax)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
Note: Other sources list this as the SR and AB Septet, and include Monty Waters (alto sax), Earl Cross (trumpet), and Jerome Cooper (drums). Why? Is there a sextet session out there that's mis-dated?
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway; Patrick Clare 07.02.07 and 08.12.18}
- 72.12.07 - Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble / Loeb Student Center, New York City "my 15-piece group... that will be playing some of my compositions." [Bill Barron Interviews Sam Rivers, 72.11.29]
72.12.00 (1) • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
December ?, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [53:41] (split track at 46:18)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voc)
Paul Bley (electric piano, ARP synthesizer)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
72.12.00 (2) • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording ?]
December ?, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Grachan Moncur III (trombone)
Stafford Osborn (trumpet)
Hank Lewis (drums)
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
72.12.16 • Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording]
December 16, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
Paul Bley (electric piano, ARP synthesizer)
Noah Howard (alto sax)
A. Freeman (b ?)
John Lewis (drums)
{Primary Source: Anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
72.12.30 • Sam Rivers / Karl Berger Group [Audience Recording]
December 30, 1972 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1st Set:
- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
- 3. unknown title [ : ]
- 4. unknown title [ : ]
Karl Hans Berger (vibes)
David Izenzon (bass)
Ingrid Berger (voice, percussion)
Jerome Cooper (drums)
{Primary Source: confidential; date anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
- "...we eventually moved over to playing at Studio We in the daytime... and Sam Rivers' Studio RivBea for the night-time activity. ...about '73 was when he had his full schedule going, he had music seven nights a week." —William Parker, interview by Bob Rusch [Cadence Vol.16 No.12 December 1990 p.6]
Early to Late '70s, San Francisco, CA:
"[Pianist George Duke] played at two local clubs, the Halfnote and the Both/And, where he and his trio were used as the rhythm section for such artists as Letta Mbulu, Bobby Hutcherson, and Sam Rivers." [Billboard January 14, 1978 p.21]- 73.00.00 - Seminar, moderated by Carman Moore, with Sam Rivers, Leonard Goine, Jimmy Owens, Mtume, and Edward Boatner / A dialogue on Black Music, "Black Music: Its Uses and Misuse" / Studio Museum of Harlem, New York City [Jet December 27, 1973 p.92]
- 73.04.09 through 04.13 - Black Musician's Conference: Keynote Speakers: Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Donald Byrd, Sam Rivers, and Clifford Thornton / "Memorial concerts are planned for each night of the conference." / University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA [Black World/Negro Digest March 1973 p.49]
1973:
73.04.20 • Sam Rivers Ensemble [RivBea Archival Recording]
April 20, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. "Jazz Opera" [64:00]
other personnel unknown
{Primary Source: Martin Milgrim 05.02.17} Not in my collection.
73.04.27 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 27, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1st Set:
- 1. flute section, soprano sax section [ : ]
- 2nd Set:
- 2. piano section, soprano sax section [ : ]
- 3rd Set:
- 3. flute section, tenor sax section, soprano sax section [ : ]
Cecil McBee (bass)
Jerome Cooper (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Andrew Galloway; Anonymous 03.12.13} Not in my collection.
73.04.28 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 28, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Cecil McBee (bass)
Jerome Cooper (drums)
{Primary Source: Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
73.06.00 • Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
June ?, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- One Set [33:00]
others ???
{Primary Source: Martin Milgrim 05.02.17} Not in my collection.
- 73.06.23-24 - Solomon and Sheba: Sam Rivers (reeds, Composer), Joe Ferguson (piano), Bill Davis (bass), Vishnu Woods (oud), Om-be (percussion) with vocalists Jeanne Faulkner, Beverly Mason, Brenda Feliciano, Robert Donaldson, and Ed Taylor (Director) / "the Afro-American Singing Theater production of Sam Rivers' improvisational opera" Harlem Opera Society, Clark Center Auditorium, NYC [Peter G. Davis review, New York Times, date and page illegible]
73.06.30 • Don Cherry Octet [Audience Recording ?]
Shelf no.RGA 0190-0191 (RWD 6582-6583 A) - 2 digital sound cassettes, mono., digital (polyester)Recording Laboratory 1995-7, Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress)
[Also on this LOC tape: Jam session group 1 (Archie Shepp, Ted Dunbar, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Tom Scott, Garnett Brown, Clifford Jordan, Cedar Walton, Howard Johnson, Marvin Peterson, Cecil McBee); Jam session group 2 (Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Roland Hanna, Sam Jones, Roy Haynes); Jam session group 3 (Roy Ayers, George Benson, Herbie Mann, David Newman, Jimmy Owens, Roland Hanna, Sam Jones, Roy Haynes)]
June 30, 1973 / Newport Jazz Festival, Radio City Music Hall, New York City
- "Jam Session group 4"
- 1. unknown title [6:27] (incomplete, cuts in)
- announcement [1:14]
- 2. unknown title [38:14] (incomplete, cuts out at end)
- [46:15]
Don Cherry (trumpet, doson'gouni)
Sam Rivers, Gato Barbieri, Robin Kenyatta (reeds)
Dave Burrell (piano)
David Izenzon (bass)
Milford Graves, Ed Blackwell (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R "Jam Session group 4" ONLY!; info via Library of Congress Database; info via Andrew Galloway}
73.07.00 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
July, 1973 / Studio RivBea Summer Festival, New York CityI have this from two sources. The session was dated 73.07.07 by an anonymous source, which is unlikely given Rivers was in Europe; Galloway had this only as "July, 1973."
- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Barry Altschul, Norman Connors (percussion)
{Primary Source: Andrew Galloway; Anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
73.07.03 • Sam Rivers Orchestral Explorations Ensemble [Audience Recording]
July 3, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [45:55]
- announcement [0:52]
- 2. unknown titles [35:59]
- announcement [0:44]
- [83:36
"and everyone else" (ensemble of brass and reeds)
{Primary Source: WKCR Archive; Very various very anonymous sources, who wish to remain so, 02.07.02, 03.12.13} Not in my collection.
- 73.07.04 (1) - Count Basie, Darius & Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Cozy Cole, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Roy Eldridge Quintet, Ray Nance, Anita O'Day, Sam Rivers, Sun Ra, Sarah Vaughan, Reggie Workman, others... / Newport Jazz Festival, 1:00pm, Singer Bowl, New York City [Billboard June 23, 1973 p.44]
- 73.07.04 (2) - Sam Rivers Harlem Ensemble: Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, conductor), "everyone else" (ensemble of brass and reeds) / Performance of two compositions, around 45 minutes each. / Studio RivBea, New York City [ibid]
73.07.05 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
Shelf no.RGA 0217 (RWD 6608 A2) - 1 digital sound cassette, mono., digital (polyester)Genre(s) Live sound recordings / Jazz
Recording Laboratory 1995-7, Collection Voice of America Music Library Collection
[This tape also has tracks by Art Ensemble of Chicago; Archie Shepp was also on the bill.]
July 5, 1973, 1:00pm / Newport Jazz Festival, Wollman Amphitheater, 1:00pm, New York City
- 1. unidentified works [ : ]
- "some distortion on the acoustic"
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Richard Davis (bass)
Norman Connors (drums)
There is a possible discrepancy here. This session is dated by anonymous 03.12.13, and by Library of Congress database info. How likely it may be that the recording session in Switzerland took place the next day (73.07.06), and that Rivers was back in NYC for a gig at RivBEA on 73.07.07. Any help here? —R. Lopez
{Primary Source: Library of Congress Database; Anonymous 03.12.13; Billboard June 23, 1973 p.44} Not in my collection.
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73.07.06 (1) • Sam Rivers: Streams {1}
Impulse! AS 9251 (LP) 1973; A 8027-9251 (8Trk!) 1973; MCA-39120 (Promo/LP) 1973; IMP MCAD 39120 (CD) 1990; IMP-88143 (LP) JAP; MVCZ-123 (CD) JAP-
Various Artists: The Saxophone {2}
IMP ASH 9253-3 (LP) -
Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions {2}
IMP IA 9352/2 (LP) 1978 / 2nd Session: [See also 72.10.27; 73.08.03; 73.11.10] -
Various Artists: Fire Into Music - The Best of MCA/Impulse! {3} *
MCA 8032 (LP) 1989; MCA 8032-2 (CD) 1989 -
Various Artists: Impulsively {4} **
ABC Records/Impulse! AS 9266-2 (2LP) 1973; Impulse IMP-1973 (2LP / promo only) 1973
- 1. Spoken Introduction [1:18] {1}
- 2. Tenor Saxophone Section / Beginning of Flute Section [23:12] {1}
- 3. Conclusion of Flute Section / Piano Section / Soprano Saxophone Section [25:14] {1}
- 4. Encore [3:06] {2}
** {4} contains "Streams, Tenor Sax Section" (3:14) and "Streams, Flute Section" (3:48). Both are edits of the tracks above.
"The entire piece Streams, which is a continuous performance, was separated into sections to fit an LP, and divided for titling purposes for LP labeling." —Impulse! session producer Ed Michel
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax-4; flute, piano, Compositions)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Norman Connors (drums, gongs)
{Primary Source: MCAD 39120; IA 9352/2; AS 9266-2; ASH 9253-3; MCA 8032; A 8027-9251; Producer Ed Michel; Japanese issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3970]; Musica Jazz October 1973 pp.11-18 festival review, Giuseppe Dalla Bona, on-line index; www.montreuxsounds.com/result2006.php?year=1973}
73.08.03 • Sam Rivers Trio: Hues {1} *
Impulse! ASD-9302 (LP) 1975; IMP8007 (LP); YQ-8505AI (LP) JAP- Various Artists: No Energy Crisis {2} **
ABC Records/Impulse! AS-9267/2 (2LP) 1974 - Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions {3}
IMP IA 9352/2 (LP) 1978 / 3rd Session: [See also 72.10.27; 73.07.06; 73.11.10] - Sam Rivers: Trio Live {4}
IMPD-268 (CD) 1998 / 1st Session: [See also 73.11.10] - Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
August 3, 1973 / Molde Jazz Festival, Molde Kino, Molde, Norway
- 1. Suite for Molde - Part One [8:06] {1,2,3,4}
- a. Onyx (The Soprano Saxophone Section)
- b. Topaz (The Flute Section)
- 2. Suite for Molde - Part Two (The Tenor Saxophone Section) [11:27] {2,3,4}
- RivBea Archive / Reels 48, 49
- announcement [1:04]
- 1. Improvisation [51:26]
- (tenor sax section—17:44)
- (flute-voc section—15:50)
- (p section—8:59)
- (soprano sax section—8:54)
- announcement [0:43]
** {2} gives the date (incorrectly) as March 8, 1973.
Two Scotch 206 10" Reels marked 48 and 49 in pen. On back of box 49 is written "Sam Rivers Molde Festival Recorded In Molde Finland (sic) MASTER/DOLBIED REEL 1 OF 2 'Suite For Molde 73' part one-tenor, fl." Below is written "info copied from original reel" and next to this note is "Molde-Jestivalgn Koncert Molde Kino 3-8-73 (sic) Sam Rivers Trio Molde Kino (Sam Rivers, Barry Altschul, Arild Andersen)." At very bottom is "STEREO/15IPS/1/2 TRK/ DOLBIED." Reel Box marked 48 has same info only "2 of 2" and "Part 2." Edited the two reels together to form one continuous performance. This is the entire performance. —Joe Washek, June 2008
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-1; flute-1; tenor sax-2; Compositions)
Arild Andersen (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums, percussion)
—Impulse! session producer Ed Michel also remembers Rivers playing piano at this concert.
{Primary Source: ASD-9302; IMP IA 9352/2; IMP AS-9267/2; IMPD-268; RivBea CD-R, Reels 48/49; Producer E. Michel; alternate LP issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3972]; www.moldejazz.no/hoved/historie/list_musikere.php3} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
- 73.08.00 (early August) - "Show, Poetry, Jazz:" Geirr Lystrup (guitar, vocals), Knut Ødegaard (piano, vocals), Arild Nyquist (piano, vocals), Bjørg Vik (piano, vocals), Georg Johansen (piano, vocals), Willie Mabon (piano, vocals), Sam Rivers (tenor sax), Arild Andersen (bass), Barry Altschul (drums) / Molde Kino, Molde, Norway [www.moldejazz.no/hoved/historie/list_musikere.php3]
It's possible this is an invalid session entry, but it is listed separately after the Rivers Trio date. I'm trying to imagine that they provided jazz trio backing for the above vocalists. I'd appreciate any confirmation, or angry denials. —RL - 73.08.00 (later in August) - Jazz Workshops "...several nights per week." / Studio RivBea, New York City [New York Magazine August 27, 1973 p.49]
- 73.09.00 (1) - "September Jams" / Studio RivBea, New York City [ibid]
- 73.09.00 (2) - Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble (woodwinds) / Studio RivBea, New York City [ibid]
73.10.19 • Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording]
October 19, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Karl Berger (vibes)
Tom Schmidt (bass)
Barry Altschul, Jerome Cooper (percussion)
"I had the privilege of working with [Rivers] from late 1973 through 1976. I was the Creative Music Studio bass player, an understudy of Dave Holland and traveled throughout the continent with Karl Berger. I am credited in the Peace Church listing that follows in 1974. I am the unknown bass player in the listing [73.10.19]." —Tom Schmidt 05.04.20
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
73.11.01 • Karl Berger & the Creative Music Studio, Music Universe [Broadcast Recording]
November 1, 1973 / Jazztage 1973, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany- announcement by Ronnie Scott [2:14]
- 1. Suite: Berlin - We Are You (K. Berger) [28:36]
- a) You
- b) We Are
- c) Now Is
- d) Time Is Going On
- e) We Are You
- f) Gone Out
- g) The End
- 2. unknown title [3:28]
- announcements by Berger and Ronnie Scott [0:53]
- 3. unknown title [1:17] (Berger piano solo)
- [36:40]
- A less complete version of this set has also been broadcast:
- radio introduction by Achim Hebgen [0:40]
- 1. Suite: Berlin - We Are You (K. Berger) [21:52] (excerpts)
- We Are—2:08
- Now Is—5:25 (incomplete)
- Time is Going On—0:09 (closing fragment)
- We Are You—2:08
- Going Out—6:47
- The End—1:20
- 2. unknown title [3:55]
- radio announcement by Achim Hebgen [0:21]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, voice)
Carlos Ward (alto sax, flute)
Frederick Rzewski (piano, electric piano)
Peter Kowald (tuba)
Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone)
Dave Holland (bass)
Makaya Ntshoko, Bob Moses, Klaus Hagl (drums, percussion)
Ronnie Scott (announcements)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Musica Jazz December 1973 p.26, on-line index; www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Tapes.aspx?s=19731101b}
- 73.11.09 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel given) / Symphony Hall, Boston, MA [Billboard November 10, 1973 p.80]
73.11.10 • Sam Rivers: Hues {1}
Impulse! ASD-9302 (LP) 1975; IMP8007 (LP); YQ-8505AI (LP) JAP-
Various Artists: Impulse! Artists on Tour {2}
IMP AS-9264 (LP) 1974 -
Various Artists: The Drums {3}
IMP ASH 9272-3 (3LP) 1974 -
Sam Rivers: The Dedication Series/Vol.XII - The Live Trio Sessions {4}
IMP IA 9352/2 (LP) 1978 / 4th Session: [See also 72.10.27; 73.07.06; 73.08.03] -
Sam Rivers: Trio Live {5}
IMPD-268 (CD) 1998 / 2nd Session: [See also 72.10.27]
November 10, 1973 / Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1. Hues Of Melanin - Part One (The Soprano Saxophone Section) [15:30] {2,4,5 *}
- 2. Hues Of Melanin - Part Two (The Flute and Vocal Section) [18:47] {3,4,5 *}
- 3. Hues Of Melanin - Part Three (Ivory Black: The Piano Section) [4:13] {1,4,5}
- 4. Hues Of Melanin - Part Four (Violet: The Tenor Saxophone Section) [5:48] {1,4,5}
Sam Rivers (piano-3; tenor sax-4; soprano sax-1; flute & voc-2; Compositions)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: ASD-9302; IMP AS-9264; IMP IA 9352/2; IMPD-268; IMP ASH 9272-3; Producer Ed Michel; alternate LP issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3972].}
- 73.11.11 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel given) / Amherst College, Amherst, MA [Billboard November 10, 1973 p.80]
- 73.11.16 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel given) / J.F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC [Billboard November 10, 1973 p.80]
73.11.00 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
November ?, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
Wayne Dockery (bass)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: info via anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
73.12.01 • Sam Rivers [Audience Recording]
Possible WKCR Radio BroadcastDecember 1, 1973 / WBAI Free Music Store, Studio C, New York City
- "2 Sets" [82:00]
Barry Altschul (drums, perc, voice)
{Primary Source: confidential} Not in my collection.
- 73.12.00 - Sam Rivers (no other personnel info) / Studio RivBea, NYC ["Ensemble Muntu made our first appearance at Studio RivBea opposite Sam Rivers in December 1973." —Jemeel Moondoc [Interview, CODA August 1980 #174 p.7]
- 70.00.00 - (no date, early-to-mid seventies) - Sam Rivers: Billy Bang, others... / Five Spot, NYC / "Sam Rivers was playing at the Five Spot, and I went down to see him one night... Look Sam, I'm coming back tomorrow night with my violin..." [Down Beat September 1981, Billy Bang feature p.28]
73.12.24 • Sam Rivers & Barry Altschul Duo [RivBea Archival Recording]
December 24, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- RivBea Archive / Tape 144
- 1. improvisation [58:40]
- (tenor sax section—27:02, incomplete, fades out)
- (soprano sax section—0:56, incomplete, cuts in, split track, fades out)
- (soprano sax section—1:22, incomplete, fades in)
- (fl section—28:24, incomplete, fades out)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: RivBea CD-R, Tape 144} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
73.12.27 • Sam Rivers & Barry Altschul Duo [Broadcast Recording]
December 27, 1973 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
-
"I played with Sam his first two visits to Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1974 and 1975. It was a trio both times with myself on double-bass and Eddie Marshall on drums." —Chris Amberger 08.01.29
- 74.01.00 (1) - Sam Rivers Trio: Chris Amberger (bass), Eddie Marshall (drums) / Keystone Korner, San Francisco / "On one night at Keystone a drummer named Augustus Collins played. The weather that day was cold and possibly precipitation in the air or fog in SF. I wore a brown leather dahshiki and Sam did too, and Eddie had a tee on. It was a hot, hot set that people to this day come up to me and talk about..." [Chris Amberger 08.03.17]
- 74.01.00 (2) - Sam Rivers Trio: Chris Amberger (bass), Eddie Marshall (drums) / The University Theatre, Palo Alto, CA / "...we also played in Palo Alto ... the next week. The gig got great reviews in the San Francisco Chronicle by Thomas Albright (Wednesday, January 29th) and in the San Francisco Examiner by Phil Elwood (Tuesday, January 28th)" [Chris Amberger 08.03.17]
74.02.00 • Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy
Earthforms Records 1 / Seeds 5 (LP) 1975February, 1974 / Sound Ideas Studio, New York City
- 1. Sundance (Lee/Hazelton) [4:37]
- 2. Jamaica (Lee/Gregg) [6:10]
- 3. Subway Couple (Lee/Gregg/Hampel/McCall/Rivers) [2:51]
- 4. Your Ballad (Hampel) [6:40]
- 5. Conspiracy (Lee/Gregg/Hampel/McCall/Rivers) [11:55]
Gunter Hampel (vibes-5, bass clarinet-2,4,5, flute-1, alto cl-2, piano-3)
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-1,2,4, tenor sax-3, flute-2,5)
Jack Gregg (bass)
Steve McCall (drums)
Perry Robinson, Allan Praskin (cl-4)
Mark Whitecage (alto cl-4)
Marty Cook (trombone-4)
{Primary Source: Earthforms Records 1 / Seeds 5}
74.03.02 • Sam Rivers Ensemble [Audience Recording]
March 2, 1974 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
- 3. unknown title [ : ]
- [88:00]
others ???
{Primary Source: info via Martin Milgrim 05.02.17} Not in my collection.
74.03.04 • Sam Rivers: Crystals
Impulse! ASD-9286 (LP) 1974; IMP 3C 064-96430; IMJ-80014 (LP) JAP; Verve 314 589 760-2 (CD) 2002- Del The Funky Homosapien: No Need For Alarm
Elektra Entertainment (CD) 1993
"Samples include... ‘Tranquility’ (as performed by Sam Rivers)."
- 1. Exultation [8:25]
- 2. Tranquility [8:58]
- 3. Postlude [2:31]
- 4. Bursts [6:51]
- 5. Orb [9:36]
- 6. Earth Song [4:09]
Sam Rivers (flute, tenor sax, soprano sax, arr; cond / Compositions)
Ted Daniel, Richard Williams, Sinclair Acey (trumpet, flgl)
Charles Stephens, Charles Majeed Greenlee (trombone)
Joe Daley (tuba, euph)
Joe Ferguson (alto sax, soprano sax, flute)
Roland Alexander (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, African flute)
Paul Jeffrey (tenor sax, flute, bassett horn)
Fred Kelly (soprano sax, baritone sax, piccolo, alto sax, flute)
Gregory Maker (bass, electric bass)
Warren Smith (drums)
Harold Smith (percussion)
ALL of above (percussion)
{Primary Source: ASD-9286; Verve 314 589 760-2; Japanese LP release issue # via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3973]}
74.03.27 • The Music Universe Orchestra [Audience Recording]
March 27, 1974 / Washington Square Church, New York City- Music of the Spirit [ : ]
Carlos Ward, Lee Konitz (alto sax)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Garrett List (trombone)
Frederic Rzewski (piano)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bob Moses (drums)
Gregory Reeve (per, viola)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01; Robert E. Sweet, Music Universe, Music Mind p.51}
- 74.04.07-09 - Sam Rivers Trio: Dave Holland, Barry Altschul / Edmonton Jazz Society, Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [www.yardbirdsuite.com/archives/index-shows.htm]
74.00.00 • The Music Universe Orchestra: The Peace Church Concerts
Creative Music Communication CMC 1 (2LP) 1974date ?, 1974 / Washington Square Church, New York City
Rivers does not appear on this LP. There are citations that mistakenly include him in the personnel lists for this release. —RL
{Primary Source: Music Universe, Music Mind, Revisiting the Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, New York, by Robert E. Sweet, p.51}
- 74.03-05.00 - The Music Universe Orchestra: Karl Berger, Ingrid Berger, Ilene Marder, Larry Chernicoff, Frederic Rzewski, Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, Dan Carter, Garrett List, Dave Holland, David Izenson, Jonathan Kline, Tom Schmidt, Steve Haas, Bob Moses, Gregory Reeve, Richard Teitelbaum / Peace Church, NYC / "The Peace Church Concert series was another memorable New York highlight of 1974. The Music Universe Orchestra... performed ten concerts in a New York City church in March, April, and May. A live, double album resulted, as did a good deal of publicity." [Robert E. Sweet Music Universe, Music Mind p.51]
74.05.15 • John Lee Hooker: Free Beer and Chicken
ABC ABCD 838 (LP) 1974; Beat Goes on Records BGOCD123 (CD) 1991 EnglandMay 15, 1974 / Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA
- Five Long Years (Trad arr. Hooker) [5:59]
Joe Cocker (voice, tamb)
Sam Rivers (flute overdub)
Clifford Coulter (piano, electric bass)
Jim Kahr, Wa-Wa Watson (guitar)
Ron Beck (drums)
"I had left a hole for a solo in this; while I was mixing at Westlake Audio [in LA] I was crossing hours with Stevie Wonder, who was working with some pals of mine; he agreed to put on a harmonica solo, but it never happened. Sam was in town, so I used him—I had planned a tenor solo, but he wanted flute, and that's what happened."
—Session producer Ed Michel.
{Primary Source: BGOCD123; info via Ed Michel}
74.06.00 • Dick Griffin: The Eighth Wonder
Strata East SES 19747 (LP) 1974; Sugar Hill SH-261 (LP); Strata East JC7508 (LP) JAP- Dick Griffin: The Eighth Wonder & More
Konnex KCD 5059 (CD) 1994 GER - Various Artists: Strata-2-East {1}
Universal Sound US LP6 (2LP) 1997; US CD6 (CD)
- 1. Eighth Wonder [6:02]
- 2. It Could Be [6:52]
- 3. Girl, I Really Love You So [6:45]
- 4. Jakubu's Dance [4:07] {1}
- 5. Flying Back Home [8:21]
- 6. Come Be With Me [9:32]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Ron Burton (piano)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Warren Smith (vibes, percussion)
Leopoldo F. Fleming (conga, bells, percussion)
Freddie Waits (drums)
{Primary Source: KCD 5059; US LP6; info via Dick Griffin}
74.06.09 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
June 9, 1974 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. improvisation [ : ]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
Studio RivBea Summer Festival
- 74.06.28-74.07.07 - Studio RivBea, New York Musicians Organization, and Studo We / During the Newport New York Jazz Festival, a counter-festival with 30 concerts at Studio RivBea and Studio We's Harlem New York Centennial Jazz Festival in various theatres and at Carnegie Hall, New York City [Musica Jazz October 1974 p.27, on-line index]
74.06.29 • Sam Rivers Sextet [Audience Recording ]
June 29, 1974 / RivBea Summer Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
Joe Ferguson (flute, reeds)
Olu Dara (trumpet)
Joe Daley (baritone horn)
Hakim Jami (bass)
Doug Hammond (drums)
Anonymous tape information and another reference in Jazz Magazine (in French) by Chris Flicker on p.17, has Sinclair Acey and Charles Stephen on trumpets in place of Daley and Dara.
{Primary Source: CODA p.32, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info; anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
- 74.07.01 - Sam Rivers' Orchestral Explorations: Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), "There are about 50 involved, 12 played this night. It was totally made up of wind instruments: two tenors, two altos, three sopranos (one Eb, two Bb), one trumpet, two flutes, one piccolo, two trombones, one clarinet, one bass clarinet." / RivBea Summer Festival, Studio RivBea Summer Festival, NYC [CODA, p.33, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info]
- 74.07.04 - Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble: Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Joe Ferguson, Paul Jeffrey, Danny Carter and Gene Ghee (reeds), Richard Williams, Ted Daniel and Norman Spiller (trumpet), Charles Stephen and Dick Griffin (trombone), Joe Daley (tuba), Meeker Gregg (bass), Warren Smith (drums) / "There are 35 or so people involved, this night it was a 12-piece band..." / Studio RivBea Summer Festival, NYC [CODA, p.33, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info; Jazz Magazine, report by Chris Flicker (in French) p.17, no issue info]
74.07.05 • Jazz Opera Ensemble [Broadcast Recording]
WNYU-FM Broadcast, 74.08.07
July 5, 1974 / RivBea Summer Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City
- 1. unknown titles [:]
Jeanne Faulkner, Beverly Mason, Lydia Payne (voice)
Sam Rivers (soprano and tenor sax, flute)
Kasa (electric piano)
Ronnie Boykins (bass)
Scoby Stroman (drums)
{Primary Source: CODA, p.33, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info; Billboard August 10, 1974 p.25}
74.07.06 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience & Broadcast Recording]
WNYU-FM Broadcast, 74.08.21
July 6, 1974 / RivBea Summer Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City
- 1. improvisation [:]
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, voice)
Hayes Burnette (bass) "Due to the unavailability of Dave Holland and Cecil McBee..."
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: CODA, p.33, festival report by Randy Hutton, no issue info; Andrew Galloway; Billboard August 10, 1974 p.25} Not in my collection.
74.07.07 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
July 7, 1974 / RivBea Summer Festival, Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
Hayes Burnette (bass)
Rashid Ali (drums)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
There is no mention of this session in either the CODA festival report by Randy Hutton or the Jazz Magazine report by Chris Flicker cited in the Festival entries above. Perhaps this was a late fill-in, or an after festival jam session. Looking for confirmation. —Rick Lopez
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
74.07.24 • Various Artists: Jazz In Piazza [Broadcast Video]
Sam Rivers Trio
This documentary film on the 1974 Umbria Jazz Festival also includes tracks by Charles Mingus; Keith Jarrett; Gerry Mulligan; Sonny Stitt; Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Sextet; etc. Documentary runs 66:00.]July 24, 1974 / Umbria Jazz Festival, Villalago & Perugia, Italy
- 1. improvisation [5:00]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: Video}
- 74.07.26 (1) - Dave Holland Quartet: Sam Rivers, Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland / Festival de Jazz d'Antibes, Palazzo dei Congressi, Juan les Pins, Antibes, France [Sam Rivers Interview, WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974; Braxton references this in Impetus 6 1977 p.249; Timo Hoyer 03.11.03; Musica Jazz October 1974 p.22-24 concert reviews, Andrea Puppo]
European Tour "...started at Antibes." —Sam Rivers Interview, WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974 - 74.07.26 (2) - After-hours jam session: Sam Rivers, others... / Late night, unidentified jazz club, Antibes, France [Sam Rivers Interview, WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974]
- 74.07.27 - Sam Rivers "Freedom Trio": Holland, Altschul / Umbria Jazz 1974, The Fortress, Perugia, Italy [Musica Jazz October 1974, pp.9-13 concert reviews by Arrigo Polillo]
- 74.07.28 - Dave Holland Quartet (minus 1): Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute), Dave Holland (bass), Barry Altschul (drums)... and Anthony Braxton was taken ill and missed the gig. / "We jumped from Perugia to... Molde, Norway, via five chnges of planes... We had to be there the next night." —Sam Rivers Interview on WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974 / Molde Kino, Molde, Norway [www.moldejazz.no/hoved/historie/list_musikere.php3]
"Went on to Italy..."
74.10.05 • Sam Rivers Interview [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, Live Broadcast; Re-Broadcast during the "Sam Rivers Festival", May 22, 2005, at 8:04am
October 5, 1974 / WKCR Studios, NYC
- Interview [66:19]
{Primary Source: CD-R of Broadcast 07.05.22}
74.11.01 • Sam Rivers Reeds of Harlem [Audience Recording]
November 1, 1974 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. Shadows [ : ]
Marvin Blackman, Joe Ferguson, Gary Gordon (soprano sax, flute)
Danniel Carter, Hillary Schmidt (alto sax, flute)
Keshauan Maslik, Paul Jeffrey, Lauren Brown (soprano sax)
Trevor Kohler, Ron Scott (bar, flute)
{Primary Source: info via Andrew Galloway} Not in my collection.
- 74.11.15
74.11.16 - Sam Rivers Sextet: Rivers (flute, tenor sax, soprano sax), Joe Ferguson (alto sax, tenor sax), Olu Dara (trumpet), Joe Daley (baritone horn), Ronnie Boykins (bass), Doug Hammond (drums) / Studio RivBEA, New York City [Sam Rivers Interview on WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974]
74.11.28 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
November 28, 1974 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. improvisation [65:45] (split track at 45:52, incomplete)
- tenor sax section—26:04 (incomplete)
- flute and vocal section—22:54
- flute section—16:37 (incomplete)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, voice)
Olu Dara (trumpet)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Sam Rivers Interview on WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974}
- 74.11.2
74.11.30 - Sam Rivers' Harlem Ensemble: (no personnel given) / Studio RivBEA, New York City [Sam Rivers Interview on WKCR-FM, October 5, 1974]
- 74.12.08 - Cancelled! / Sam Rivers & Barry Altschul Duo / Annex Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [CODA December 1974 #134 pg.26, "Around the World" column]
Braxton, Holland, and Altschul: "Details from Coda 1/75 pp.26, 35-36. This trio was a replacement for the scheduled duo of Sam Rivers and Altschul." [Anthony Braxton Discography: www.jazzdiscography.com/]
- 74.12.27-75.01.05 [New Year's Studio] - "Guiding Artists include... Sam Rivers" / Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, "Group and orchestra workshops..." / Rivers was in residence at various times throughout these periods. [CODA December 1974 #134 p.27]
74.12.29 • Sam Rivers Trio + Karl Berger [Audience Recording]
December 29, 1974 / Live At Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock, NY- 1st Set (Trio):
- crowd murmurs, murmuring [0:17]
- 1. unknown title [24:39]
- 2. unknown title [13:01]
- 3. unknown title [14:54]
- 4. unknown title [10:48]
- 2nd Set (Quartet):
- 5. unknown title [9:22] (fades in)
- 6. unknown title [2:49]
- 7. unknown title [11:36]
- 8. unknown title [2:06]
- 9. unknown title [3:58]
- 10. unknown title [9:43]
- After-show Interview With Sam Rivers [3:28]
- [106:37]
Sam Rivers (flute, soprano sax, tenor sax)
Karl Berger (electric piano, 2nd Set)
Dave Holland (bass)
Stu Martin (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; Heinrich Smejkal}
75.00.00 (1) • "Sam Rivers Piano Solos" [Audience Recording]
"Mid '70s" / Public Theatre, New York City- 1. unknown title (incomplete) [13:00]
- 2. unknown title (incomplete) [16:10]
{Primary Source: CD-R}
75.00.00 (2) • Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording]
unknown date, 1975 / Five Spot, New York City- First Set:
- 1. Composition No.1 [24:42]
- 2. Composition No.2 [20:11]
- announcement [0:51]
- [45:49]
Ronald Prince (guitar)
Dave Holland (ce, b, electric bass)
Warren Smith (drums, vibes, percussion)
Barry Altschul (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
75.01.15 through 03.15 [Winter Term] - "Guiding Artists include... Sam Rivers" / Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, "Group and orchestra workshops..." etc. / Rivers was in residence at various times throughout these periods. [CODA December 1974 #134 p.27]
- 75.01.22
75.01.23
75.01.24
75.01.25 - Carman Moore's "Gospel Fuse": Seiji Ozawa conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with a gospel quartet led by Cissy Houston, and a small ensemble featuring soprano saxophonist Sam Rivers / San Francisco, CA [Billboard January 18, 1975 p.38] - 75.03.08 - George Russell: Sam Rivers, Jimmy Giuffre, Jimmy Owens, Eddie Bert, Tony Williams / New York Jazz Repertory Company presents..., Carnegie Hall, New York City [Musica Jazz May 1975 p.28 concert reviews, Giuseppe Dalla Bona, on-line index]
- 75.04.01-05.31 [Spring Term] - "Guiding Artists include... Sam Rivers" / Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY, "Group and orchestra workshops..." etc. / Rivers was in residence at various times throughout these periods. [CODA December 1974 #134 p.27]
75.00.00 (3) • Sam Rivers & Rashied Ali Duo [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM Broadcast 07.05.22, "Sam Rivers Festival"
unknown date, 1975 -or- 1976 / Ali's Alley, New York City
- unknown title [15:57] (incomplete, fades in, fades out)
Rashied Ali (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 75.05.01 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul; Double-bill with Roscoe Mitchell Quartet / McDonel Kiva, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI [Henry Kuntz, Copyright © 2009 bells / Network: free-jazz.net]
"...two concerts a night Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the kiva (a small circular auditorium in the M.S.U. dormitory complex)." —Henry Kuntz - 75.05.02 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul; Double-bill with Roscoe Mitchell Quartet / McDonel Kiva, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI [Henry Kuntz, Copyright © 2009 bells / Network: free-jazz.net]
75.05.03 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
May 3, 1975 / McDonel Kiva, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI"We caught the earlier performance on Saturday night..." —Henry Kuntz
- Early Show:
- tenor sax section
- bass solo
- piano section
- flute and voice
- drum solo
- soprano sax section
- standing ovation from the crowd
- "2 unknown medleys" [71:46] —No indication whether this as both sets, or just a single set.
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: Confidential; Henry Kuntz at free-jazz.net} Not in my collection.
75.06.01 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival
June 1, 1975 / Studio RivBea, New York City
- announcement [0:22]
- 1. unknown title [59:30]
- announcement [0:15]
other personnel unidentified
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 75.06.03-07 - Sam Rivers Trio: Dave Holland, Barry Altschul / Edmonton Jazz Society, Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [www.yardbirdsuite.com/archives/index-shows.htm]
75.06.22 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast & Audience Recordings]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival
June 22, 1975 / Studio RivBea, New York City
- Broadcast dated 75.06.22 (shorter version, better sound quality):
- 1. improvisation
- (soprano sax section—12:32, incomplete, fades in)
- (b solo—4:21)
- (flute-voice section—22:10)
- (dr solo—4:39)
- (tenor sax section—10:02, incomplete, split track...)
- (announcement—0:31)
- [54:15]
- Audience is dated "1975 or 1976:"
- 2. improvisation
- (soprano sax section—29:58, split track at 18:52)
- (b solo—4:21)
- (flute-voice section—22:10)
- (dr solo—4:30)
- (tenor sax section—10:00, followed by applause, no announcement)
- [68:46]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: Broadcast & Audience CD-Rs}
- 75.07.00 - Sam Rivers & Roscoe Mitchell Duo / unknown venue and locale [Reviews by David Wild, BELLS Magazine July '75, p.1; CODA #144 August 1975, p.38 / listed at http://home.att.net/~dawild/dave_in_print.htm]
75.07.01 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording]
July 1, 1975 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [88:00]
Hamiett Bluett
Gary Gordon (soprano sax, flute)
Lauren Brown, Paul Jeffrey (soprano sax)
Ron Scott (bar, flute)
{Primary Source: info via anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
75.07.05 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival (06.26-07.27)
July 5, 1975 / Studio RivBea, New York CityThe DJ first gives the date as June 5, then later as July 5. The Trio was in Edmonton 07.06.03-07.—RL
- 1st Set:
- 1. improvisation
- (fl section—4:50)
- (tenor sax section—26:00)
- (b solo—3:15)
- (fl section—24:25)
- (dr solo—3:35)
- (soprano sax section—6:45)
- announcement [1:10]
- —
- 2nd Set:
- 1. improvisation
- (soprano sax section—18:45)
- (b solo—4:10)
- (tenor sax section—21:30)
- (dr solo—4:20)
- (fl section—11:55)
- announcement [0:50]
- [131:35]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; info via James Lindbloom}
- 75.07.07 - On this day Studio RivBea is the venue for the first performance of the Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange: for Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide / when the Rainbow is Enuf ...I think that's worth mentioning. —RL
75.07.08 • Sam Rivers Solo [RivBea Archival Recording]
WKCR-FM, New York / Loft Jazz Festival
July 8, 1975 / Live at WKCR, New York City
- Interview [38:08] (program breaks at 15:22 and 23:28)
- 1. Composition on a Rainy Day for the Rain God [4:11]
- SR announcement [0:44]
- 2. Composition on a Sunny Day for the Sun God [8:28]
- (soprano sax section—3:13)
- (voc and flute section—5:15)
- Interview [1:17]
Transfer of an unnumbered Scotch 10" Reel of 1950s vintage, recorded ½ track at 15 ips. Written on back is "Copy of Op 59 FM 26 Event 46 (7-15-57) Copy on 10-21-58 by J.O.L & F.M.C," etc. The reel contains a recording of a radio interview of Sam Rivers during the Studio Rivbea years and two short solo pieces. Digitized and transferred to CDR. —Joe Washek July 2008.
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1, soprano sax-2, flute-2, voice-2)
{Primary Source: RivBea CD-R, Reel unnumbered; CD-R at 13:05} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
- 75.07.19 - Sam Rivers Sextet: (no personnel details) / Studio RivBea, New York City [Rivers Interview segment from 75.07.08]
75.08.01 • Bill Cole º Sam Rivers º Warren Smith: The First Cycle
Music from Dartmouth D100 (LP) 1980August 1, 1975 / Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- First Cycle [20:48] (A-side)
- First Cycle [21:52] (B-side)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, piano)
Warren Smith (drums, kettledrum, marimba, percussion)
This LP is available for $20.00 postrumpetaid from: Bill Cole / 184 Pinebrook Blvd. / New Rochelle, NY 10804.
{Primary Source: D100}
75.09.06 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
September 6, 1975 / Paris, FrancePossibly 75.09.26 mis-dated?
- 1. improvisation [80:00]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: info via Michael McLaughlin} Not in my collection.
75.09.26 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
ORTF-FM Broadcast
September 26, 1975 / Eglise des blancs Montreux, Paris, France
- Shapes for Paris [61:48] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, out at end)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Musica Jazz January 1975 pp.45-46 concert reviews, Giuseppe Dalla Bona, on-line index}
75.10.16
75.10.17 • Don Pullen featuring Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising
Black Saint BSR 0004 (LP) 1976; BSR 120004-1 (LP); BS 120004-2 (CD); BS 12004-4 (CS) 1976 ITOctober 16 & 17, 1975 / Generation Sound Studios, New York City
- 1. Break Out (Rivers) [12:35]
- 2. Capricorn Rising (Pullen) [11:48]
- 3. Joycie Girl (Pullen) [6:36]
- 4. Fall Out (Rivers) [15:04]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Alex Blake (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums, tamb)
{Primary Source: BSR 0004; BS 120004-2}
75.09.06 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
October 25, 1975 / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA- Unknown titles [ : ]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.
- 75.10.30 - Sam Rivers (no personnel given) / 9:00pm, WBAI's Studio C, New York City [New York Magazine November 3, 1975 p.30]
75.12.09 • Sam Rivers: Sizzle
Impulse! ASD-9316 (LP) 1976; YQ-8509AI (LP) JAPDecember 9, 1975 / Generation Sound Studios, New York City
- 1. Dawn [12:38]
- 2. Flare [8:53]
- 3. Flame [12:20]
- 4. Scud [9:59]
Ted Dunbar (guitar)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums)
Warren Smith (drums, vb, tymp)
{Primary Source: ASD-9316; Japanese issue# via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3974]; Special shout-out to Randy Aranson of MCA for walking through the vaults while on the phone with me and nailing the long lost session date.}
75.12.12 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 12, 1975 / Five Spot, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
- 3. unknown title [ : ]
- 4. unknown title [ : ]
- 5. unknown title [ : ]
- [71:59]
Leo Smith (trumpet, percussion)
Karl Berger (vibes)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
75.12.14 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 14, 1975 / Five Spot, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
- 3. unknown title [ : ]
Leo Smith (trumpet) [Some sources inexplicably have "Lawrence" Smith]
Woody Shaw (trumpet)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
75.12.18 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 18, 1975 / Five Spot, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
- 3. unknown title [ : ]
- 4. unknown title [ : ]
- 5. unknown title [ : ]
Leo Smith (trumpet, percussion)
Peter Warren (bass)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
75.12.21 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
December 21, 1975 / Five Spot, New York City- 1. unknown title [ : ]
- 2. unknown title [ : ]
Leo Smith (trumpet, percussion)
Peter Warren (bass)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
76.00.00 (1) • Joe Cocker: Stingray
A&M Records SP4574 (LP) 1976; A&M 394 574-2 (CD); L35811 (LP) NZ 1976;- The Jealous Kind b/w You Came Along
A&M AMS 7243 1830 (7" single) -
Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits
A&M Records 3257 (LP) 1977; A&M SP-4670 (LP) 1977 -
Joe Cocker: The Anthology
A&M Records (2CD) 1999 -
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Joe Cocker
A&M Records 541 606 (CD) 2000 -
Joe Cocker: Greatest Love Songs
Hip-O Records 440-069-887-2 (CD) 2003 -
Joe Cocker: Gold
UMVD UNI 9879848 (2CD) 2006
- 1. The Jealous Kind (Bobby Charles) [3:48]
Very early on in 1976 the group Stuff was formed... toured with Joe Cocker among others. The LP was released April 1, 1976. [The Great Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong]
Joe Cocker (voice)
Sam Rivers (soprano sax)
Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale (guitar)
Richard Tee (keys)
Gordon Edwards (bass)
Flaco (cng)
Steve Gadd (drums)
{Primary Source: A&M SP-4670; A&M 394 574-2; Mr. Sam Rivers; concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/joe-cocker-concert/20051191-3408.html}
- 76.00.00 - "While working with Stan Getz, Holland also began to play with reedsman Sam Rivers and the players that assembled for [Holland's] first ensemble record as a leader. Conference of the Birds (1972), comprised, he says, his ideal group... That group played some concerts together, but the contrasting approaches of Braxton and Rivers proved incompatible. Holland didn't want to play with anyone else; so, because he couldn't have them both in his group, he split his time between the groups that they led. Then, in 1976, when the double-bookings became impossible, [Holland] devoted his time exclusively to the Rivers band: a decision related... to the pull of free improvisation. ‘Sam's thing was wide open, we never played a note of music that was written in the small group. Sam used to say, play all the music, play vamps, play free, play everything. I said, well, this is the finishing school for me]’" [WIRE #50 April 1988 p.49, Dave Holland feature]
- 76.01.30-31 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / 8:00 and 10:00pm, Studio RivBea, NYC [Patrick Clare archive, RivBea flyer]
- 76.02.00 (1) - "early February" / George Coleman, Sam Rivers, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins / city ?, Italy [Musica Jazz January 1976 p.22, on-line index]
- 76.02.10
76.02.11
76.02.12
76.02.13
76.02.14
76.02.15 - Sam Rivers Quartet: (no personnel details) / "Sam Rivers, who is appearing through Sunday at the Village Vanguard, plays some of the longest tenor saxophone solos imaginable. He began his first set Tuesday evening with a 35-minute workout that would have left most younger saxophonists exhausted; then he performed on the flute and soprano saxophone for another half hour..." / 10:00pm, Village Jazz Club, NYC [New York Times February 12, 1976, p.37]
76.02.18 • Sam Rivers: Sam Rivers / Dave Holland {1}
Improvising Artists Inc. IAI 37.38.43 (LP) 1976; IAI 123843-2 (CD); IAI RJ-7143 (LP) JAP- Sam Rivers: Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol.2 {2}
Improvising Artists Inc. IAI 37.38.48 (LP) 1977; IAI 123848-2 (CD)
- 1. Waterfall [17:08] {1}
- 2. Cascade [21:19] {1}
- 3. Ripples [23:49] {2}
- 4. Deluge [23:23] {2}
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-1; tenor sax-2; flute-3; piano-4; Compositions)
Dave Holland (bass)
{Primary Source: IAI 373843, IAI 373848, IAI 123843-2 & IAI 123848-2; Japanese issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3975].}
- 76.02.19 - The Sam Rivers Quartet, with Dave Holland (no other personnel listed) / "Eclipse Jazz" event, at the Residential College Auditorium, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, MI [Session info via eBay poster dated "February 19," with no year indicated. This date fits the ‘universal calendar’ for 1970, 1976, and 1981, and Rivers' activities eliminate the former and the latter. —RL]
76.02.29 • Carman Moore: Four Movements for a Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon, Tone Roads to Hong Kong '76
February 29, 1976 / Port Authority, Hong Kong"This is an LP produced by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and released in celebration of the American Bicentennial. The music was first presented at the 9th Hong Kong Ready-to-Wear Festival... The music was composed by Carman Moore and performed by members of the American Symphony Orchestra with... soloists"
—Anthony B. Rogers
- 1st Movement - Pastorale [13:29]
- 2nd Movement - Urban Walk [14:16]
- 3rd Movement - Colours [13:48]
- 4th Movement - Folk Energy [12:15]
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A Fashionable Five-Toed Dragon.LP Cover. |
Carman Moore (Composer)
The American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaiah Jackson
Soloists:
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, flute, tenor sax)
Elliott Randal (electric guitar; pí pa)
Kenneth Bichel (piano, hrpschrd, electric piano, synth)
Richard Davis (bass, el b)
Warren Smith (drums, percussion)
The rather unusual Liner Notes from this disc.
In addition to the "regular" LP produced for this event, there is this:
"I found a copy... Very attractively bound in a red silk book with a show program. ...I found it where I get most of my records, Goodwill. It has a gold dragon, on a red silk background, with pinkish clouds. Well Sam's playing has never really been for me, but I am a very big fan of Jazz Music. And this has such unusual packaging, so I spent $1. The Record was in a V.R.P. Sleeve so somebody must have thought something of it."
—Mark Frederick 08.02.27 / Images below courtesy Mark Frederick 08.12.12
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A Red Silk Book. |
A Show Program. |
The Label. |
- 76.03.11 - Sam Rivers' Winds of Manhattan (no details) / 8:00 and 10:00pm, Studio RivBea, NYC [Patrick Clare archive, RivBea flyer]
76.03.12
76.03.13 • Sam Rivers: The Quest
Red Record VPA 106 (LP) 1976 IT; PAUSA PR-7015 (LP) 1977
- Various Artists: I Grandi del Jazz: L'Avanguardia
GdJ-15 (LP) 1981 IT
"...part of a series of more than one hundred LPs sold not in record stores but in newspaper stands in the '80s. The name of the series, and the name of the label, is ‘I Grandi del Jazz,’ ‘The Bigs of Jazz.’ Every record was issued weekly and packaged as a booklet of LP size + record. The publisher was Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Brothers Press), a very well known publisher in Italy that works in the field of ‘serial encyclopedias’ sold in stands. They started the series in late 1979. It was laid out in several [embossed linen and fiberboard slipcases] of eight records each. The second box was entitled ‘L'Avanguardia’ (The avantgarde.) The seventh record of the box (the 15th from the start, so its catalogue number is GdJ 15) was the Rivers one, and was issued probably in late 1979 or early 1980. [actually '81 —RL] The Fabbri published these records licensed by several labels. The Rivers record is the *exact reprint* of the Red Records ‘The Quest,’ with same tunes, personnel, etc. ...recorded after a concert with the trio in Bergamo, near Milan, where there was a jazz festival."
—Stefano Zenni
"...there's no catalogue numbering on the slipcases for the Fabbri Editori records. This appears to me an American, Canadian or perhaps British marketing project wherein the records were collected six at a time in the slipcovers as a sales approach, since all the record jackets and sleeves are in Italian while the slipcases are in English."
—Rick Wallach
- Sam Rivers: Vision
Tobacco Road B2512 (LP)
- Sam Rivers: SAM RIVERS con SCHIANO, ALTSCHUL e HOLLAND {2}
GONG Supplemento Al N° 6 Anno 4° di (magazine and vinyl 7"EP)
* Also includes tracks from session 77.04.28.
Gong is "an Italian 70's avant garde magazine..."
—Lukas Notaras / Athens, Greece
GONG
Photos courtesy Lukas Notaras
Supplemento Al N° 6 Anno 4° di.
reproduced with permission.
[Click images to enlarge view]
- 1. Expectation [6:35]
- 2. Vision [12:20] {2}
- 3. Judgement [10:15] {2, titled "Tudgement" (sic)}
- 4. Hope [6:55] {2}
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
[Note: On PAUSA PR 7015, the tracks are reversed. Side A contains titles 1 & 2, with times at 10:10 and 6:51 respectively; Side B contains titles 3 & 4, with times 6:28 and 12:15.]
{Primary Source: GdJ-15; PAUSA PR-7015; VPA 106; info via S. Zenni, R. Wallach, Lukas Notaras, and Giovanni Zanoni; venue and references via Musica Jazz March 1976 p.20, April 1976 p.25, May 1976 pp.13-16 (concert review), on-line index}
76.03.16 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
March 16, 1976 / Bergamo, Italy- 1. improvisation [42:52] (incomplete, fades in)
- (soprano sax section 8:46)
- (p section 9:36)
- (fl+voc section 15:28)
- (tenor sax section 9:02)
- 2. encore [4:10] (incomplete, cuts in)
- [47:18]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 76.03.18 - Sam Rivers' Winds of Manhattan (no details) / 8:00 and 10:00pm, Studio RivBea, NYC [Patrick Clare archive, RivBea flyer]
- 76.03.25 - Sam Rivers' Winds of Manhattan (no details) / 8:00 and 10:00pm, Studio RivBea, NYC [Patrick Clare archive, RivBea flyer]
76.04.03 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 3, 1976 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: info via anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
76.04.10 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 10, 1976 / The Empty Foxhole, Philadelphia, PA- 1. unknown title [ : ]
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: info via anonymous 06.01.01} Not in my collection.
76.05.15 • Various Artists: Wildflowers I: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions
Douglas NBLP 7045, 7046, 7047, 7048, & 7049 (5LP) 1977; Douglas NBL-87045 (8TRK) 1977; Gravity/Douglas Music 30 00 332 / ARC 384 (CD) FR 1995- Various Artists: Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions Complete
Knitting Factory Knit Classics KCR-3037 (3CD) 1999; Douglas 10 (3CD) USA 2009 - Various Artists: New York City Jazz volume 1
(LP) French re-issues of the original Wildflower series issued on Douglas.
- 1. Rainbows [10:00]
Jerome Hunter (bass)
Jerry Griffin (drums)
REWIND column, May/June 1999 issue of SIGNAL to NOISE, by Peter Gershon, "May, 1976, The 'Wildflower' Sessions: ...the loft jazz era preserved." w/ Michael Cuscuna interview.
Chuck Berg review of the Wildflowers series, (Down Beat 8/11/77) and info on both the 5-Volume LP and 3-Volume CD configurations.
{Primary Source: NBLP 7045; NBL-87045; KCR-3037}
76.00.00 (2) • Sam Rivers and Rashid Sinan [Audience Recording]
"mid 1976" / unknown venue, New York City- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Rashid Sinan (drums)
others ?
{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.21} Not in my collection.
- 76.07.04 - Sam Rivers: Rivers (flute, soprano sax, piano), Joe Daley (baritone horn, tuba, percussion), unknown drummer (Does anyone recognize that set?) / Muntu Ensemble and David Murray Quartet were also on the bill. / Studio RivBea, NYC [Ed Hazell's Muntu Sessionography, from MUNTU Recordings booklet]
Photos by Tom Marcello
Who also helped to clear up the session date.
- 76.07.07-08 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Arti e Mestieri Camarillo Brillo, Festival Internazionale del Jazz, Torino, Italy [Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; October 1976 pp.17-19 concert reviews, Giuseppe Dalla Bona, on-line index]
- 76.07.11 (1) - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Unità Musicale, Penne, Italy [Musica Jazz October 1976 pp.12-13 concert reviews, Marcello Piras, on-line index]
Penne is 31 kilometers from Pescara, the 11th was a Sunday, so we must imagine the Penne gig as an afternoon affair, while the Pescara Jazz Fest was an evening concert, followed by the very late-night jam session released on the CD below (76.07.12)... 76.07.11 (2) Festival duration July 8-11 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Festival di Pescara, Italy (Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; July 1976 p.27, on-line index mistakenly has dates as 76.07.08-10.) [Poster image below, www.pescarajazz.it/html/page12/files/1976.html]
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76.07.11 (3) • Various Artists: After Hours 2° / The Great Pescara Jam SessionsEcamlab Produzioni Musicali Ports Song CD L1006 (CD) 2000 ItalyJuly 11, 1976 (or July 12, if after midnight) / Pescara Jazz Festival, Pescara, Italy
* "The best of the piece is sung by someone in the public(!)" —Lucio Fumo (translated by Diego Conti) This is a CD with after hours jam sessions during the Pescara Jazz Festival. The Rivers tracks, according to Lucio Fumo's liner notes (Fumo is the producer of the festival), are from a rehearsal. —Stefano Zenni The first track is a weak percussion vamp (no offense, I've been playing myself for over 40 years) with an African vocal over it. The vocal is indeed the "best of the piece." The second track sounds as if it were played at the tail end of a very long party, perhaps around 5:15 a.m., after much drink and merriment. Very loose, sloppy, and plodding, with much laughter, conversation, and miscellaneous noise. Both are, if I may be so bold, "unusual" choices for release. —RL This CD is available from Ecamlab, and contains additional tracks by Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Gerry Mulligan, Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Kenny Drew, and others. Sam Rivers (soprano sax-2; percussion-1; voice-2) Joe Daley (tu-2; percussion-1) Sidney Smart (drums, percussion) "unknown" (piano-2) {Primary Source: CD L1006; info via Stefano Zenni; session date via Angelo Valori of Ecamlab.} |
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- 76.00.00 - Sam Rivers: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Festival del Jazz, Arles, Italy [Musica Jazz October 1976 p.37, on-line index]
This may have been later in the month (the trio is in Spezia on the 26th or 27th), but it also makes sense being on the road between Pescara and Pisa. —RL - 76.07.15-08.30 - Sam Rivers Trio / Rassegna Internazionale del Jazz di Pisa, Italy [Musica Jazz July 1976 p.27, on-line index]
- 76.07.16 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / "1976 manifestzione organizzata dal giornale Fronte Popolare,"Festival di MLS, Parco Ravizza, Milano, Italy [Musica Jazz August-September 1976 p.28; October 1976 p.39; November 1976 pp.20-23 concert reviews, Arrigo Polillo, on-line index]
- 76.07.17-18 - Sam Rivers Trio / Festival di La Spezia, Italy [Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25, on-line index]
76.07.20 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
July 20, 1976 / Festival di Verona, Verona, Italy- 1. improvisation [57:08]
- (flute section—15:15, incomplete, cuts in)
- (tenor section—8:30)
- (piano section—12:05)
- (flute section—6:35)
- (soprano section—11:40)
- (flute section—2:30)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Sidney Smart (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; July 1976 p.27; October 1976 pp.14-17 concert reviews, Giancarlo Roncaglia, on-line index}
76.07.23 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
July 23, 1976 / Festival del Jazz di Ravenna 1976, Rocca Branca Leone, Ravenna, Italy- 1. improvisation [64:34]
- (tenor section—10:08)
- (tenor section—6:19)
- (piano section—13:43)
- (flute section—9:46)
- (flute section—4:33)
- (soprano section—8:08)
- announcement [0:34]
- (flute section—11:21)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Sidney Smart (drums)
{Primary Source: Jakob Blumenthal 07.08.09; Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; July 1976 p.27; October 1976 pp.17-19 concert reviews, Giuseppe Dalla Bona, on-line index}
76.07.24 • Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Villalago
Horo HDP 3/4 (2 LP) 1977 Italy; 2CD-R with original cover art, 2008; Probable bootleg: Horo/Atomic EEC (CD) 2009(See 76.07.25)
July 24, 1976 / Umbria Jazz Festival, Villalago, Italy
- 1. Black Africa / soprano section [19:54]
- 2. Black Africa / piano & flute section [19:56]
- 3. Black Africa / flute & tenor section [19:58]
- 4. Black Africa / Villalago encore [11:04]
Joe Daley (tuba, euphonium)
Don Pullen (piano-3)
Sidney Smart (drums, percussion)
"Umbria Jazz certainly has got to be one of the most unique jazz events in the world. Taking place in the Umbria region of central Italy, this festival is a mini tour by both participating musicians and the public of the little towns in the region. The performances take place in the piazzas or parks of the village, and no entrance fee is charged. A nominal charge is made for bus transportation to the villages. These two double albums document the performances by the Sam Rivers tour: the villages of Villalago and Perugia."
—Carl Brauer, Cadence Vol.4 no.4, June 1978
{Primary Source: HDP 3/4; Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; July 1976 p.27; October 1976 pp.8-12 concert reviews, Pino Candini, on-line index; DMG mailing 09.11.20}
76.07.25 • Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Perugia {1}
Horo HDP 5/6 (2 LP) 1977 Italy; ; 2CD-R with original cover art 2008(See 76.07.24)
- [Sam Rivers: Black Africa! Villalago] {2}
Horo HDP 3/4 (2 LP) 1977 Italy - Sam Rivers [Audience Recording] {3}
- 1. Black Africa / tenor section [19:55] {1}
- 2. Black Africa / piano section [19:47] {1}
- 3. Black Africa / flute & soprano section [16:26] {1}
- 4. Black Africa / flute & tenor section [21:04] {1}
- 5. Black Africa / Perugia concert: finale [11:03] {2}
- {3} Audience Recording:
- announcement [0:17]
- 1. improvisation [51:37]
- (tenor section—16:12)
- (piano section—11:59)
- (flute section—17:02)
- (soprano section—5:54)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano, voice)
Joe Daley (tuba, euphonium)
Sidney Smart (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: HDP 5/6; CD-R}
- 76.07.25-26 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Festival del jazz di Palermo, Italy [Musica Jazz August-September 1976 p.26, on-line index]
- 76.07.26-27 - Sam Rivers Trio: Sidney Smart, Joe Daley / Festival Internazionale del Jazz di La Spezia, Spezia, Italy [Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25; October 1976 pp.19-20 concert reviews, Emanuele Di Matteo, on-line index]
76.08.08 • Sam Rivers Trio [Private Video Recording]
August 8, 1976 / Hammerveld Jazz Festival, Roermond, Netherlands- 1. An Evening in Roermond (part of flute section) [4:00]
- (complete session lasted about an hour)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Sidney Smart (drums)
{Primary Source: Video; date and session time via Peter Verhagen}
- 76.08.10-14 - Sam Rivers: Daley, Smart / Festival del Jazz Moderno, Anversa, Italy [Musica Jazz October 1976 p.38, on-line index]
76.08.23 • Sam Rivers Solo [Audience Recording]
August 23, 1976 / Jazz Festival, Chateauvallon, France- 1. improvisation [11:14]
- (soprano sax solo—2:31)
- (piano solo—3:32)
- (tenor sax solo—2:56)
- (flute, voice solo—2:14)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
76.08.27 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
August 27, 1976 / Willisau Jazz Festival, Willisau, Switzerland- 1. improvisation [108:56]
- (soprano sax section—34:00)
- (piano section—26:00, split track)
- (tenor sax section—27:30)
- (flute section 1—10:00)
- (encore / flute section 2—11:20)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Warren Smith (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
- 76.08.25-29 - Sam Rivers Trio: Daley, Smith / Festival del Jazz d’Avanguardia, Rimini, Italy [Musica Jazz June 1976 p.25, on-line index]
76.09.02 • Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.I {1} / Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz
Circle Records RK 2976/1 (LP) 1976 Germany-
Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.II {2} / Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz
Circle Records RK 2976/2 (LP) 1976 Germany -
Sam Rivers: The Tuba Trio, Vol.III {3} / Essence - The Heat and Warmth of Free Jazz
Circle Records RK 2976/3 (LP) 1976 Germany -
Sam Rivers / Earl Cross: Jazz of the Seventies {4}
Circle Records RK 7376/6 (LP) 1976 Germany -
Sam Rivers/James Newton: Flutes! {5}
Circle Records RK 7677/7 (LP) 1977 Germany
- 1. Essence - Part I [3:20] {1}
- 2. Essence - Part II [3:15] {1}
- 3. Essence - Part III [4:20] {1}
- 4. Essence - Part IV [11:10] {1}
- 5. Essence - Part V [16:25] {1}
- 6. Essence - Part VI [20:20] {2}
- 7. Essence - Part VII [19:30] {2}
- 8. Essence - Part VIII [18:05] {3}
- 9. Essence - Part IX [14:10] {3}
- 10. Essence - Part X [8:05] {4}
- 11. Essence - Part XI [13:07] {5}
* Matt Gorney of RivBea: "I spoke with Joe Daley about Mr. Dramatic Intrusion. He laughed and recalled it was an African-American/European who popped out of the crowd or wings to play on stage. It doesn't seem like anyone recalls this guy being a "name" musician. Joe said that he continued playing while trying to limit the tenor player's real estate and move him off the stage."
* I also asked Mr. Rivers about this, and his recollection of a name sounded like "Rob Schneider,"but when I wrote it this way he said "No, it was some strange European spelling..." —R. Lopez.
A fleshed out accounting of how this detail search unfolded is included on pp. 82-83 of BIMhuis 25, Stories of twenty five years at the BIMhuis (edited and compiled by Kevin Whitehead, with Herman te Loo and John Corbett). The book is available from Cadence stateside, or by mail order from BIMHUIS.
Parts I through V are also circulating as a "Audience Recording" with an ERRONEOUS date of 76.11.23, with track 1) improvisation (incomplete, cuts in at beginning) [11:52]; and track 2) improvisation (incomplete, cuts out at end) [27:39].
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1,4,8,10; soprano sax-6; piano-7,9; flute-5,11; voice)
Mr. Dramatic Intrusion (tenor sax-4)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn; french horn-11; perc, pipe)
Warren Smith (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: RK 2976/1; RK 2976/2; RK 2976/3; RK 7376/6; RK 7677/7; CD-R and info via Heinrich Smejkal}
76.10.10 • Kazuko Shiraishi: Dedicated to the Late John Coltrane
Musicworks 3001 (LP) 1977; Bridge "OTOKO TACHI YO!" Series 024 (CD) 2004 JAPOctober 10, 1976 / New York City
- 1. My Tokyo [12:10]
- 2. Dedicated to the Late John Coltrane [13:10]
- 3. Once Again the Season of the Sacred Lecher [24:22]
Sam Rivers (reeds; flute, piano, percussion)
Andrei Strobert (percussion)
Buster Williams (bass)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Notes on this recording.
{Primary Source: Musicworks 3001; CD info KC White 05.08.22}
76.11.13 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
November 13, 1976, 9:00pm & Midnight / Union Auditorium, Student Union Building, SUNY at Stony Brook, Long Island, NY- 1. improvisation [ : ]
"Metamorphosing, pulsing, live JAZZ exploded at Stony Brook Saturday night. The Sam Rivers Trio and the Charles Mingus Quintet gave high quality performances in their contrasting styles for two full-house audiences in the Union Auditorium...
In the opening act, reedsman Rivers appeared with a new group featuring Joe Daley on tuba and bass horn and Bobby Battle on drums... Rivers directed his trio... wailing on soprano sax (his primary instrument), pounding out complex piano solos, playing both haunting and piercing flute lines, and yelping and chanting vocal parts.
—Tom Vitale, The STATESMAN November 17, 1976, Proscenium Page 1A
"There's no mention in the Statesman review of any musicians being shared between Rivers and Mingus, so I must have been wrong about that, but I'm pretty sure that Rivers returned to the stage to play with Mingus at some point." —Christopher Smith 09.02.15
"And I have the tapes to prove it..." —Ralph Pantuso 06.02.24 Stereophile Forums
Sam Rivers (reeds, piano, voice)
Joe Daley (tuba, bass horn)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: Christopher Smith 07.05.27; dspace.sunyconnect.suny.edu/bitstream/1951/28203/1/Statesman,%20V.20,%20n.%2026.pdf} Not in my collection.
Error Listing!
76.11.23 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
November 23, 1976 / Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1. improvisation (incomplete, cuts in at beginning) [11:52]
- 2. improvisation (incomplete, cuts out at end) [27:39]
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Heinrich Smejkal}
- 76.12.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Altschul, Tom Varner (french horn) / "late December" Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY [Anonymous correspondence]
- 77.00.00 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel details) / Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, NY / "Jazz insegnato a Woodstock" [Musica Jazz January 1977 pp.28-29, on-line index]
77.00.00 • Various Artists: Sam Rivers Solo: Silver Burdett's PIPELINE
Pipeline Volume 5 Number 5 (7-inch vinyl EP) 1977[This disc also contains tracks from Alvin Lee; John Handy; Paul Winter; Weather Report; Philadelphia Orchestra]
1977 / No Session venue or place given.
- "sounds of Saxophones and Improvisations"
- 1. tenor sax improv [1:21]
- (tenor fades to background, presenter announcement begins at 0:31—"You are listening to the saxophone music
- of Sam Rivers, one of the world's greatest masters of improvisation. Although he also plays flute, piano, and viola,
- as well as saxophones, today Sam Rivers will demonstrate three instruments of the saxophone family, and his unique
- approach to improvisation..." and ends at 0:51, tenor back to volume.)
- Rivers: "This is the sound of the B-flat soprano saxophone..." [0:05]
- 2. soprano sax improv [0:20]
- Rivers: "The E-flat alto saxophone sounds like this..." [0:03]
- 3. alto sax improv [0:31]
- Rivers: "The B-flat tenor saxophone, the one I learned on, and my favorite, sounds like this..." [0:07]
- 4. tenor improv [0:43]
- Rivers: "I'm going to improvise for you, on the B-flat tenor saxophone, but first, before I begin, I shall play
- the melody for you, so that you will recognize when I improvise..." [0:11]
- 5. melody on tenor [0:27]
- 6. tenor improv on melody [0:18]
- Rivers: "You will notice of course, that I stayed very close to the melody, when improvising..." [0:05]
- Rivers: "This time, I will stay close to the melody and do a rhythmic improvisation..." [0:10]
- 7. tenor improv [0:22]
- Rivers: "And finally, I am going to improvise, by going further away from the melody.
- see if you can still recognize the tune..." [0:09]
- 8. tenor improv [1:47]
- tenor fades to background, presenter announcement begins at 1:17 "We have heard the saxophone
- improvisations of Sam Rivers, and we thank him for sharing his artistry with us today..."
- and ends at 1:24, when Rivers' tenor swells as it ends and plays out.)
- [7:23]
{Primary Source: CD-R; WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; Library of Congress Database, "Shelf no. Pipeline BVS-13335—1 sound disc: 33 1/3 rpm; 7-inch"}
77.01.00 • Sam Rivers [Audience Recording / Interview]
January, 1977 / New York City- 1. interview [2:12] (!)
Transcription of this interview.
This is obviously an excerpted section, with two Rivers statements bracketing a single statement by the interviewer.
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 77.01.25
77.01.26
77.01.27
77.01.28
77.01.29 - Sam Rivers Quintet / 10:00pm to 2:30am, Storyville, New York City [New York Magazine January 31, 1977 p.19] - 77.02.06 - Noel DeCosta's "Ceremony of Spirituals": DeCosta (violin, composition), The New World Symphony, Sam Rivers, soprano Barbara Grant, and The Howard University Choir / Carnegie Hall, New York City [Billboard February 26, 1977 p.40]
77.02.08
77.02.09 • Barry Altschul: You Can't Name Your Own Tune
Muse MR 5124 (LP) 1977; 32 Jazz 32192 (CD) 2000February 8 & 9, 1977 / Rosebud Studio, New York City
- 1. You Can't Name Your Own Tune (Altschul) [7:52]
- 2. For Those Who Care (Altschul) [4:53]
- 3. Natal Chart (Altschul) [3:42]
- 4. Cmbeh (Abrams) [6:13]
- 5. Hey Toots! (Altschul) [5:07]
- 6. King Korn (Carla Bley) [4:40]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax & soprano sax-1,3,6; flute-2)
George Lewis (trombone-1,2,3,6)
Muhal Richard Abrams (piano-1,3,4,6)
Dave Holland (bass-1,3,4,6; cello-2)
{Primary Source: MR 5124}
- 77.04.07 - Sam Rivers Trio: Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute), Dave Holland (bass), Barry Atschul (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
- 77.04.13-16 (See 77.04.16 Broadcast below.) - CODA #156 July-August 1977 p.29 mistakenly has the Sam Rivers Trio (Rivers, Holland, Altschul) in Vancouver on these dates. They were in fact in Europe.
77.04.16 • Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Broadcast Recording]
April 16, 1977 / Studio Radio France, Paris, France- interview fragment [0:10]
- 1. improvisation [37:55]
- announcement [0:20]
- [38:25]
Dave Holland (bass)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
77.04.18 • Sam Rivers: Paragon
Fluid Records Fluid-101 (LP) 1977 FRApril 18, 1977 / Davout Studio, Paris, France
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Fluid-101. |
- 1. Ecstasy [5:38]
- 2. Bliss [6:23]
- 3. Rapture [5:10]
- 4. Tingle [7:28]
- 5. Paragon [12:15]
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Fluid-101}
77.04.28 • Sam Rivers & Mario Schiano: Rendez-vous
Red Records / Vedette VPA 8375 (LP) 1977 IT- [Sam Rivers: SAM RIVERS con SCHIANO, ALTSCHUL e HOLLAND] {2}
GONG Supplemento Al N° 6 Anno 4° di (magazine and vinyl 7"EP)
* Also includes tracks from session 76.03.12.
Gong is "an Italian 70's avant garde magazine..."
—Lukas Notaras, Athens, Greece
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GONG Supplemento Al N° 6 Anno 4° di.Photos courtesy Lukas Notaras,reproduced with permission. |
April 28, 1977 / Sciascia Sound Studios, Milano, Italy
- 1. Rendez-vous (Rivers/Schiano) [2:55]
- 2. Brother Sam (Rivers/Schiano) [9:48] {2}
- 3. Lover Man (Ramirez/Davis/Sherman) [11:58]
- 4. Earth Dance (Rivers/Schiano) [8:33] {2}
- 5. Sunrise (Rivers/Schiano) [6:21]
- 6. Cross Current (Rivers/Schiano) [6:23]
Mario Schiano (alto sax)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (d, vb)
{Primary Source: VPA 8375; Lukas Notaras and Giovanni Zanoni.}
The following Trio tour dates in Canada during the first few weeks of May were previously listed with Holland and Altschul as sidemen, which was incorrect.
"I was at the gig, Wadud and Battle are the correct sidemen—Holland and Altschul were definitely not in town for the gig or workshop. Trust me!!" —Norm Westbrook, Kamloops, BC-
77.05.04
77.05.05
77.05.06 - Sam Rivers Trio: Abdul Wadud (cello), Bobby Battle (drums) / Vancouver Jazz Society "Spring '77 Concert Series,"Old Heritage Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (also afternoon Workshop, 77.05.07 only.) [CODA #154 April 1977 p.28; CODA # 156 August 1977 p.29; vancouverjazz.com/vjs/index.php; Norm Westbrook 09.10.19] - 77.05.07 (1) - Sam Rivers Trio: Abdul Wadud (cello), Bobby Battle (drums) / Afternoon Workshop / Old Heritage Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [ibid]
77.05.07 (2) • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
May 7, 1977 / Vancouver Jazz Society, Old Heritage Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada- 1. improvisation [90:00]
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: Brian Nation; Norm Westbrook 09.10.19} Not in my collection.
- 77.05.13-15 - Sam Rivers Trio: Abdul Wadud (cello), Bobby Battle (drums) / Edmonton Jazz Society, Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [www.yardbirdsuite.com/archives/index-shows.htm; Norm Westbrook 09.10.19]
77.05.24 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
May 24, 1977 / The Cellar Door, Washington, DC- Early Show:
- 1. improvisation [71:24]
- tenor sax section
- piano section (split track)
- Late Show:
- 2. improvisation [79:38]
- soprano sax section
- flute section (split track)
- [151:02]
—"bpthree"
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: Eric Devin 09.12.17} Not in my collection.
- 77.05.27 - "The Harlem Opera Company presented Sam Rivers' (music) and Emory Taylor's (libretto) opera "Solomon and Sheba" on May 27 at the Beacon Theatre" (Sam Rivers not in ensemble) [CODA #156 August 1977 p.32]
- 77.05.28 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Battle / Moers Festival, Germany [Musica Jazz June 1977 pp.25-26 (on-line index); www.moers-festival.com/history/chronik1976_78.html]
77.06.04 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
German Radio Broadcast
June 4, 1977 / Gemeindehalle, Feldburg-Altglashütten, Germany
- 1. Sketches 1 [7:55]
- 2. Sketches 2 [10:21]
- 3. Sketches 3/4 [21:01]
- 4. Traces [8:55] (incomplete)
- 5. encore [8:05] (incomplete)
- [61:22]
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 77.06.10-12 - Sam Rivers: Dave Holland, Bobby Battle (Julius Hemphill noted on this gig, Musica Jazz August-September 1977 pp.40-41) / Jazz d'avanguardia a Lovere, Bergamo, Italy [Musica Jazz June 1977 p.27, on-line index]
77.06.15 • Sam Rivers Trio [Soundboard Recording]
June 15, 1977 / Orpheum, Haus der Jugend, Graz, Austria- 1. improvisation [ : ]
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
"A soundboard recording exists on a music cassette..."
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Photos courtesy Dietrich Heinz Kramer, reproduced with permission.
[Click images to enlarge view]
{Primary Source: Dietrich Heinz Kramer 02.07.14; 08.08.20} Not in my collection.
77.06.17 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Recording]
German broadcast, originally broadcast from Yugoslavia
June 17, 1977 / Ljubljana Jazz Festival (06.17-20), Laibach, Slovenia
- 1. Earth Dramas [55:47] (incomplete, fades out)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 77.00.00 - "Summer 1977"
"I saw Stanley Crouch get decked by Sam Rivers one time, that was a great experience, Sam Rivers laid him out cold right on the stage." —Eugene Chadbourne / Session Date ? Locale ? Venue ? Personnel ? [WIRE #117 November 1993 p.40]
"The book begins with thumbnail sketches of the various jazz styles that have evolved over the past century—bop, boogie-woogie, cool, free Improv, etc.—and concludes with longer essays on history and genre, the earlier ones mostly by Scott Yanow and some excellent later ones by Eugene Chadbourne including 'Loft Jazz', the 'NYC Scene 1980-2000' and the 'Chicago Scene 1980-2000'. Chadbourne explains how tension rose as critic Stanley Crouch and saxophonist Sam Rivers organised rival loft festivals in Summer 1977; in a fight on the streets of SoHo, Rivers got the better of Crouch, which some believe began the latter's dislike of avant garde jazz." All Music Guide To Jazz reviewed by Andy Hamilton [WIRE #232 p.82]
"What some considered the death knell of the loft jazz scene came in the Summer of 1977, which found Sam Rivers and Stanley Crouch organizing festivals scheduled for the same time, on the same street. Rivers noticed that many of the same musicians he was presenting were advertised for Crouch's surprise event, and delivered an ultimatum that anyone participating in Crouch's festival would be cancelled from Rivbea. Since Crouch's was strictly a door-money deal (no guarantees), many musicians bowed out of Crouch's festival. At least one musician opted for Rivbea, not because of the ultimatum, but upon learning of plans to tape his show & possibly make a record (without working out pay for the musicians who'd be recorded). Tensions heightened, and finally climaxed on the streets of Soho when a fight broke out, and Sam Rivers purportedly delivered a "smooth uppercut" to the competition; an event that some believe to be the source of Crouch's dislike of avant-garde jazz." —Eugene Chadbourne [www.allmusic.com]
77.06-07.00 • Sam Rivers Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM
Late June or July, 1977 / Storyville, New York City
- 1. unknown titles [:]
Joe Daley (baritone horn, tuba)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: Patrick Clare 09.11.24; CODA #157 October 1977 p.29} Not in my collection.
- 77.07.22-23 - Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: (no personnel details) / WKCR Benefit, Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University, New York City [CODA #157 October 1977 p.29]
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77.08.09
77.08.10
77.08.11
77.08.12
77.08.13 - Sam Rivers Quintet: Joe Daley, Abdul Wadud, Holland, Altschul / Village Vanguard, NYC / "I am holding in my hands a flyer I saved from 26 years ago—August of 1977 I was in NYC (saw Pharoah Sanders at the Village Vanguard on Aug.13th/14th—I remember because I turned 16 that evening). This flyer has Sam Rivers Quintet Aug 9 thru 13... I saw one night of this run." [Graham Connah 03.03.10; New York Magazine August 8, 1977 p.20, which only names Holland, Altschul, and Mike Nock (piano)]
77.08.19 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast (?) Tape]
August 19, 1977 / Jazz Festival, Chateauvallon, France- 1. improvisation [82:49]
- (soprano sax section—16:30)
- (piano section—15:20)
- (flute section—18:00)
- (tenor sax section—23:00)
- (flute, voice section—12:00)
Dave Holland (b, ce)
Oliver Johnson (drums)
*No information on why Altschul was absent on this date.
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
Studio RivBea's Summer Festival of New Music, 77.08.30 through 09.04 [CODA #157 October 1977 p.29]
- 78.08.22 - Sam Rivers & the Studio RivBEA Orchestra / Harlem Jazz Festival, 8:00pm, Vincent's Place, New York City [New York Magazine August 28, 1978 p.29]
- 78.08.26 - Leroy Jenkins, Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Andrew Cyrille / Harlem Jazz Festival, 9:00pm, Small's Paradise, New York City [ibid]
77.09.06 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
September 6, 1977 / Modena, Italy- 1. improvisation [67:04]
- (soprano sax section—16:00)
- (p section—17:00)
- (fl section—32:00)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums, vbs)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
77.09.24 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
September 24, 1977 / Southeastern Massachussetts University, Darthmouth, MA- 1. improvisation [88:55]
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
- 77.09.26-12.17 - Sam Rivers / Creative Music Studio 1977-78 Season, Fall Session / Woodstock, NY [CODA #157 October 1977 back cover]
- 77.10.01 - Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo: Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute) Dave Holland (bass, cello) / Fall Festival, Studio RivBea, NYC [CODA December 1977 #158 p.32]
77.10.00 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Soundboard Recording]
October, 1977 / Centré Culturel Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium- 1st Set:
- 1. unknown titles [46:11]
- 2nd Set:
- 2. unknown titles [46:14] (incomplete, cuts out)
Frank Gordon, Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
George Lewis (trombone, tuba)
Charles Stephens (trombone)
Yousef Chauncey (french horn)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Don Pullen (piano)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Brian Smith, Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul, Charlie Persip (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
77.10.12 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast & Audience Recording]
French Radio BroadcastOctober 12, 1977 / Festival Jazz Pulsations, Nancy, France
- 1. Image [42:45]
Sam Rivers (reeds, Composition)
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Byard Lancaster, George Adams, Rene McLean (reeds)
Frank Gordon, Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet)
George Lewis (trombone, tuba)
Charles Stephens (trombone)
Yousef Chauncey (french horn)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Don Pullen (piano)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Brian Smith (bass)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul, Charlie Persip (drums)
Another source had Charles Defense (tuba) and Chico Freeman (reeds)—and omitted George Adams, Charles Stephens, Ahmed Abdullah, Yousef Chauncey, and Barry Altschul—and noted Brian Smith on piano. Personnel above from a festival report in the German magazine JAZZ PODIUM, December 1977, pp. 18-20. —HS
{Primary Source: Broadcast CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal}
77.10.13 • Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Audience Recording]
October 13, 1977 / Festival Jazz Pulsations, Nancy, France- 1. improvisation [25:41]
Dave Holland (bass)
{Primary Source: inconstantsol.blogspot.com/} Not in my collection.
- 77.11.02-06 - Sam Rivers: Joe Daley (Duo ? or same as 77.11.06 below ?) / Giornate del Jazz, Berlin, Germany [Musica Jazz January 1978 pp.6-8 concert reviews, Joachim Ernst Berndt, on-line index]
77.11.06 • Sam Rivers Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
November 6, 1977 / Jazztage 1977, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany- Broadcast announcement
- 1. Universal Message, Rivers announcement [36:15]
- 2. unknown title, Broadcast announcement [17:39]
- [53:54]
Persip is confirmed on percussion at the festival archives. —RL
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Dave Holland (bass)
Charles Persip (percussion)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R (incomplete at 44:54); Jakob Blumenthal 09.09.18; archiv.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzsuche/}
77.11.13 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
November 13, 1977 / unknown venue, Rotterdam, Netherlands- 1. Waves (piano section) [19:03]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, soprano sax, piano)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via H. Smejkal}
- 77.11.25 - "...Two Nights of New Music Festival," Ukraine / "Dave Holland announced they'd be out in fifteen minutes, yet the removal of their equipment foreshadowed the next announcement: Two Nights of New Music would not continue due to lack of ticket sales." / Sam Rivers Trio cancelled [CODA #160, April '78 p.30]
On this same evening, D.C. Space is born.
- 77.12.28 through 78.01.06 - Sam Rivers / Creative Music Studio 1977-78 Season New Year's Intensive / Woodstock, NY [CODA #157 October 1977 back cover]
78.01.01 • Sam Rivers Quintet [Audience Recording]
January 1, 1978 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. improvisation [ : ]
George Lewis (trombone)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: anonymous 06.01.01}
78.00.00 (1) • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
unknown date, 1978 / Studio RivBea, New York City- 1. improvisation [4:28] (excerpt, fades out)
- Interview segment [0:43]
- 2. improvisation [4:12] (excerpt, cuts in, fades out)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1, flute-2, piano-2,)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 78.00.00 (2) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Barker / Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD ["Recent performance..." CODA October 1978 #163 p.29]
78.01.00 • Sam Rivers Trio: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
1st session: [See also 78.06.30; 78.10.02; 78.10.00 (1)]January ?, 1978 / University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- radio announcement [0:20]
- 1. improvisation (soprano sax section) [18:19] (incomplete, fade out by radio announcer)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Ed Hazell; Down Beat July 1981 p.12; Norbert Kreutzer 05.10.31}
- 78.01.10
78.01.11
78.01.12
78.01.13
78.01.14
78.01.15 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA [Billboard January 14, 1978 p.32] - 78.01.27 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX [Michael Kelly 07.05.25; Poster, eBay listing]
- 78.02.01-04 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL
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78.02.05 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February 5, 1978 / Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL- 1. improvisation [8:29]
- 2. improvisation [11:25]
- 3. improvisation [9:02]
- 4. improvisation [10:17]
- 5. improvisation [6:04]
- 6. improvisation [19:51]
- 7. improvisation [8:00] (incomplete, fades at end)
- [74:05]
"I don't know if this is another set, or a more extented version of the same set..." —Jakob Blumenthal
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
"Possibly" Kevin Eubanks (guitar)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21 and 09.07.01}
78.02.10 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February 10, 1978 / Eclipse Jazz Winter 1978 Series [see 78.02.11], Power Center, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, MI- 1. improvisation [:]
- (soprano sax section)
- (p section)
- (tenor sax section)
- (fl section)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: Patrick Clare archive; confidential; CODA #160 April '78 p.28]} Not in my collection.
- 78.02.11 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Winter Jazz Series 1978 poster (16" x 26") Eclipse Jazz Winter 1978 Series, Power Center, Ann Arbor, MI / "Sam Rivers Trio & Leroy Jenkins Trio, Feb 10 & 11" [Patrick Clare archive; eBay posting of concert poster; CODA February 1978 #159 p.31]
- 78.03.06-05.27 - Sam Rivers / Creative Music Studio 1977-78 Season Spring Session / Woodstock, NY [CODA #157 October 1977 back cover]
78.03.30 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
Broadcast by WKCR-FM, NYC
March 30, 1978 / Public Theatre, New York City
- WKCR announcement [1:12]
- 1. improvisation [68:05]
- (tenor sax section 19:44)
- (b solo 4:40)
- (soprano sax section 16:24)
- (dr solo 4:02)
- (p section 15:09)
- (fl section 7:42, incomplete, fades out)
- WKCR announcement [0:33]
Announcer identifies this (on my tape copy) as "first reel" of this concert performance, and suggests that the 2nd may be aired in the future. Does anyone have a tape with this date that is identified as the 2nd reel? —RL
Also noted as "Audience Recording: 54:00," although it is also clearly 70:00 long.
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.33; WKCR-FM Archive}
- 78.03.31
78.04.01 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Daley, Holland, Altschul / Public Theatre, New York City [CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.33]
78.05.10-13: Sam Rivers Trio: Dave Holland, Barry Altschul / Edmonton Jazz Society, Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [www.yardbirdsuite.com/archives/index-shows.htm]
- 78.05.16
78.05.17
78.05.18
78.05.19
78.05.20 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA [CODA #162 August 1, 1978 pp.30-31] - 78.05.21 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / "Improvisation Workshop," Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA [CODA #162 August 1, 1978 pp.30-31]
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78.05.22
78.05.23
78.05.24 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Canada [Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.23 (notes 78.05.22 only); www.yardbirdsuite.com/index-shows.htm has 78.05.22-24] - 78.06.18 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel details) / South Lawn, The White House, Washington, DC [Down Beat November 16, 1978 p.21; Musica Jazz August-September 1978 p.26, on-line index]
- 78.06.22
78.06.23 - Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo / DC Space, Washington, DC [Down Beat July 13, 1978 p.62; CODA #161 June 1, 1978 p.34]
78.06.24 • Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Audience Recording]
June 24, 1978, 9:00 and 11:00pm / DC Space, Washington, DC- 1st Show:
- 1. Improvisation [58:08] (split track)
- 2nd Show:
- 1. Improvisation [61:44] (split track)
- [119:52]
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; CODA October 1978 #163 p.28}
78.06.30 (1) • Sam Rivers Quintet: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
78.06.30 (2) • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
2nd Session: [See also 78.01.00; 78.10.02; 78.10.00 (1)]June 30, 1978 / 25th Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, New York City
- Sam Rivers Quintet / 1st Program
- 1. Hong Kong Suite [See 76.02.00]
- Joy—Sophistication—Serenity—Fun
See 76.02.00. This Suite was written for the event the year after the Carman Moore / American Symphony recording.
Sam Rivers (reeds, Composition)
Mike Nock (piano, synth)
Ted Dunbar (guitar)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
- Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra / 2nd Program
- 1. Evocation (four sections)
Hamiet Bluiett, Ricky Ford, Chico Freeman, J.D. Parran (reeds)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Ray Anderson (trombone)
Jack Walrath, Malachi Thompson, Oliver Beamer, Frank Gordon (trumpet)
Dave Holland (bass)
Warren Smith (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: NYC sessions info from Sam Rivers feature article Down Beat November 16 1978 p.39; Hong Kong Suite info via conversation with Mr. Sam Rivers; Down Beat July 1981 p.12; CODA #162 August 1, 1978 pp.30-31} Not in my collection.
78.06.00 • Sam Rivers & Sonny Rollins Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
Polish Radio Broadcast
June ?, 1978 / Carnegie Hall, 25th Newport Jazz Festival (06.23-07.02), New York City
- introduction [2:05]
- 1. Sunnymoon for Two [8:20]
—also listed as "July, 1978," probably July 1 or 2.
Anyone with knowledge of the schedule for the 1978 Newport Jazz Festival, please let me know! —RL
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
McCoy Tyner (piano)
Ron Carter (bass)
Max Roach (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 78.07.01-06 - Studio RivBea's Early-Summer Festival, NYC [CODA October 1978 #163 p.25]
- 78.07.14-16 - Sam Rivers (no other info) / Northsea Jazz Festival, Palazzo dei Congressi, The Hague, Netherlands [CODA October 1978 #163 p.31; Musica Jazz October 1978 pp.13-16 festival review, Luciano Federighi, on-line index]
- 78.07.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet: (no personnel details) / Teatro Comunale dell'opera, Genoa, Italy [Musica Jazz August-September 1978 p.29, on-line index]
78.07.22 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording]
July 22, 1978 / Festival Internazionale del Jazz, Nervi, Italy- 1. improvisation: "Una Giornata a Genova" [77:47]
- (soprano sax section—16:19, incomplete, fades in)
- (dr solo—5:27)
- (p section—11:05)
- (b solo—4:36)
- (fl section—14:48, split track at 5:18, section missing, incomplete, cuts out at end)
- (tenor sax section—23:53, incomplete, cuts in at beginning)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Musica Jazz August-September 1978 pp.32-33 festival review, Giorgio Lombardi, on-line index}
78.07.23 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
July 23, 1978 / Festival del Jazz, Auditorium del Parco Marsaglia, San Remo, Italy- 1. untitled improvisation [46:57]
- (tenor sax section)
- (soprano sax section)
- (p section)
- (fl section)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Dave Holland (b, ce)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Musica Jazz October 1978 p.36 festival review, Arrigo Polillo, on-line index}
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78.08.08 • Sam Rivers: Waves {1}
Tomato Records TOM 8002 (LP) HOL; TOM 2696491 (LP) 1989 GER; TOM 2696494 (CS) 1989; TOM 2696492 (CD) 1989; Affinity 186 (LP) EUR; TOM 2030 (CD) 2002- Various Artists: The Tomato Sampler {2}
Tomato Records 2696162 (2CD) 1989 HOL
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The Tomato Sampler 2696162.[Includes tracks by Townes Van Zandt; Lightnin' Hopkins; Albert King; Jon Hassell; Heiner Stadler; Melanie; Linda Cohen; Johann Sebastian Bach; Haans Eisler and Bertolt Brecht; Magma; A Tribute To Monk & Bird; Harry Partch; Leroy Jenkins; Louisiana Red; Johnny Shines; Rocky Hill; Asleep at the Wheel; Robert Cray; Dave Brubeck; Frederick Chopin; John Cage; Johann Sebastian Bach / Myra Hess; Mississippi Fred McDowell; Brownie McGhee; Ruben Y Alfonso Ramos and the Texas Revolution; Dick Gregory; John Lee Hooker; A Tribute to Leadbelly; and Leadbelly.] |
August 8, 1978 / Big Apple Studio, New York City
- 1. Shockwave [14:41] {1}
- 2. Torch [6:56] {1,2} *
- 3. Pulse [10:22] {1}
- 4. Flux [6:03] {1}
- 5. Surge [5:13] {1}
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1,5; soprano sax-3; flute-2; piano-1,4; Compositions)
Dave Holland (bass; cello-4)
Joe Daley (tuba-2,3,4; baritone horn-1,5)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
Robert Palmer's liner notes for this disc.
{Primary Source: TOM 2696492; 2696494; TOM 2030; Session date via Down Beat November 16, 1978 p.49 / Sam Rivers feature}
Studio RivBea's Mid-Summer Festival 78.08.18 through 08.26, NYC [CODA October 1978 #163 p.25; Down Beat November 16 1978 p.48]
- 78.08.22 - Sam Rivers & the Studio RivBEA Orchestra: (no personnel given) / Harlem Jazz Festival, Vincent's Place, New York City [Billboard August 28, 1978 p.29]
- 78.08.26 - "Leroy Jenkins, Andrew Cyrille, Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Sam Jones Quartet..." / Harlem Jazz Festival, Small's Paradise, New York City [Billboard August 28, 1978 p.29]
78.09.23 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
September 23, 1978 / International House, Philadelphia, PA- 1. improvisation [52:61] (split track at 28:49)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
78.10.02 • Sam Rivers Quartet: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
3rd Session: [See also 78.01.00; 78.06.30; 78.10.00 (1)]October 2, 1978 / The Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX
- unrelated nonsense [6:12] *
- 1. tenor sax section [16:28] (fade-out by Radio announcer)
Sam Rivers (piano, tenor sax)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
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A ticket to the event...Courtesy Rick Barrett. |
"We do indeed house the archives for the Armadillo World Headquarters and we actually have a finding aid for the collection available online at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00031/cah-00031.html
I searched through this finding aid and found two boxes that contained information on Anthony Braxton: Box 2U217 and Box 2U221. I looked through the boxes themselves and this is what I found:
...Box 2U221 includes a Daily Texan article from October 4, 1978 commenting on his performance at the Armadillo World Headquarters in a concert shared with Sam Rivers. It also includes an article from Friday September 29, 1978 talking about the performance that was going to occur on that Monday and a number of other articles on Braxton..."
—Amelia Brunskill / Reference Services, The Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Ed Hazell; Down Beat July 1981 p.12; Norbert Kreutzer 05.11.06}
78.10.00 (1) • Sam Rivers Quartet: The World of Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
3rd Session: [See also 78.01.00; 78.06.30; 78.10.02]October, 1978 / unknown venue, New Orleans, LA
- 1. improvisation [ : ]
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Down Beat July 1981 p.12} Not in my collection.
- 78.10.07 - Sam Rivers (no personnel info) / Acrosanti Festival '78 (78.10.05-08), Cordes Junction, AZ [CODA October 1978 #163 p.34; date from Jonathan, AnthonyBraxtonProject Group]
78.10.15 • Sam Rivers Quartet & Anthony Braxton [Broadcast & Audience Recordings]
KPFA-FM Broadcast during the week following the session.
October 15, 1978 / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
- Broadcast:
- 1. unknown titles [57:40] (split track, fades out at 28:03, back abruptly at 28:16)
- announcement [0:54]
- Audience:
- 1. unknown titles [53:46] (split track at 46:36)
"Came across a very old trading list that provides what are I think previously unknown live recordings of [Braxton]. A few gigs were known but weren't confirmed as taped: '1977 San Francisco, CA / Braxton, Anthony private tape: Anthony Braxton, Sam Rivers, quintet.' Now, be aware that I have found numerous errors elsewhere in this list, so..." —Michael Fitzgerald to AnthonyBraxtonProject Group 06.03.04
Holland's statement here: 76.00.00, indicates that the two reed players were no longer performing together. The last known date preceding this was a Holland 4tet date on 74.07.26, and I've found no mentions of any west coast gigs by Rivers in '77 (yet, and I've been looking). "1977 San Francisco, CA" is likely a mis-dated recording of this session.—RL
Sam Rivers (soprano sax, piano)
Anthony Braxton (alto sax)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Broadcast CD-R; Audience CD-R}
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Holland, Daley, Barker, and Rivers in Vancouver, 78.10.22-23 —photo courtesy Brian Nation |
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78.10.22
78.10.23 - Sam Rivers Quartet: David Holland, Joe Daley, Thurman Barker / Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [vancouverjazz.com/vjs/index.php; CODA October 1978 #163 p.24]
78.10.25 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
October 25, 1978 / Egyptian Moore Theater, Seattle, WA- announcement [0:12]
- 1. improvisation [61:06]
- (soprano sax section—10:10)
- (b solo—4:14)
- (p section—13:51, tuba solo in at 6:44)
- (tenor sax section—8:53)
- (dr solo—3:19)
- (fl section—3:33)
- applause & band intro [0:48]
- (fl section—16:04)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Norbert Kreutzer 05.10.31}
- 78.10.00 (2) - Sam Rivers Big Band / "Professional recording engineer Michaël W. Huon did one recording around 1978 with the Sam Rivers Big Band on Oct 78 Woluwe St Pierre, Centre Culturel in the Brussels area" [Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg 04.11.29]
- 78.10.28-29 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Thurman Barker / "Festival L'improvvisazione," Aula Magna Trevano, Lugano, Italy [Musica Jazz December 1978 pp.39-40, on-line index]
- 78.11.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Thurman Barker / "completed, in November, a long tour through Italy:" Bergamo, Brescia, Varese, Saronno, (Vercelli, Palermo, Milano), Lugano / [Musica Jazz November 1978 p.22; Rivers interview-- December 1978 pp.8-10, on-line index]
- 78.11.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Thurman Barker / Nel 24° Festival Viottiano, Vercelli, Italy / "Encounter with Jazz" 3 evenings of concerts and introductory conference [Musica Jazz December 1978 p.14, on-line index]
78.11.06 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording & RivBea Archival Recording]
November 6, 1978 / Padova, Italy- RivBea Archive / Reel 17
- 1. improvisations [120:00]
"120' private audience recording exists." —Heinrich Smejkal
Sam Rivers (reeds; soprano sax and piano on the Archival Recording)
Dave Holland (bass)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: Joe Washek 09.03.29; Heinrich Smejkal 04.01.12} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
78.11.07 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
November 7, 1978 / Padova, Italy- 1. improvisations [120:00]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Dave Holland (bass)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: Heinrich Smejkal 04.01.12} Not in my collection.
- 78.11.11 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Thurman Barker / Brass Club di Palermo, Auditorium SS. Salvatore, Palermo, Italy [Musica Jazz January 1979 p.17, on-line index]
- 78.11.13 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Thurman Barker / Cinema Teatro Ciack, Milano, Italy [Musica Jazz January 1979 p.20 concert reviews, Arrigo Polillo, on-line index]
- 78.00.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet minus 1: Joe Daley, Dave Holland / "Unfortunately percussionist Thurman Barker chose an African tour in preference to the inclement winter." Great Black Music Series, ("Opening the series...") Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [CODA #166 April 1979 p.29]
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78.11.29
78.11.30 - Sam Rivers "Band": (no personnel details), probably as above, sans Barker ??? / Horshoe Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Horshoe Tavern November schedule] - 78.12.00 - "RivBea closed after a landlord/tenant dispute..." [Down Beat March 22, 1979 Sam Rivers Blindfold Test p.29]
78.12.11 • Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Broadcast Recording]
Broadcast on CKCU-FM 93.1 Ottawa, Ontario / "In a Mellow Tone" host Ron Sweetman
December 11, 1978 / Theatre de L'lle, Hull, Quebec, Canada
- 1. improvisation [27:37]
- 2. improvisation [50:10] (incomplete, split track, fades at 30:55, back in at 31:10)
- 3. improvisation [14:41] (incomplete, fades in, fades out)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-2; piano-1,2; soprano sax-3; flute-1,2)
Dave Holland (bass)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; CODA #166 April 1979 p.30; stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/}
- 78.12.15
78.12.16 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (soprano sax, piano, tenor sax, flute), Joe Daley (tuba), Dave Holland (bass, cello), unknown (drums, percussion) / 10:30pm, Public Theatre, New York City [New York Magazine December 18, 1978 p.42] - 79.00.00 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Altschul / "Professional recording engineer Michael W. Huon did one recording around 1978 with the Sam Rivers Big Band on Oct 78, Woluwe St Pierre, Centre Culturel in the Brussels area. He did also one trio concert the year after in Antwerpen with Barry and Dave...." [Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg 04.11.29]
79.01.24 • Sam Rivers Big Band [Audience Recording]
January 24, 1979 / Storyville, New York City- unknown titles [ : ]
No personnel info. Perhaps close to 79.02.04 below?
{Primary Source: 2CD-Rs in WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31} Not in my collection.
- 79.01.28 - Sam Rivers Quartet: (no personnel info) / Hartford Jazz Society, Hartford, CT [CODA #166 April 1979 p.36]
- 79.02.03-04 - Sam Rivers / "...including musicians' workshops, an open jam session in the Student Center Rathskellar, and other special events." / Kent Winter Jazz Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH [Billboard February 3, 1979 p.65 + 90]
- 79.02.04 (1) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers, Holland, Daley, Barker / "...followed by the Chico Freeman Quartet, the Hammiet Bluiett Trio, and the entire Rivers' Jazz Festival Orchestra."/ 7:00pm, Kent Winter Jazz Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH [ibid]
79.02.04 • Sam Rivers' Orchestra [Audience Recording]
February 4, 1979 / Kent Winter Jazz Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH- 1. unknown title [10:49]
- 2. unknown title [11:17]
- 3. unknown title [16:05]
- 4. unknown title [15:36]
- announcement [0:21]
- [54:10]
Chico Freeman (reeds)
Ricky Ford (reeds)
Hamiett Bluiett (reeds)
Frank Gordon (?)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Jay Hoggard (?)
Abdul Wadud (cello)
Don Pullen (piano)
Dave Holland (bass)
Warren Smith (percussion)
[Also, sort of:]
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BOGUS ALERT! |
{Primary Source: Private CD-R; Kevin Skotnicki; JAM 9134-2; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21; Billboard February 3, 1979 p.65 + 90}
- 79.02-03-00 - "Some dates with an 18-piece group, and toured in duo with [Dave] Holland" [Down Beat March 22, 1979 Sam Rivers Blindfold Test p.29]
- 79.02.25 - Sam Rivers Orchestra: (no personnel details) / New Music Festival, Punch & Judy Theatre, Gross Pointe, MI / "tentative" [Down Beat March 8, 1979 p.47]
- 79.03.04 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Daley, Holland, Battle / Grenoble Jazz Festival, Grenoble, France [Info from festival web-site]
- 79.03.08 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Joe Daley (tuba), Dave Holland (bass), Barry Atschul (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
79.04.20 (2) • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
April 20, 1979 / DC Space, Washington, DC- 1. improvisation [58:20]
- (tenor sax section 14:02)
- (b solo 8:48)
- (p section 15:50, Daley solo begins 4:40 in)
- (dr solo 5:08)
- (fl section 14:17,(incomplete, fades out)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn, euphonium)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; WKCR-FM Broadcast 07.05.22}
- 79.04.21 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Daley, Holland, Battle / DC Space, Washington, DC [Ben Young, WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31]
79.04.00 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
April, 1979 (late April through early May) / New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
- radio announcement (Billy Taylor) [0:24]
- 1. improvisation [28:19]
- (p and tenor sax sections; drum solo; fl+voc section)
- Rivers announcement [0:24]
- radio announcement (Billy Taylor) [0:15]
- Rivers interviewed by Michael Cuscuna [5:14]
- radio announcement (Billy Taylor) [0:41]
- [35:52]
Sam Rivers (piano, tenor sax, flute, voc)
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn, euphonium)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; info via Martin Milgrim 05.02.17; Norbert Kreutzer 05.11.06}
- 79.05.12 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Daley, Holland, Barker / 20:00, Hotel Mohren, Willisau, Switzerland, "as illustrated on the Niklaus Troxler poster in my ; OREOS Collection Jazz - Niklaus Troxler Jazz Posters, p.95." [Kevin White 02.10.21; www.troxlerart.ch/pages/posters.php]
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79.05.15 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP Nr.:145 (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) Radio/TV Broadcast
May 15, 1979 / Studio 10, Hamburg, Germany
- announcement [0:21]
- 1. An Evening In Hamburg, Part I [18:39]
- announcement [0:26]
- 2. An Evening In Hamburg, Part II [37:55]
- announcement [1:10]
- 3. Blossoms Part I + II [56:33] (incomplete, fades at end)
- announcement [0:26]
- [115:49]
Joe Daley (tuba, baritone horn)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; confidential}
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79.06.01
79.06.02
79.06.03 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Holland, Daley, Battle / Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA [CODA August 1979 #168 p.32] - 79.06.00 - Sam Rivers "group" / Probably the weekend of the 8th and 9th. / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA [Billboard June 2, 1979 p.66]
79.06.12 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
June 12, 1979 / Olympia, WA- First Show:
- 1. improvisation [79:24]
- (tenor sax section—16:32, incomplete, cuts in)
- (dr solo—6:11)
- (p section—15:22)
- (b solo—10:47)
- (fl section—17:57)
- applause, announcement [1:48]
- Second Show
- warming up [0:32]
- 2. improvisation [78:18]
- (soprano sax section, tuba solo at 19:05 in—24:18)
- (p section—15:02)
- (b solo—10:32, split track at 7:12)
- (fl section—5:50)
- (voc + flute section—7:43)
- I need to comment ::: Around 9:00 into this section Rivers goes off with his multiphonics
and is accompanied by a carnivalesque chorus of euphonium, slide-whistles, bird-calls,
whistles, and kazoos that sounds like a Three-Ring Psychotic Duck Circus with the insane
uncle of Tom Waits as the ring-master. The crowd laughs out loud, and I did too. - (dr solo—7:17)
- (fl section—16:54)
- applause / band intro [1:10]
- [158:14]
- radio announcement [0:09]
- 1. "...an excerpt from his orchestral suite." [28:58]
- band intro [0:56]
- 79.06.23 - Sam Rivers & The Studio RivBEA Orchestra: personnel as above / 8:30 and 11:30pm, New Jazz at the Public Theatre, New York City [New York Magazine June 25, 1979 p.28]
- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
- 79.07.13 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Daley, Holland, Battle / 6:30pm, North Sea Jazz Festival, Carrousel Zaal, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, Netherlands
- 1. improvisation [37:56]
- 79.07.13 (2) - RivBEA Orchestra / Northsea Jazz Festival, Congress Center, Amsteradm, Netherlands [Billboard August 18, 1979 p.39]
- 79.08.08 - Sam Rivers & the Studio RivBEA Orchestra / 1:00pm, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City [New York Magazine August 13, 1979 p.25]
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79.08.20
79.08.21
79.08.22 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Dave Holland, Joe Daley, Thurman Barker / Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA ["in residence... to conduct workshops," CODA August 1979 #168 p.37] - 1. unknown title [60:39] (split track at 46:35)
- applause, announcement [1:24]
- 2. unknown title [51:38] (music fades out and back in at 43:16)
- [113:43]
- 79.08.24 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Dave Holland, Joe Daley, Thurman Barker / Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA ["in residence... to conduct workshops," CODA August 1979 #168 p.37]
- 1. Evening Breeze [31:00]
- (tenor sax section—9:57, excerpt)
- (p section—8:29)
- (fl section—12:34, incomplete)
- 79.11.13 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Dave Holland, Joe Daley, Thurman Barker / al Cinema Teatro Ciack, Milano, Italy [Musica Jazz January 1979 p.20 concert reviews, Arrigo Polillo, on-line index]
- 1st Set:
- 1. improvisation [70:10]
- (tenor sax section—27:05)
- (dr solo—7:00)
- (p section—11:45)
- (b solo—8:05)
- (fl + voc section—16:15, incomplete)
- (2nd Set:
- 2. improvisation [76:30]
- (soprano sax section—24:30)
- (b solo—14:10)
- (p section—16:55)
- (dr solo—5:55)
- (fl + voc section—15:00)
- [148:17]
- 1. unknown title [32:22]
- 2. unknown title [40:41]
- 3. unknown title [22:12] (incomplete)
- [94:16]
- My copy truncated at 89:43
1979:
Thurman Barker: ...after the Waves record, we went on tour. Contrasts was also done while we were on tour...
[Barker, Ted Panken, WKCR-FM New York City, November 18, 1985, www.jazzhouse.org/library/index.php?read=panken13]
———- Various Artists: ECM Sampler 7 {2}
ECM PRO-E-895 (LP) 1980
[This was a promo item, not available for retail.] - The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Contemporary Currents {3}
Franklin Mint Record Society / Jazz 097A, 098A, 099A, 100A (4LP) 1986
(The Rivers track is on 098A) - 1. Circles [4:10] {1}
- 2. Zip [4:42] {1,2}
- 3. Solace [6:54] {1}
- 4. Verve [7:09] {1}
- 5. Dazzle [9:12] {1}
- 6. Images [3:48] {1,3}
- 7. Lines [7:15] {1}
- 79.12.09 : See 78.06.30
- 80.02.14 - Sam Rivers Trio: Dave Holland, Steve Ellington / 9:00pm, Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX [Patrick Clare 08.11.05]
A ticket to the event...
Courtesy Patrick Clare - RivBea Archive / Reel 40
- 1. improvisation [44:24]
- (tenor sax section—20:14)
- (dr solo—5:41)
- (flute-voc section—11:23)
- (b solo—5:01)
- (flute-voc section—2:04)
- announcement [1:13] (and applause from a very large and enthusiastic crowd)
- 1. improvisation [71:40] (incomplete, fades in)
- (tenor sax section—15:35)
- (b solo—8:35)
- (electric piano section—14:50)
- (dr solo—7:40)
- (ce solo—6:00)
- (flute-voc section—18:45)
- 80.02-03.00 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Ellington / Praxis Jazz Festival, Athens, Greece "mid-February to mid-March..." [CODA #190 June 1983 p.33]
- 80.03.21-23 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Ellington / "Urban Jazz in the Ballroom,"Wiener Jazz Frühling, Germany [www.lps.at/festivals/wrjazz.html]
- 1. improvisation [66:45]
- (tenor sax section)
- (dr solo)
- (soprano sax section)
- (b solo)
- (flute-voice)
- 2. improvisation [28:31]
- (soprano sax section)
- (b solo)
- (tenor sax section)
- [96:18]
- 1. improvisation [35:14] (incomplete, faes in, cuts out)
- (tenor sax section)
- (dr solo)
- (p section)
- [35:14]
- 1st Set:
- 1. improvisation
- (tenor sax section—18:25)
- (dr solo—4:40)
- (p section—13:20)
- (b solo—7:50)
- (fl section—17:00)
- (2nd Set:
- 2. improvisation
- (soprano sax section—13:35)
- (ce solo—9:05)
- (p section—5:15)
- (dr solo—7:25)
- (fl section—21:05)
- 3. (encore) p section [13:30]
- [132:47]
- 80.04.00 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Ellington / Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA / "[beginning] in April... Spring 1980" [CODA August 1980 #174 p.34]
- 80.04.11 - Sam Rivers Trio: Rivers (tenor sax, flute), Holland (bass, cello), Steve Ellington (drums) / Public Theatre, NYC [CODA #173 June 1980 p.34]
- 1. unknown title [22:42]
- announcement [0:51]
- 80.05.06
80.05.07
80.05.08
80.05.09
80.05.10 - Sam Rivers (no personnel details) / 9:30 and 11:30pm + 1:15am Fri. and Sat., Fat Tuesday's, New York City [New York Magazine May 12, 1980 p.117] - 80.05.17 - Sam Rivers Solo / On a triple bill with Jaki Byard (Solo) and Muhal Richard Abrams Trio / New Jazz Benefit Concert Series, Public Theatre, NYC [Flyer from Patrick Clare archive; CODA #173 June 1980 p.34 has this as April 17.]
- 80.05.24 - Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo / DC Space, Washington, DC [Michael McLaughlin correspondence 04.01.05]
- 80.06.03-08 or 06.10-15 - Sam Rivers Trio: Dave Holland, Steve Ellington / Fat Tuesdays, NYC / "Tuesday through Sunday, I went Friday and Sunday." —Patrick Clare 09.11.18
- 1. improvisation [52:40]
- 80.08.11-14 - Carman Moore with Sam Rivers, others... / Democratic National Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City [Billboard August 30, 1980 p.94]
- 1. Interview segment [7:10]
- RivBea Archive / Reel 36
- introduction [0:18]
- 1. improvisation [44:14]
- (tenor sax section—9:58)
- (b solo—8:47)
- (electric piano section—12:49)
- (d solo—7:02)
- (soprano sax section—5:19, incomplete, cuts out)
- 80.10.29-11.06 - Sam Rivers Trio: Holland, Ellington / Paris Jazz Festival, at the Dreher, Paris, France [CODA February 1981 #177 p.36]
- 1. improvisation [121:23]
- (tenor sax section—15:37)
- (b solo—8:05)
- (p section—11:20)
- (dr solo—7:20)
- (soprano sax section—10:25)
- (ce solo—8:20)
- (fl + voc section—16:00)
- (soprano sax section—13:40)
- (dr solo—7:05)
- (dr section—4:10)
- (b solo—7:45)
- (fl section—4:15)
- applause [1:10]
- (fl section / encore—6:35)
- 80.12.01-19 - Sam Rivers ("Resource Staff" with George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, Edward Blackwell, others; Artistic Director Karl Berger / The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada "The Winter Cycle 1980-81 Advanced Studies in Improvisational..." [Advertisement, CODA August 1980 #174 p.37]
- [0riginally 81.12.00] - Karl Berger: Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell, Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, others... / "[my] involvement here at Banff started in 1981. I came here with a pilot program that actually became the Creative Music Studio... [Berger] ...put together a collection of people... and we came up here and did about ten days around Christmas time." —Dave Holland interview w/ Bill Smith [CODA #229 December 1989 p.6]
"I'm sure you got Dave's quote right, but what he said is wrong. Yes, Dave was at the pilot program in Banff, but that was in 1980, not '81. He actually was referring to another entry on your webpage..." (80.12.01-19) "I know this, because I was one of the people Karl Berger brought to the program. And technically, this was not part of Creative Music Studios (although many of the people there were from CMS, myself included). CMS was founded in the early '70s and was located near Woodstock, NY; and I have no idea what Dave meant by saying the Banff pilot project ‘actually became the Creative Music Studio.’" —Bob Selcoe 04.06.29
- 80.11.15 - Sam Rivers' Studio RivBea Ensemble / Hopkins Center, Dartmouth, NH [CODA #176 December 1, 1980 p.38]
- 80.12.27-01.04 - "Creative Music Studio... The 1980/1981 New Year's Intensive with Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, and special guests" [CODA #176 December 1, 1980 p.34] "...that concert with Sam, Dave, and Barry did take place at Creative Music Studios sometime during the New Years' Intensive within a couple days of New Years, 1981—(you do have an entry for the Intensive, but no concert is mentioned). Maybe it was a trio, not a quartet—I'm not 100 percent sure." —Bob Selcoe 05.08.18
- 1. improvisation [15:00]
- RivBea Archive / Reel 35
- unknown titles [ : ]
- "...in 1976, ...[Holland] devoted his time exclusively to the Rivers band: a decision related... to the pull of free improvisation. 'Sam's thing was wide open, we never played a note of music that was written in the small group. Sam used to say, play all the music, play vamps, play free, play everything. I said, well, this is the finishing school for me.' The finishing school finished in 1981." [WIRE #50 April 1988 p.49, Dave Holland feature]
"Rivers, Holland, and Steve Ellington will be touring mid-Western Universities in February..." [CODA #176 December 1, 1980 p.38]
This tour apparently ended up as a quartet to-do with Bey on bass instead of Holland, who moved on at some point during the first two months of '81.81.02.08 (?) - Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo / Children's Theater, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN [Down Beat January 1981 p.70]
Possibly a day-time concert, possibly cancelled. Holland left Rivers around this time, and RivBea Archives has Rivers in Minneapolis, but with the new quartet noted below. —Rick Lopez- RivBea Archive / Tape Reels 44 and 47:
- crowd noise [0:49]
- 1. improvisation [79:56] (SR announcement over vamp during final 3:50)
- crowd noise [0:38]
- 1. improvisation [92:43]
- 81.02.15 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Skip Crumby Bey (bass), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Steve Ellington (drums) / Gilly's, Dayton, OH [CODA #185 August 1982 p.4]
81.02.19 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Skip Crumby Bey (bass), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Steve Ellington (drums) / Eclipse Jazz, University Club, Ann Arbor, MI [CODA #177 February 1981 p.32; Down Beat February 1981 p.72]
*Both publications have this mistakenly announced as a trio with Holland and Ellington. —Rick Lopez81.02.24-28 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (reeds), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Skip Crumby Bey (bass), Steve Ellington (drums) / Edmonton Jazz Society, Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [www.yardbirdsuite.com/archives/index-shows.htm]
Yardbird Suite has this quartet mistakenly listed with Holland on bass. —Rick Lopez- 81.03.00 (1) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Skip Bey (bass), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Steve Ellington / Music Hall, San Francisco, CA [CODA #179 June 1981 p.35]
- 81.03.00 (2) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Skip Bey (bass), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Steve Ellington / University of California, San Francisco, CA [ibid]
- 1. improvisation [57:12]
- (soprano sax section—10:47)
- (tenor sax section—13:03)
- (p section—13:29)
- 2. Wind Song [13:52]
- Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
- 1. Swirl [3:51]
- 2. Crosscurrent [5:32]
- 3. Rapture [3:17]
- 4. Riptide [5:33]
- 5. Breeze [5:45]
- 6. Eddy [8:38]
- 7. Sunbeams [3:45]
- 8. Serenity [1:55]
- RivBea Archive / Tape Reels 33 and 38
- (no track or time info available)
- 1. improvisation [139:21]
- 81.06.10 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Jerry Byrd (guitar), Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass), Steve Ellington (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
- 81.07.00 "mid July" - Sam Rivers (no personnel) / World Stage Cafe, Detroit Jazz Center, Detroit, MI [Cadence June 1981 p.63]
- 1. An Evening in Willisau [19:50] (incomplete, excerpt)
- 81.09.00 - Sam Rivers: (no personell details) / Jazz Unite Club, Paris, France [CODA October 1981 #180 p.38]
- 1. unknown titles [71:34] (continuous performance, split track at 30:00-ish and at 45:15)
- 81.10.00 - Sam Rivers' Rivbea Orchestra: Marvin Horne (guitar), Eddie Gomez (bass), others... / Benefit for Dave Holland, Mike Morganelli's Loft, NYC / "I was unable to attend, but a close friend was able to go." —Patrick Clare 09.11.24
- Audience Recording:
- 1. improvisation [46:26]
- Broadcast Recording:
- announcement [0:32]
- 1. improvisation [57:56] (split track at 48:42)
- announcement [0:37]
- 81.12.19 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano), Marvin Horne (guitar), Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass), Newman Baker (drums) / 10:00pm, New Jazz at the Public Theatre, New York City [New York Magazine December 21, 1981 p.98]
Incorrect session detail ::: 81.12.00 - Karl Berger: Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell, Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, others... / "[my] involvement here at Banff started in 1981... —Dave Holland interview w/ Bill Smith [CODA #229 December 1989 p.6]
See corrected entry 80.12.01-19.- 82.01.01 & 01.03 or 01.15 & 17 ("Early to mid-January") - Sam Rivers Tuba Trio: Joe Daley (baritone horn, tuba), Newman Baker (drums) / Gullivers, West Paterson, NJ / "They played two nights: Friday and Sunday... I asked Sam how Dave Holland was doing, and he said he was getting better. Sam also said that he was auditioning guitar players. (Sam was living in Teaneck, NJ at this time, which was less than a half-hour car ride to West Paterson.)" [Patrick Clare 09.11.18]
- 82.01.07-09 (festival duration) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Jazzfestival, Stadthalle, Hofheim, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.11 p.33, 1982]
- intro, Joachim Ernst Berendt [1:48]
- 1. An Evening in Villingen [57:14]
- (tenor sax section—13:58)
- (b solo—6:47)
- (soprano sax section—12:13)
- (dr solo—3:56)
- (p section—13:00, split track at 44:18)
- (g solo—5:22)
- (fl section—2:07, incomplete, fades out, announcement over last 0:24)
- 1st Set:
- 1. improvisation [62:11] (split track at 46:24)
- 2. improvisation [22:52]
- 3. encore, intermission [2:18]
- 2nd Set:
- 4. improvisation [81:34] (split track at 4:57 and 51:16)
- 5. encore [16:14] (incomplete, cuts out at end)
- [185:09]
- 82.02.07 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Bazillus, Zürich, Switzerland [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.2 p.34, 1982]
- 82.02.08 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Amerikahaus, München, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.2 p.34, 1982]
- 82.02.12 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Kulturforum, Bonn, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.2 p.34, 1982]
- 82.02.13 - "The New" Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / JazzClub Luxembourg, France [www.jazzclub.lu/historique_concerts81-82_FR.htm]
- 82.02.20 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Marvin Horne * (guitar), Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass), Steve Ellington (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
* Not sure why the difference in personnel, but Horne is listed at the BIMhuis archive instead of Eubanks... Was anyone present? —RL - 1. unknown title [28:41] (incomplete, fades out)
- 1. unknown title [4:33] (incomplete, fades in, cuts out)
- 1. unknown titles [13:50] (incomplete, cuts in, fades out)
- 1. unknown titles [11:15] (incomplete, fades in, fades out)
- [57:28]
- 82.02.21 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Den Haag, Netherlands [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.2 p.34, 1982]
- 82.03.08 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Amerikahaus, München, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.3 p.51, 1982]
- 82.03.12 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Schweizerbund, Bern, Switzerland [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.3 p.41, 1982]
- 82.03.18 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.3 p.46, 1982]
- 82.03.19 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, Germany [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.3 p.46, 1982]
- 82.03.20 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Eubanks, Wesley-Grant, Baker / Jazz Studio, Nürnberg, Germany (these sessions usually were broadcasted, but I don't have a tape of this ... ) [Sander Piek 09.06.23; Jazzpodium, No.3 p.51, 1982]
- 82.03.06 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (sax, flute, piano), Kevin Eubanks (guitar), Real-Wesley Grant (bass), Newman Baker (drums) / Der Verein, Dortmund, Germany [www.domicil-dortmund.de/index.php]
- 1st Set:
- 1. improvisation [53:53] (incomplete set)
- (tenor sax section—6:38, incomplete, fades in)
- (dr solo—2:55)
- (soprano sax section—10:07)
- (b solo—3:12)
- (fl section—17:48)
- announcement [1:05]
- 2nd Set: (incomplete ?)
- 2. improvisation [8:52]
- (duo—1:54, bass and what sounds like a baritone sax, but not Rivers)
- (fl section—6:03)
- 3. encore [3:28] (rhythm vamp without Rivers)
- announcement [0:15]
- [66:33]
- 82.05.06 - Sam Rivers Trio: probably with Vidacovich and unknown bass player from 82.05.05 / "tomorrow at the fairgrounds, in the tent," New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA [From 1st Set announcement on 82.05.05 Audience Recording]
- 1. Evocation [21:12]
- 2. Piece for Flutes [24:14)
- broadcast announcement [1:04]
- 1. Evocation Suite, part 4 [17:50]
- 2. Evocation Suite, part 2 [11:13]
- 3. Roses (from "Flower Suite") [20:10]
- 4. Evocation Suite, part 3 [22:38]
- [80:50]
- Various Artists: Jazz Highlights Live in Berlin {2}
Amiga Records Amiga 8 56 468 (LP) 1989 GER
[Disc includes tracks by Art Farmer Quintet;
Thad Jones and Radio Big Band Berlin;
Chris Barber; and Family of Percussion.
Sessions between 1981 and 1986.]
- 1. Evocation Suite, part 4 [19:35] {1}
- 2. Evocation Suite, part 3 [23:10] {1}
- 3. Roses (from "Flower Suite") [12:59] {1,2 *}
- 4. Evocation Suite, part 2 [10:23] {1}
- soundcheck [2:50]
- 1. unknown title [23:10]
- 2. unknown title [17:40]
- announcement [1:47]
- 3. unknown title [15:12]
- announcement [4:12]
- 4. unknown title [6:05]
- announcement by Rivers [2:04]
- [71:10]
- 82.08.30 or 08.31 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel info) / Greenwich Village Jazz Festival, NYC (probably opening day (08.30) if at all, considering he's in Germany on 09.01. —RL) [CODA #185 August 1982 p.36; Billboard July 17, 1982 p.74]
- 1. unknown title [7:14]
- 2. unknown title [9:34] (incomplete, cuts at end)
- 3. unknown title [2:56]
- 4. unknown title [24:03] (incomplete, fades out at end)
- 5. unknown title [9:31]
- Rivers' announcement [0:48]
- [54:24]
- 1. unknown title [5:14]
- 2. unknown title [13:34]
- 3. unknown title [12:39]
- 4. unknown title [11:59]
- 5. unknown title [12:31]
- intro by Rivers [0:40]
- 6. unknown title [21:21]
- 7. unknown title [11:27]
- 8. unknown title [6:51]
- [96:16]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano, voc)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: 3CD-R; Norbert Kreutzer 05.11.01}.
79.06.22 • Sam Rivers & The Studio RivBEA Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
The World of Sam Rivers, National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive" [Aired 79.12.09 & 81.07.19]
June 22, 1979, 8:30 and 11:30pm / New Jazz at the Public Theatre, New York City
Sam Rivers (reeds, Composition)
Jimmy Vass, John Stubblefield, Lee Rozie, John Purcell, Hamiet Bluiett, Ron Bridgewater, Steve Coleman,
Bill Cody, James Ware, James Stewart (reeds)
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beamer, Frank Gordon, Ted Daniel (trumpet)
Ray Anderson, George Lewis, Charles Deffinitz, Richard Harper (trombone)
Vincent Chancey, John Clark, Greg Williams (french horn)
Abdul Wadud, Pat Dixon, Muneer Abdul Fatah (cello)
Joe Daley, Bob Stewart (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker, Warren Smith (percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA August 1979 #168 p.34; Norbert Kreutzer 05.11.06; Anonymous 06.01.01}
79.07.05 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
"Reel Live Music," WCBN-FM Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan
July 5, 1979 / Kent State University Jazz Festival, Kent, Ohio
Don Pullen (piano)
Dave Holland (bass)
Others?
{Primary Source: confidential} Not in my collection.
79.07.13 (1) • Archie Shepp & Sam Rivers Double Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
July 13, 1979, 8:15 / North Sea Jazz Festival, Carrousel Zaal, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, NetherlandsArchie Shepp (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Joe Daley (tuba)
Siegfried Kessler (piano)
Dave Holland Yon Takahashi (bass)
Clifford Jarvis, Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Franz Herzog 06.03.23; Billboard June 2, 1979 p.61}
79.08.23 • Sam Rivers Quartet with The Seattle Composers & Improvisers Orchestra [Audience Recording]
August 23, 1979 / Cornish Institute, Seattle, WAJoe Daley (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
others unknown (track #1 only)
{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 06.01.16; CODA August 1979 #168 p.37} Not in my collection.
79.11.06 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Audio & Video]
November 6, 1979 / Teatro CIAK, Mailand, ItalySam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano)
Dave Holland (bass))
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Video}
79.11.15 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording & Video]
November 15, 1979 / Loft, München, GermanySam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano, soprano sax, voice)
Dave Holland (bass, cello)
Thurman Barker (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; DVD}
79.11.20 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording]
November 20, 1979 / Turin, ItalyChico Freeman, Steve Coleman, Hamiet Bluiett, Duane Armstrong (reeds)
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beamer (trumpet)
Malachi Thompson (crnt)
Charles Stevens, Craig Harris (trombone)
Richard Ancell or Pincell (name uncertain) (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; inconstantsol.blogspot.com/}
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79.12.00 • Sam Rivers: Contrasts {1}
ECM 1-1162 (LP) 1980; ECM 1162 (LP) GER 1980; ECM PAP-9227 (LP) JAPGeorge Lewis (trombone)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums, marimba)
{Primary Source: ECM 1-1162; ECM PRO-E-895; Franklin Mint Jazz 098A ; other issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3989].}
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80.02.16 • Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
February 16, 1980 / Albuquerue, NMSam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, voice)
Dave Holland (bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: RivBea CD-R, Reel 40} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
80.02.00 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February ?, 1980 / Gluepot Tavern, Auckland, New ZealandDave Holland (bass, cello)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
80.03.22 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
March 22, 1980 / Jazzclub Schlachthof-Geststätte, Karlsruhe, GermanyDave Holland (b, ce)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
80.03.28 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
March 28, 1980 / Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, GermanyDave Holland (b, ce)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
80.04.01 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
April 1, 1980 / Basel, SwitzerlandDave Holland (bass, cello)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
80.04.12 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording]
April 12, 1980 / Public Theatre, New York CityTitle / faded-in [17:56]; Title [07:10]
"[These additional titles]...misinterpreted as Sam Rivers Orchestra but in my opinion is additional material from..." George Russell Orchestra, NYC 78.05.08 at Village Vanguard. —Norbert Kreutzer 05.12.26
Sam Rivers (reeds, flute)
Chico Freeman, John Purcell, Marty Ehrlich, Bobby Eldridge (reeds)
Oliver Beamer, Malachi Thompson, Stanton Davis (trumpet)
Charles Stevens, Craig Harris (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Dave Holland (bass)
Freddie Waits (drums)
"...one of the first jazz concerts that I attended." —George Scala correspondence 03.10.26
{Primary Source: CD-R; Norbert Kreutzer 05.12.26}
80.06.28 • Sam Rivers & Dave Holland Duo [Soundboard Recording]
June 28, 1980 / Pisa, ItalyDave Holland (bass)
{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #175 October 1 1980 p. 37}
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80.10.00 • Sam Rivers [Audience Recording / Interview]
October, 1980 / Stockholm, Sweden{Primary Source: CD-R}
80.10.02 • Sam Rivers Trio [RivBea Archival Recording]
October 2, 1980 / The Cellar, Brisbane, AustraliaSam Rivers (tenor sax, electric piano, soprano sax)
Dave Holland (bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: RivBea CD-R, Reel 36} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
80.11.03 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
November 3, 1980 / Athens, GreeceDave Holland (bass, cello)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
81.01.01 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
January 1, 1981 / Woodstock, New YorkSam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano)
Dave Holland (bass)
Barry Altschul (drums)
{Primary Source: info from Ed Hazell; Patrick Clare 09.11.24} Not in my collection.
81.01.06 • Sam Rivers [RivBea Archival Recording]
January 6, 1981 / Zelda Bloomdido's, Northampton, MASam Rivers (reeds)
Barry Altschul (percussion)
{Primary Source: Joseph Washek June 2008, Reel 35} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
81.02.08 • Sam Rivers Quartet [RivBea Archival Recording]
February 13, 1971 / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MNDigitized, transferred to CDR, and edited to form one continuous performance. —Joe Washek, June 2008
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, piano, flute and voice)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Skip "Crumby" Bey (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: RivBea CD-R, Reels 44/47} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
81.02.10 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
February 10, 1981 / Tut's, Chicago, IL(tracks at 8:29; 11:25; 9:02; 10:1; (15 sec silence); 6:04; 19:51; 8:00)
"About the beginning of the various guitar bands in the 80s after the break-up of the great Holland/Altschul trio." —Fredito
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Skip "Crumby" Bey (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
"Occasional jazz one-nighters, recently including... Sam Rivers." [Down Beat April 1981 p.69; http://huppeshyalites.blogspot.com]
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}
81.03.13 • Sam Rivers Solo [Audience Recording]
WKCR-FM, Broadcast 07.05.22, "Sam Rivers Festival"
March 13, 1981 / DC Space, Washington, DC
{Primary Source: CD-R; Michael McLaughlin 04.01.05}
81.04.04 • Sam Rivers: Crosscurrent
Blue Marge 1005 (LP) 1981 FR; DIW DIW-1055 (CD) JAP; Blue Marge 1005 (CD) 2009 FR|
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Two BASF reels "#33" and "#38" written on boxes. "Sam Rivers 4-4-81 # I" written on one, and same notation with "#2" written on the other. #2 has additional notation "Banded." These are both 1" wide tapes, apparently multitrack. —Joe Washek, June 2008
Sam Rivers (piano, flute, soprano sax, tenor sax, Compositions)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: Blue Marge 1005; DIW reference from Tom Lord Jazz Discography R3990} I find no other reference that the DIW re-issue exists. —RL}
81.05.17 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording]
May 17, 1981 / Florence, ItalySam Rivers (reeds)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
81.08.28 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
August 28, 1981 / 20:00, Willisau Jazz Festival, SwitzerlandSam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; OREOS Collection Jazz - Niklaus Troxler Jazz Posters p.119}
81.09.04 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
September 4, 1981 / Saalfelden Jazz Festival, AustriaSam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano)
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
{Primary Source: Franz Herzog 06.03.23; Stefan Hautke 07.09.01}
81.12.18 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience & Broadcast Recordings]
WBGO-FM
December 18, 1981, 10:00pm / New Jazz at the Public Theatre, New York City
Marvin Horne (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Newman Baker (drums)
Some recordings and on-line sources incorrectly note Skip "Crumby" Bey on bass, Jerry Byrd on guitar, and Steve Ellington on drums.
"I was at this one, and it was also broadcast at a later date on WBGO-FM. The guitar player was Marvin Horne... [The Broadcast] starts with the WBGO DJ giving the line up as: Sam Rivers, Marvin Horne, Rael Grant, Newman Baker..." —Patrick Clare
{Primary Source: Audience and Broadcast CD-Rs; Patrick Clare 09.11.24; New York Magazine December 21, 1981 p.98}
82.02.05 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
SWF Jazz Session
February 5, 1982 / Theater am Ring, Villingen, Germany
Kevin Eubanks (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Newman Baker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}
82.02.06 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording]
February 6, 1982 / Club Ranch, Saalfelden, AustriaKevin Eubanks (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Newman Baker (drums)
{Primary Source: 3CD-R; Franz Herzog 06.03.23}
82.02.21 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Soundboard Recording]
February 21, 1982 / Florence, ItalyIncorrect date, or venue, on this circulating recording. Quartet is in the Netherlands this day and the day before. —RL
Jerry Byrd (guitar)
Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass)
Steve Ellington (drums)
(It's possible that Marvin Horne or Kevin Eubanks is on this date playing guitar instead of Byrd.)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
82.05.05 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
May 5, 1982 / Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA(In correspondence in December '06, Rivers had no recollection of ever playing this venue in Orleans.)
A partial recording is also in circulation at 41:40. It's missing the first 13:31 of the 1st Set, and the entire 2nd Set.
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, soprano sax)
John Vidacovich (drums)
unknown (bass, cello) Announcement has an indistinguishable "David ...Moblette"??? on bass, introduced as a "special guest."
Steve Masakowski (electric guitar-2)
Herlin Riley (drums-2)
unknown (steel pans-3)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
82.06.06 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM Broadcast of an Audience Recording, Sam Rivers Festival, 07.05.22
June 6, 1982 / Baird Auditorium, Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
"Performance commentary and interviews with 16 jazz greats will be part of a four-program videotape series being prepared for the 10th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute's Performing Arts program." —Billboard October 10, 1981 p.68
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano, compositions)
Chico Freeman, Bobby Watson (reeds, flute)
unidentified, perhaps Patience Higgins? (bar)
Jack Walrath, Ken Rogers, Jack Walrath, Wallace Roney (trumpet)
Vincent Chauncey (french horn)
Dick Griffin, Robin Eubanks, Doug Purviance (trombone)
Anthony Cox (bass) listed as "Hopps"
Cindy Blackman (drums)
{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; CODA #185 August 1982 p.29; Michael McLaughlin correspondence 04.01.05; CODA #182 February 1982 pp.36-7} Not in my collection.
82.06.12 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
June 12, 1982 / Bundesakademie, Trossingen, GermanyCarlos Ward (tenor sax, flute)
Bernd Konrad (tenor sax, alto sax)
Patience Higgins (bar, flute)
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beener (trumpet)
Vincent Chauncey (french horn)
Dick Griffin, Robin Eubanks, Doug Purviance (trombone)
Anthony Cox (bass)
Eli Fountain (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
82.06.13 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra: Jazzbühne Berlin '82, Vol.10 {1}
*UNAUTHORIZED*
Repertoire Records RR 4910-CC (CD) 1990 GER; PRECD4910-CC (CD); 33WD-1015 (CD) JAP)
June 13, 1982 / Rundfunk der DDR, Live at Volksbühne, East Berlin, Germany
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, piano, Compositions)
Patience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beener (trumpet)
Vincent Chauncey (french horn)
Dick Griffin, Robin Eubanks, Doug Purviance (trombone)
Anthony Cox (bass)
Eli Fountain (drums)
Note: Lord has the track sequence as Part 2, 3, 4, Roses.
{Primary Source: RR 4910-CC; info via random; alternate issue #s via Tom Lord Jazz Discography [R3991]}
82.08.26 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording]
August 26, 1982 / Willisau Jazz Festival, SwitzerlandMarvin Blackman (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute)
Talib Kibwe (soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Chris Roberts (soprano sax, flute)
Steve Coleman, Bobby Watson (alto sax, flute)
Nat Dixon (tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Bill Cody (tenor sax, oboe)
Eddie Alex (tenor sax, picollo)
Jimmy Cozier, Patience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.25}
82.09.01 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
September 1, 1982 / Nürnberg, East Berlin, GermanyPatience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
Jack Walrath, Oliver Beener (trumpet)
Vincent Chauncey (french horn)
Dick Griffin, Robin Eubanks, Doug Purviance (trombone)
Anthony Cox (bass)
Eli Fountain (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
82.09.05 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Soundboard Recording]
September 5, 1982 / Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Saalfelden, AustriaMarvin Blackman (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute)
Talib Kibwe (soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Chris Roberts (soprano sax, flute)
Steve Coleman, Bobby Watson (alto sax, flute)
Nat Dixon (tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Bill Cody (tenor sax, oboe)
Eddie Alex (tenor sax, picollo)
Jimmy Cozier, Patience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; track detailing Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.31}
82.09.13 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan: Colours
Black Saint BSR 0064 (LP) IT; BSR 0064 120 064-2 (CD) ITSeptember 13, 1982 / Cine Music Studio, Milano, Italy
- 1. Lilacs [5:44]
- 2. Colours [5:01]
- 3. Spiral [8:36]
- 4. Matrix [7:53]
- 5. Revival [1:58]
- 6. Blossoms [11:24]
Marvin Blackman (soprano sax, tenor sax, flute)
Talib Kibwe (soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Chris Roberts (soprano sax, flute)
Steve Coleman, Bobby Watson (alto sax, flute)
Nat Dixon (tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
Bill Cody (tenor sax, oboe)
Eddie Alex (tenor sax, picollo)
Jimmy Cozier, Patience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
Liner Notes by Lee Jeske from this release.
{Primary Source: BSR 0064 120 064-2}
- 82.09.16 - Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan: (personnel as above?) / Freie Volksbühne, Berlin / Tape exists, "about 73 minutes" [Bettina Bogumil 04.05.05]
- 82.09.18 - Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan: Rivers, Steve Coleman, Bill Cody (archive says "Coby"), Rene McLean, Patience Higgins, Marvin Blackman, Nat Dixon, Kenny Garrett, Jimmy Cozier, Bobby Watson, Eddie Alex (reeds) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
- 82.10.01 - Publication date of Issue #186 of CODA Magazine, where, on page 39, the following classified ad appears: "SAM RIVERS / RivBea Productions, 1276 Lorraine Avenue, Teaneck, N.J. 07666. Telephone (201) 837-5175." We should all make the pilgrimage, sit on the front stoop, and get the neighbors wondering what's going on. Does anyone know: is the building still there? A photo might be nice... —RL
- 82.10.09 - Sam Rivers Solo: Rivers (sax, flute) / Der Verein, Dortmund, Germany [www.domicil-dortmund.de/index.php]
82.10.14 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Broadcast Recording]
October 14, 1982 / Willi's Rumpelkammer, Wien, Austria- announcement [0:34]
- 1. Evening Breeze in Wien Part 1 [52:58] (split track at 47:00)
- announcement [0:30]
- 2. Evening Breeze in Wien Part 2 [15:02]
- announcement [1:04]
- 3. Soft Winds Part 1 [77:21] (incomplete, cuts in at beginning, split track at 42:43)
- announcement [0:58]
- [149:30]
Alain Chinape (guitar)
Santi DeBriano (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; venue info ("a long extinct jazz club") via Wolfgang Kraus}
-
"...The article about [Poland-tour] you can find in JAZZ FORUM Polish Edition nr 79 (6/1982), pages 14/15 with a photo from the Aquarium gig. I saw the Riviera concert in Warsaw." —correspondence 02.12.14 Sergiusz Lipnicki, editor, journalist and (Pharoah Sanders discographer.
- 82.10.17 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Jay Oliver, Steve McCraven, Alain Ginape / Warszawa, Aquarium Club [as above]
- 82.10.18 October - Sam Rivers Quartet: Jay Oliver, Steve McCraven, Alain Ginape / Wroclaw, unknown venue [ibid]
- 82.10.19 October - Sam Rivers Quartet: Jay Oliver, Steve McCraven, Alain Ginape / Kraków, unknown venue [ibid]
- 82.10.20 October - Sam Rivers Quartet: Jay Oliver, Steve McCraven, Alain Ginape / Warszawa, Riviera Club [ibid]
82.11.14 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
November 14, 1982 / Musikhochschule, Köln, Germany- 1. improvisation [75:57] (incomplete set)
- (soprano sax section—16:02)
- (tenor sax section—15:40)
- (p section—20:51, split track at 12:33)
- (fl & voc section with Band intro—15:17)
- (fl section with Band intro—8:05)
Joe White (guitar)
Kevin Harris (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 05.10.31} Not in my collection.
- 82.11.19-21 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Sam Rivers (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piano, voice), Billy White (guitarra), Kevin Harris (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / III Festival Internacional de Jazz de Sevilla, University of Seville, Caja San Fernando, Seville, Spain Radio Cadena-La Voz del Guadalquivir (Radio 16) / Probably broadcast, but I have no proof. —RL [www.actidea.com/actidea_100/exp_enlace3.htm]
82.12.03
82.12.04 • Steve McCraven Quartet Featuring Sam Rivers: Intertwining Spirits
Freelance FRL 005 (LP) 1983 FRDecember 3 & 4, 1982 / Ramses Studio, Paris, France
- 1. Intertwining Spirits (McCraven) [5:20]
- 2. Urges (McCraven/B. Ross) [3:37]
- 3. Love, Dance, Freedom, Trance (Kibwe) [5:19]
- 4. Pigalle sale (McCraven) [4:45]
- 5. Jack the Riffer (Kibwe) [4:41]
- 6. Care de l'Est Orient Express (McCraven/Kibwe/Zsigmondi) [2:14]
- 7. Silhouette of Eric (Kibwe) [4:58]
- 8. Chocolate (McCraven) [5:40]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, piano)
Talib Qadir Kibwe (alto sax, flute, sanza)
Steve Neil (bass)
Agnes Zsigmondi (Hungarian flute-6)
{Primary Source: FRL 005}
- 82.12.18
82.12.19 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Marvin Horne (guitar), Paul Ramsey (bass), Newman Baker (drums) / New Jazz at New York Public Theatre, New York City [CODA #182 February 1, 1980 pp.33-4]
"a Rivers gig from the Public Theater ca. 81-82, with Marvin Horne, Rael Wesley Grant and Newman Baker. originally broadcast on WBGO. Horne spent almost a year with this group. Also, around the same time Rivers used Dave Moreno on guitar, for gigs both in the states and Europe." [anonymous correspondence] Any confirmation on these names? I know of no sessions with Mareno; I have Horne 82.12.18-19 —RL
83.01.25 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
January 25, 1983 / Manchester, UK- 1. unknown titles [ : ]
Santi DeBriano (bass)
Steven McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31}
83.02.00 • Peter Sonntag Quartet featuring Sam Rivers [Broadcast Recording]
WDR Studio Production
February (?), 1983 / Koln, Germany
- radio announcement [0:49]
- 1. Upfast [10:14]
- 2. Binary Bop [13:38]
- 3. You Really Got Me [7:50]
- radio announcement [0:18]
Axel Petry (tenor sax, bass clarinet, alto sax)
Peter Sonntag (b, Compositions)
Jurgen Dahmen (drums)
{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 06.04.13}
- 83.02.04 - Sam Rivers + Axel Petry Quintet: Rivers (reeds), Axel Petry (reeds), Georg Gristoff (g, melodica), Jochen Schmidt (vibes, marimba), Peter Sonntag (bass), Jürgen Dahmen (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
- 83.00.00 - Sam Rivers Trio: (no personnel details) / Salt Peanuts Club, Florence, Italy [Cadence Vol.9 No.5 May 1983 p.92]
83.02.24 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February 24, 1983 / Milan, Italy- 1. unknown title [24:13] (incomplete, fades in at beginning)
- 2. unknown title [27:53]
- 3. unknown title [27:17] (incomplete, cuts out at end)
Dave Holland (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; personnel details via Paul Bastien 03.09.11}
83.04.02 • Sam Rivers Trio [Broadcast Video]
LIVE Broadcast of Jazz On Four: 4 Up 2 Down, BBC Channel 4
April 2, 1983 / Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK
- 1. unknown titles & interview segments [41:38]
"I was interested to hear about your tapes. I set up these gigs and remember them well. Sam Rivers Trio did two dates... I shall try to find out the dates, but it might take a little while (hunting through old files!). I suspect the year might be 1984 but am not sure." —Ian Croal (Band on the Wall) correspondence to Andrew Wilson 03.05.13
This was a one-hour program shared with the Stan Tracey Sextet.
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano)
Santi DeBriano (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: Videotape; CD-R; Andrew "Andy" Wilson 03.05.15; ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/636069?view=synopsis}
- 83.04.08-09 or 04.15-16 "Mid-April" - Sam Rivers Quartet: Sam Rivers (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piano, voice), Kevin Eubanks (electric guitar), Rael Wessley-Grant (bass), Newman Baker (drums) / Gullivers, West Paterson, NJ / "Friday and Saturday night... They were in top form, I wish I had been able to record this." [Patrick Clare 09.11.18]
83.04.22 - Carman Moore's Skymusic Ensemble: Sam Rivers (reeds), others / "Meet the Moderns concert," Cooper Union, New York City
"Lukas Foss conducts the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra with composers/performers Ron Carter, Anthony Davis, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, Carman Moore, Paul Schonfield; alto flutist James Newton, saxophonist Sam Rivers, cellist Abdul Wadud..." —New York Magazine April 25, 1983 p.131
"...Foss conducted various subgroups of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and guest composer-soloists in pieces that mixed—or, more often, juxtaposed—composed and improvised music. ...Carman Moore's "Blue Cubes," theoretically an exploded blues, mostly made space for improvisation by members of an updated ragtime orchestra while occasionally interrupting the solos with full-group blasts. It was by no means bluesy, although the soprano saxophonist Sam Rivers nearly transformed it when given the chance." ["Classical vs. Jazz," Jon Pareles, New York Times April 24, 1983]- 83.04.23 - Carman Moore's Skymusic Ensemble: Sam Rivers (reeds), others / Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York ["Classical vs. Jazz," Jon Pareles, New York Times April 24, 1983]
83.04.30 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
April 30, 1983 / Snug Harbor, New Orleans, LA- announcement
- 1. unknown titles [52:36]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, piano, flute)
Steve Robinson (guitar)
Ramsey McLane (bass)
John Vidacovich (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
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83.05.24
83.05.25
83.05.26
83.05.27
83.05.28 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, piano, flute), Rael Wesley Grant (electric bass), Kevin Eubanks (guitar), Billy Hart (drums) / Sweet Basil, NYC [CODA #190 June 1983 p.37; New York Times 83.05.27]"The Sam Rivers Quartet that is appearing through Saturday at Sweet Basil shares a few habits with Mr. Rivers's previous small groups. Like them, it plays long, uninterrupted, eclectic sets—about 75 minutes in its opener on Tuesday—in which Mr. Rivers moves from tenor saxophone to soprano saxophone to piano to flute. But where Mr. Rivers's 1970's groups leaned toward free jazz, his new quartet—with Rael Wesley Grant on electric bass, Kevin Eubanks on electric guitar and Billy Hart on drums—seems more comfortable with be-bop-style tunes, bossa novas and funk. The quartet played like a jazz jukebox, with three-to-five minute segments—a free-time section, an uptempo tune, an unaccompanied solo, a stretch of fast walking bass under Mr. Rivers's free-ranging angularities, a funk vamp. In chordal tunes, there was a piquant contrast between Mr. Eubanks's fluently conventional solos and Mr. Rivers's harmonic tangents. Mr. Rivers warmed up as the set progressed; his tenor and soprano saxophone workouts were overshadowed by a piano solo that went from jackhammer dissonances to a sultry ballad and by his urgent, bluesy flute finale."
—JON PARELES, New York Times May 27, 1983 - 83.06.22-29 - "Seminar conducted by Sam Rivers ... The course for... musicians from all over Italy, will conclude on Wednesday 29 with a concert, bringing together teachers and pupils and that will be offered free..." / "We also did a one-week workshop in Rovereto... I remember teaching 5 guitarists together." —Barry Wedgle 09.11.14 / Civic Music School, Rovereto, Italy ["Great Jazz opens the Meetings International" Rovereto Daily, Rovereto, Italy; www.barryexit.org/]
- 83.06.28 - Sam Rivers Quartet / "Yesterday at noon ... a ceremony during which Sam Rivers and his collaborators were presented with an elegant book published by the International Meetings of Rovereto, which collects the unpublished music composed by Rivers for the seminar dedicated to the City of Oaks / Rovereto, Italy [Rovereto Daily, Rovereto, Italy; www.barryexit.org/]
- 83.06.29 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Barry Wedgle (guitar), Steve Neil (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / Outdoor Theatre, Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, Trent, Italy [Rovereto Daily, Rovereto, Italy; www.barryexit.org/]
- 83.07.00 (1) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Barry Wedgle (guitar), Steve Neil (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / Berlin, West Germany [Barry Wedgle 09.11.14; www.barryexit.org/]
- 83.07.00 (2) - Sam Rivers Quartet: Barry Wedgle (guitar), Steve Neil (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / Paris, France [Barry Wedgle 09.11.14; www.barryexit.org/]
- 83.08.04 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel details) / Seattle Kool Jazz Fest '83 [Down Beat August 1983 p.54]
- 83.08.27 - Herb Pomeroy Band: "alumni Sam Rivers and Jaki Byard are expected,"others? / Sandy's Jazz Revival, Boston, MA / Can anyone confirm that this actually took place? —RL [Cadence Vol.9 No.8 August 1983 p.4]
83.09.02 • Beaver Harris Trio [Soundboard Recording]
September 2, 1983 / Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Saalfelden, Austria- announcement [0:40]
- 1. Well Kept Secret [22:26]
- announcement [0:40]
- 2. Land of the People [12:40]
- announcement [1:22]
- 3. Negcaumungus [16:56] (split track at 7:36)
- announcement [2:21]
- 4. God Bless the Child / Summertime [5:36] (Haynes solo)
- announcement [2:33]
- 5. Calypso[3:14]
- announcement [1:00]
- [70:46]
Francis Haynes (steel drum)
Beaver Harris (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 83.09.00 - "Mid September of 1983" - Alice Coltrane (organ), Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax), Rashied Ali (drums) / "I think at..." Town Hall, NYC / A recording supposedly exists. / "...to celebrate John Coltranes up coming birthday." "Alice Coltrane tunes (a lot of drones and spacial-type things), and a version of ‘Impressions’. It was all very uncoventional and original sounding, not a recreation of what John coltrane had done. It was very well recieved by a packed house." [Patrick Clare 08.12.16]
83.10.08 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
October 8, 1983 / Leverkusen, Germany- 1. unknown title [9:13]
- 2. unknown title [27:12]
- 3. unknown title [7:06]
- [43:32]
Charlie Mariano (alto sax, soprano sax, flute)
Santi DeBriano (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
Same day as play-date below. Locales are less than an hour apart. Does anyone have any additional info?
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 83.10.08 - Sam Rivers Trio: Rivers (tenor sax, flute, piano), Santi DeBriano (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / Der Verein, Dortmund, Germany [www.domicil-dortmund.de/index.php]
83.10.15 • Sam Rivers & Köln Workshop Orchestra [Broadcast Recording]
SWF Jazz Session
October 15, 1983, 8:30pm / Donaueschingen, Germany
- introduction by Joachim E. Berendt [2:10]
- intro by Sam Rivers [0:25]
- Spectrum [52:20] (split track)
Norbert Stein, Michael Heupel, Armin Tretter, Cornelia Rienhard, Friedrich Kullmann (reeds)
Tobias Netta, Theo Schotten, Karl Farent (trumpet)
Meinold Humpert, Peter Feil, Joachim Gellert (trombone)
Paul Shigihara (guitar)
Ulla Oster (bass)
Andreas Terhoven, Matthias von Welk (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: CD-R; www.swr.de/swr2/donaueschingen/programme/1921-1997/-/id=2136956/nid=2136956/did=3459952/1okblsy/index.html}
84.01.00 • [Audience Recording]
"Early January," 1984 / New York City- 1. unknown titles [180:00 +]
Sam Rivers (tenor and soprano sax, flute, piano, voice)
Kevin Eubanks (electric guitar)
Kevin Harris (acoustic and electric bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: Patrick Clare 09.11.24} Not in my collection.
84.01.19 • Max Roach Quartet + Sam Rivers [Unissued Session]
NDR JAZZ WORKSHOP Nr.:186 (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) Radio/TV Broadcast
January 19, 1984 / Studio 10 des NDR, Hamburg, Germany
- introduction by Max Roach [1:10]
- 1. Evening In Hamburg [7:31]
- 2. "Five for All" [22:20] (This is actually a medley of Straight No Chaser & Giant Steps)
- 3. Now's the Time [20:47]
- [107:08]
Another version of this tape has track 2 as "Straight no Chaser incomplete 6:40"; and track 3 as "Five for All."
Audience Recordings for this date at "6 tracks/stereo/102:00" and "1 track/mono/24:00."
Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet-2,3)
Sam Rivers (flute, soprano sax, tenor sax)
Odean Pope (tenor sax-2,3)
Tyrone Brown (bass-2,3)
Max Roach (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
84.02.02 • Sam Rivers Trio [Audience Recording]
February 2, 1984 / Gasthof Berg Isel, Bregenz, Austria- 1st Set:
- 1. unknown title [48:16]
- 2nd Set:
- 2. unknown title [44:42]
- 3. unknown title [11:49]
- [105:47]
Santi DeBriano (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: John Chacona 08.08.20} Not in my collection.
- 84.02.15 - Sam Rivers & Mal Waldron / Teatro Toniolo, Mestre, Italy [Associazone Culturale Caligola, www.caligola.it/about.html]
84.02.19 • Sam Rivers & Mal Waldron Duo [Audience Recording]
February 19, 1984 / Club Dunois, Paris, France- 1st Set:
- 1. unknown title [35:23]
- 2. unknown title [9:07] (cuts out during ending)
- 2nd Set:
- 3. unknown title [21:12]
- 4. unknown title [11:14]
- 5. My Funny Valentine [11:53]
- [90:57]
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-1; flute-3; tenor sax-1,2,4,5)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R}
84.02.20 • Sam Rivers & Mal Waldron Duo [RivBea Archival Recording]
February 20, 1984 / unknown place, venue- RivBea Archive / Tape 57
- 1. unknown title [21:54]
- 2. unknown title [9:15]
- noodling around [1:39]
- 3. unknown title [8:48]
- 4. unknown title [7:07]
- more noodling around [2:03] (clearly a casual setting)
- 5. unknown title [8:52]
- 6. unknown title [7:38]
- 7. My Funny Valentine [8:36]
- 8. unknown title [8:12]
- [86:47]
Mal Waldron (electric piano and bass pedals)
{Primary Source: RivBea 2CD-R, Tape 57} RivBea Archival materials Absolutely NOT available.
84.03.21 • Sam Rivers & Abdullah Ibrahim Duo [Audience Recording]
March 21, 1984 / Logan Hall, London, England- 1. Rivers tenor solo [5:10]
- 2. Rivers flute/voice solo [5:20]
- 3. Ibrahim solo [26:45]
- 4. unknown standard [21:58] (split track at 9:52)
- 5. encore [7:20]
- [68:11]
"We begin talking about his Camden Jazz Week concert of the previous evening. A planned duo with Max Roach had been cancelled the day before the gig when Roach was taken ill, and reedsman Sam Rivers flew in as a last-minute replacement.
Ibrahim and Rivers had not played together before and had little time to rehearse. Was this not a problem? I ask.
Ibrahim frowns for a moment, then smiles.'What did Ben Riley ask Monk? "Hey Monk, when are we going to rehearse?" Monk said, "Why? You wanna learn how to cheat?"' He breaks into delighted guffaws, as he will do throughout the afternoon.
—Graham Lock, Chasing The Vibration, Stride Publications, England, 1994, p.53)
Abdullah Ibrahim (piano-3,4,5,6; voice-3)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax-1,4; flute-2,5,6; soprano sax-5; voice-2)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
84.05.25 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
May 25, 1984 / Village Gate, "On Time" Series, New York City- 1. unknown title [12:09]
- 2. unknown title [22:03]
- announcement [1:00]
- [35:12]
"...there was a play at the Village gate that ran late, so the concert started late—first Billy Harper 4tet, then Reggie Workman solo—Sam's first set started at 1:00 am." —Patrick Clare 07.02.07
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute, soprano sax, voice)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
Kevin Harris (bass, electric bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 05.07.04; Patrick Clare 07.02.07; CODA #197 August 1984 p.28}
84.07.00 • Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan [Broadcast Recording]
July, 1984 (early July) / Montreal Jazz Festival, Theatre St. Denis, Montreal, Quebec, Canada- 1. unknown title [5:40]
- 1. unknown title [27:30]
- 1. unknown title [1:30] (incomplete)
Al Gibbons (reeds)
Bill Cody (tenor sax, oboe)
Jimmy Cozier (baritone sax, flute)
Patience Higgins (baritone sax, flute)
Jean Toussaint (tenor sax)
others ???
{Primary Source: CD-R}
84.07.28 • Sam Rivers & Reggie Workman Duo [Broadcast Recording]
WKCR-FM, Broadcast 07.05.00, "Sam Rivers Festival"
July 28, 1984 / DC Space, Washington, DC
- 1. unknown title [43:05]
Reggie Workman (bass)
{Primary Source: CD-R; 2CD-Rs noted in WKCR-FM Archive 07.07.31; Michael McLaughlin 04.01.05}
- 84.08.31 - Sam Rivers (no personnel info) / Fifth Montreux Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit Institute of Arts Recital Hall, Detroit, MI [CODA #199 December 1984 p.33; Cadence Vol.10 #8 August 1984 p.75]
- 84.09.21 - Alice Coltrane, Roy Haynes, Sam Rivers, Reggie Workman / Artist Alliance Fundraiser, 9:00pm, Village Gate, New York City [New York Magazine September 24, 1984 p.140; Patrick Clare 10.02.09]
- 85.03.05 - Sam Rivers Quartet: (no personnel details) / Teatro Toniolo, Mestre, Italy [Associazone Culturale Caligola, http://www.caligola.it/about.html]
85.03.08 • Beaver Harris' French Horn Connection [Audience Audio & Broadcast Video Recordings]
March 8, 1985 / Wackerhalle, Burghausen, Germany- 1. unknown title and intro Harris [9:20]
- 2. A Well Kept Secret [9:15]
- 3. Black Robert [12:00]
- 4. Abel's Blissed Out Blues [13:22]
- 5. I Wish I Knew [5:20]
- 6. African Drums [10:35]
- 7. Boogie on Down [16:00]
- 8. unknown title [2:35] (drum solo-encore)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Vincent Chancey, Guntram Burger (french horn)
Dave Burrell (piano)
Steve Neil (bass)
Ghene Kwado Larbi (cng)
Beaver Harris (drums)
{Primary Source: Video; CD-R}
- 85.03.17 - Beaver Harris' French-Horn Connection: Vincent Chancey (french horn), Sam Rivers (tenor sax), Kenny Johson (steel drums), Dave Burrell (piano), Santi Debriano (bass), Babafumi Akunyun (congas), Beaver Harris (drums) —Web-site also had Ronnie Burrage listed on drums... / IV Festival Internacional de Jazz, Club de Musica y Jazz, San Juan Evangelista, Madrid, Spain [www.sanjuanevangelista.org]
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85.03.21 • Beaver Harris' French Horn Connection [Broadcast Recording]
BBC Radio London
March 21, 1985 / Camden Jazz Festival, Logan Hall, London, England
- 1. Sahara suite (Harris) [52:15]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Vincent Chancey (french horn)
Dave Burrell (piano)
Walter Schmocker (bass)
Ghene Kwado Larbi (cng)
Kent Johnson (steel drums)
Beaver Harris (drums, percussion)
{Primary Source: Paul Wilson, British Library National Sound Archive} Not in my collection.
- 85.04.12 - Sam Rivers Quartet: Rivers (sax, flute, piano), Alain Ginape (guitar), Santi de Briano (bass), Steve McCraven (drums) / BIMhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands [Sander Piek 07.07.30; www.bimhuis.nl]
85.04.19 • Sam Rivers Quartet [Audience Recording]
April 19, 1985 / unidentified museum, Basel, Switzerland- 1. unknown titles [98:17]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Paul Shigihara (guitar)
Walter Schmocker (bass) [Paul Ramsey is credited wrongly on the circulating audience recording.]
Doug Hamond (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Patrick Clare 07.02.07; Paul Shigihara 07.10.08 }
85.09.02 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording]
September 2, 1985, 6:00pm / Dewar's Jazz Festival, "Music Is an Open Sky," Sweet Basil, NYC- 1st Set:
- 1. unknown titles [49:01]
- 2nd Set:
- 2. unknown title [8:08]
- 3. unknown title [6:06]
- 4. unknown title [9:19]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Kenny Garrett (alto sax)
Chico Freeman (tenor sax)
Bobby Eldridge (bar)
Stanton Davis (trumpet)
Robin Eubanks, Alfred Patterson (trombone)
Joe Daley (tuba)
others ?
Ed Cherry (guitar)
Cecil McBee (bass)
Freddie Waits (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Patrick Clare 07.02.07; John Pareles, New York Times September 4, 1985; Javier de Cambra El Pais Spetember 6, 1985}
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85.10.24
85.10.25
85.10.25 - Sam Rivers Trio: Rivers (tenor, soprano, flute, piano), Joe Daley, Steve McCraven / Kimball's, San Francisco, CA [CODA #205 December 1985 p.30; Cadence Vol.11 #11 November 1985 p.91]
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85.11.08 • Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers [Audience Recording]
November 8, 1985 / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA- 1. unknown title [8:24]
- 2. unknown title [33:13] (split track at 2:05)
Rod Williams (piano, synth)
Dan O'Brian (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 85.11.09 - Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers: Dan O'Brian, Rod Williams / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA [Cadence Vol.11 #11 November 1985 p.2]
85.11.11 • Thurman Barker: Voyage
UpTee Productions UPTEE103 (CD) 1999November 11, 1985 / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA
- Impulse [13:66]
Rod Williams (piano)
Dan O'Brian (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: UPTEE103}
- 85.11.00 (festival 21-24) - Sam Rivers... also Anthony Braxton, Elton Dean... others / 2nd European Salon de Jazz, Paris, France [Billboard December 14, 1985 p.44]
86.00.00 • Chaka Khan : Destiny {1} *
Warner Brothers Records 1-25425 (LP) 1986; 925 425-1 (LP) GER; 4-25425 (CS); 925 425-4 (CS) GER; 2-25425 (CD); 925-425-2 (CD) GER- Chaka Khan: Love of a Lifetime / Coltrane Dreams {2} **
Warner Brothers Records WB 28671-7 (45RPM) 1986; 928 671-7 (45RPM) GER; WB-28671 (12" single / extended version / 45rpm); WB 9 20487-0 A (12" maxi-single 45rpm) USA; WB9204870 (12" single 45rpm) GER - Chaka Khan: Perfect Fit {3}
Warner Brothers Records WARNER661884 (CD) (EUR?) - Chaka Khan: Perfect Fit {4}
Warner Brothers Records 28XD-664 (CD-Single) JPN
- 1. Coltrane Dreams (Arif Mardin/Julie Mardin/Chaka Khan) [4:59]
Chaka Khan (voice, including drum, percussion, and bass sounds created by processing Khan's voice samples through a Synclavier)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Cengiz Yaltkaya (keyboards)
John Mahoney (Synclavier programming, with Ken Cummings)
Steve Ferrone (drums)
Thomas Oldakowski (Roland Drum programming)
{Primary Source: 1-25425; 28671-7; 928 671-7; 9 20487-0 A; venue and locale from conversation with Mr. Sam Rivers}
86.02.01 • Rivers & Pullen Quartet [Audience Recording]
February 1, 1986 / Jimmy Lyons Benefit, Public Theater, New York CityPerformance included Don Pullen Trio; Anthony Davis Solo; Sun Ra Orkestra; others...
- 1. Capricorn Rising [15:46]
Don Pullen (piano)
Cameron Brown (bass)
Bobby Battle (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; CODA #207 April 1986 p.29; John Chacona 09.08.05}
- 86.04.25 - Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers: Barker (drums, marimba, glockenspiel), Rob Schwimmer (keys), Dan O'Brian (bass), "and special guest" Sam Rivers (tenor sax, flute) / "...Rivers raised the energy level several notches when he joined the band for the second half.." "Barker, apparently still charged up from two weeks in Europe and New York with the Cecil Taylor Unit..." Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA [CODA #208 June 1986 p.31]
86.04.26 • Thurman Barker Trio with Sam Rivers [Audience Recording]
April 26, 1986 / Charlie's Tap, Cambridge, MA- announcement [1:09]
- 1. unknown title [33:41] (split track at 11:09, announcement over vamp from 31:47 to end)
Rob Schwimmer (piano, synthesizer)
Dan O'Brian (bass)
Thurman Barker (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 86.05.06 - Sam Rivers: (no personnel listed) / Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA [CODA #209 August 1986 p.36]
- 86.05.19 - Jimmy Lyons succumbs to cancer... [CODA #208 June 1986 p.33]
86.05.28 • MEMORIAL SERVICE for JIMMY LYONS [Audience Recording & Video]
Rivers-Pullen Quartet
May 28, 1986 / St. Peter's Church, New York City
- 1. unknown title [ : ]
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Don Pullen (piano)
unknown (bass)
unknown, posibly Bobby Battle (drums)
Also present:
Rev. John Gensel
Cecil Taylor (piano, voice)
Raphe Malik (trumpet)
Jemeel Moondoc, Marco Eneidi (alto sax)
Joseph Jarman (reeds)
Michele Rosewoman (piano)
William Parker (bass)
Rashid Bakr, Andrew Cyrille, Sunny Murray, Denis Charles (drums)
Ellen Christi (voice)
Thulani Davis Jarman, Brenda Bakr, Patsy Parker, Jeanne Phillips, Joan Thornell (dancers)
Anthony Davis
Sun Ra
Archie Shepp All Stars
Walt Dickerson
"...and others..."
{Primary Source: Jan Ström Jimmy Lyons - a Sessionography} Not in my collection.
- 86.06.14 - Sam Rivers Trio: Joe Daley (baritone horn, tuba), Thurman Barker (drums, marimba) / 9:30 & 11:00pm, Jazztrack at Greenwich House, NYC / "I remember when Sam announced that that they were going to play Beatrice, Sam said ‘My friend and colleage Joe Henderson just recorded this song, so I decided to play it as well tonight’" —Patrick Clare 09.11.10 (Henderson recorded The State of the Tenor at The Village Vanguard in November of 1985.) [Patrick Clare archive, Jazztrack flyer; New York Magazine June 16, 1986 p.95]
- 86.10-11.00 - Sam Rivers Quartet and The RivBea Orchestra: (no personnel listed) / Festival des Musiques Mutantes, Dejazet Theater, Paris, France [CODA #212 February 1987 p.7]
86.10.14
86.10.15 • Hilton Ruiz: Something Grand {1}
RCA Novus 3011-1-N (LP) 1987; 3011-2-N (CD) 1987; 3011-4-N (CS) 1987
- Various Artists: American Beauty / Feature Film Soundtrack {2}
Dreamworks 85382 (DVD) 1999
- 1. Home Cookin' [4:52] {1}
- 2. Puerto Rican Children [7:23] {1}
- 3. Four West [6:29] {1}
- 4. Something Grand [6:40] {1,2}
- 5. Sunrise Over Madarao [9:04] {1}
- 6. One Step Ahead [6:58] {1}
Hilton Ruiz (piano, Compositions)
Sam Rivers (flute, soprano sax, tenor sax)
Lew Soloff (trumpet)
Steve Turre (trombone; seashells)
Russell Blake (el b)
Ignacio Berroa (drums, tmbl-1)
Daniel Ponce (cng)
Charlie Santiago (tmbl; guiro; cng-6)
{Primary Source: RCA Novus 3011-1-N; 3011-4-N}
- 87.01.30 - Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra (no personnel details) / 10:00 and 11:30pm, Sweet Basil, NYC ["Pop and Jazz Guide," by Jon Pareles, New York Times January 30, 1987 C-21]
87.01.31 • Sam Rivers RivBea Orchestra [Audience Recording]
January 31, 1987 / Village Jazz Festival, "Music is an Open Sky," Sweet Basil, NYC- 1st Set:
- announcement [0:37]
- 1. Fun [15:39]
- announcement [7:58]
- 2. Ten [31:12] (split track at 22:28)
- announcement [0:55]
- 3. Beatrice [9:47]
- announcement [1:28]
- [Total 68:52]
Greg Osby (alto sax)
John Purcell (tenor sax)
Hamiett Bluiett (bar)
Jack Walrath (trumpet)
Stanton Davis (flgl, trumpet)
Al Patterson (trombone)
Vincent Chancey (french horn)
Joe Daley (baritone horn)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
David Gilmore (guitar)
Kevin Harris (bass)
Steve McCraven (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Patrick Clare 07.02.07; CODA #212 February 1987 p.38}
- 87.00.00 - Dizzy Gillespie: Sam Jones, ???, Sam Rivers / "He came in Brazil (Canecão Show House, Rio de Janeiro City, RJ, Brazil) as a sideman in a Show named 'Dizzy Gillespie And James Moody', 1987 probably. This Jazz Show was exhibited on TV Manchete and I have it on a VHS tape. It is a bad record but very important for me. Thereat, I knew the STAR Mr. Sam Jones on tenor sax." [correspondence]
- 87.00.00- "Ed Cherry played with Rivers before going with Dizzy and helped get Sam into the band... This Cherry told me at a Dizzy gig in 1989 with Ron Holloway on sax. He said he had been playing with Sam off and on for several years before [he] went with Dizzy. But he wasn't any more specific." [Michael McLaughlin correspondence 04.01.01]
—any further information welcome! —RL - 87.02.25 - "Chet Baker says at the end of a 40-minute audio recording attributed to Fabrik, Hamburg 25/02/87 that Dizzy Gillespie and Sam Rivers will be onstage in a few minutes." [Peter "NovaSpeech" 06.01.02]
87.02.27 • Dizzy Gillespie Birthday Concert [Broadcast Video]
Broadcast by ZDF [Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen - Second German Television Network] on October 26, 1987
[This program also includes tracks with various side groups including J. Griffin, Slide Hampton, Jon Faddis, Arturo Sandoval, Hank Jones, Eddie Gomez, Ed Thigpen, etc.]February 27, 1987 / Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1. Tanga [11:30]
This session is circulating with the erroneous date 87.10.28 and locale Mainz: "The Gillespie birthday concert was not recorded in Mainz on that day but at 'Theaterhaus', Stuttgart, February 27, 1987. Mainz is only the headquarter of ZDF ('Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen'). The program was screened by ZDF on October 26, 1987."
—Dietrich Heinz Kraner, correspondence 02.07.15.
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Sam Rivers (reeds)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: Video; info via DH Kraner}
- 87.02.28 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Sam Rivers, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa / "I do have [them] in Banff, Alberta, on February 28." [Chris Sheridan 06.07.20]
- 87.03.01 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Sam Rivers, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa / Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada [CODA #213 April 1987 p.36]
87.04.00 • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
KERA FM Radio, Live Broadcast
April, 1987 / Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, TX
- 1st Set:
- announcements, banter, jokes, etcetera... () [5:34]
- 1. Land of Milk and Honey [15:08]
- radio call letters... [0:16]
- Gillespie banter [0:42]
- 2. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to Ya? [10:10]
- radio call letters... [0:13]
- 3. Fiesta / Mojo [8:25]
- 4. Night in Tunisia [15:28]
- 5. Birk's Works [14:04]
- 2nd Set:
- 6. Manteca [7:03]
- 7. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You [12:47]
- 8. Birk's Works [13:28]
- 9. High Fly [13:05]
- 10. Night In Tunisia [15:23]
- [91:30]
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R of 1st Set only; venue info via Tosiyuki Nomoto; 2nd Set info Michael McLaughlin 08.06.22}
87.06.06 • Dizzy Gillespie: Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie, An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master
Maryland Public Television / WNET New York
The Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, 1988Telecast: PBS, February 26, 1988; "Great Performances" Series (Laserdisc?)
WKCR-FM notes a Laserdisc release, but no details.
Library of Congress Off-Air Taping Collection 90 mins., color, 3/4" videocassettes, VBF 2852-53
The Guide to Jazz in Film Bibliography [Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/findaid/jazz/g-j.html] "...tribute concert to Gillespie ...interviews with the participating jazz artists and film excerpts. Words from David Amram, Jon Faddis, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Wynton Marsalis, Carmen McRae, James Moody, Mickey Roker and Sonny Rollins supplement those of Gillespie himself."
June 6, 1987 / Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
- Program intro by Willis Conover
- 1. Toccata from Gillespiana Suite [ : ]
- 2. Fiesta Mojo [ : ] (includes Rivers solo)
- 3. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) [ : ]
- 4. Happy Birthday to You (Lalo Schifrin, arr) [ : ]
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet)
Jon Faddis, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Vaughan Nark (trumpet-1,3,4)
Jimmy Owens (trumpet)
Slide Hampton, Douglas Purviance, Angel Rangelov (trombone-1,3,4)
Steve Turre (trombone)
David Amram (French horn-1,3,4, penny whistles-2)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Mike Crotty, Ron Holloway, James Moody, Cecil Payne (reeds-1,3,4)
Arnie Lawrence (alto sax)
Dave Valentin (flute-2)
Lalo Schifrin (piano, arr., cond.-1)
Walter Davis Jr. (piano-2,3,4)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass-2,3,4)
Rufus Reid (bass-1,3)
Airto Moreira (percussion-1,3,4)
Nickey Marrero (timbales-2)
Mongo Santamaria (congas-2)
Candido Camero (congas-2,3,4)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
Additional personnel on track 4: "other unspecified artists from the concert joined them on stage."
"...this gala, filmed last summer... airing tonight on Channels 22 and 26, from 9 to 10:30pm"... The 65 musicians who participated constitute a virtual Who's Who of jazz... The concert itself lasted more than five hours... At the end, everyone swarms onto the Wolf Trap stage as a 70-candle birthday cake is brought out. Gillespie does some lively improvising while the big band offers a rollicking version of "Happy Birthday".
—Richard Harrington 88.02.26
{Primary Source: WKCR-FM Archive CD-R; Library of Congress Archive (has broadcast date incorrectly as "January 26"); Richard Harrington, "Doing Dizzy Proud," Washington Post Friday, 88.02.26; brandenburgproductions.com/fri_apr_15d_036.htm} Not in my collection.
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet at Michaels' Pub
87.06.08
87.06.09
87.06.10 - "...judging from last Wednesday's first set..." 1) Tanga 2) The Land of Milk and Honey 3) The Blues (Lalo Schifrin) 4) Ooo-Pop-Pa-Da (Gillespie) / Gillespie (trumpet, vocals-2,4), Rivers (tenor sax-4, soprano sax-2), Ed Cherry (guitar), John Lee (electric bass), Ignacio Berroa (drums) / Michael's Pub, NYC [Lee Jeske, "Gillespie: Powerful at the Pub" New York Times (no date), p.29, newspaper clipping from Patrick Clare archive]
87.06.11
87.06.12
87.06.13
87.06.15
87.06.16
87.06.17
87.06.18
87.06.19
87.06.20 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Sam Rivers (reeds), Ed Cherry (guitar), John Lee (electric bass), Ignacio Berroa (drums) / Michael's Pub, NYC [Lee Jeske, "Gillespie: Powerful at the Pub" New York Times (no date), p.29, newspaper clipping from Patrick Clare archive; "Dizzy Goes Broadway," John S. Wilson, New York Times 87.06.13]
- 87.06.23 - Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: "a 19-piece big band... featuring Jon Faddis, Frank Wess, Sam Rivers, Bill Easley, Britt Woodman and James Williams..." (others), Daniel Ponce (congas), Ignacio Berroa (drums) / JVC Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, NYC ["The Pop Life; Jazz festival Lineup Set," Robert Palmer, New York Times 87.04.01; "A Pair of Still-Jumping Jazz Giants Take Stage Tonight During Festival," John Pareles, New York Times 87.06.23]
- 87.06.26-07.05 - Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: Sam Rivers, others... (no personnel info) / "Blowing Up a Storm in Glasgow,"Glasgow International Jazz Festival '87, Glasgow, Scotland [CODA #214 June 1987 p.38]
87.07.02 • Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: Live at the Royal Festival Hall {*}
BBC Music BBCJ 7002-2 (CD) 2000 England- Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
BBC Television
"The programme as broadcast was as follows (I watched it):" —Chris Sheridan 06.07.20
- 1. Prelude & Toccata [ : ] (unreleased, broadcast only)
- 2. Emanon (Gillespie) [5:04] {*}
- 3. Lover Come Back To Me (Romberg / Hammerstein) [5:44] {*}
- 4. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk) [9:23] {*}
- 5. Things to Come [ : ] (unreleased, broadcast only)
- 6. Manteca (Gillespie / Pozo) [14:38] {*}
- 7. Without You, No Me (Jimmy Heath) [9:29] {*}
- 8. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) [15:53] {*}
- 9. The Champ (Gillespie) [9:48] {*}
- 10. Olinga [ : ] (unreleased, broadcast only)
Steve Turre (trombone; conch shells)
Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute)
Jukka Perko, Jerry Dodgion (alto sax)
Ralph Moore (tenor sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: BBCJ 7002-2}
87.07.04 • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Recording]
July 4, 1987 / Stockholm Jazz Festival, Stockholm, Sweden- 1. Manteca [11:25]
- 2. Emanon [8:15]
- 3. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk) [12:10]
- 4. Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) [15:45] (split track at around 10:00 in)
- 5. unknown title [13:45]
- [61:20]
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Arnie Lawrence (alto sax)
Ralph Moore (tenor and soprano sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
Glenn Drewes (cl)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (electric guitar)
John Lee (el b)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 87.07.05 or .08 or .10 (Festival 87.04-12) - Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: Sam Rivers, others... (no personnel info) / Pori Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland [CODA #214 June 1987 p.38; Cadence Vol.13 no.3, March '87 p.93]
87.07.06 • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Audience Video Recording]
July 6, 1987 / Rome, Italy- 1. unknown title [13:10]
- 2. unknown title [4:45]
- 3. unknown title [11:15]
- 4. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk) [15:40]
- 5. unknown title [4:20]
- 6. unknown title [11:30]
- [63:00]
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Jerry Dodgion (alto sax)
Ralph Moore (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (electric guitar)
John Lee (el b)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: Videotape}
87.07.07 • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
Vintage Radio 20
July 7, 1987 / Teatro della Fiera, Cagliari, Italy
- program announcer [0:52]
- 1. Dizzy's intro [1:05]
- 2.'Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk) [11:20]
- program announcer [0:22]
- 3. Dizzy's intro [0:25]
- 4. A Night in Tunisia [13:15]
- program announcer [0:08]
- [27:30]
Dizzy Gillespie, Virgil Jones, Jon Faddis, Earl Gardner, Glenn Drewes (trumpet)
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Jerry Dodgion (alto sax)
Ralph Moore (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (electric guitar)
John Lee (el b)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
- 87.07.09 (1) - Dizzy Gillespie 70th Anniversary Big Band: Sam Rivers, Jukko Perko, others... (no personnel info) / 'Round Midnight; Emanon; "...other classic arrangements." / JVC Grand Parade du Jazz, Cimiez Park, Nice, France [CODA #216 October 1987 p.39]
87.07.09 (2) • Sam Rivers Jam Session [Audience Recording]
July 9, 1987 / JVC Grand Parade du Jazz, Cimiez Park, Nice, France- 1. Birdlike [ : ]
Earl Garner (trumpet)
Sam Rivers, Ralph Moore (tenor sax)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
Giorgio Dini (bass)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R; Giorgio Dini correspondence 05.06.19, 05.06.26; web.tiscali.it/giorgiodini}
87.07.11 • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Recording]
July 11, 1987/ Den Haag, NetherlandsAlso listed as 87.07.01, but "the NorthSea Jazz Festival was held on July 10, 11 & 12, 1987" —Chris Sheridan 06.07.20.
- announcement [2:41]
- 1. unknown title [15:36]
- 2. unknown title [18:02]
- 3. unknown title [10:56]
- announcement [1:15]
- 4. unknown title [8:57]
- [57:27]
Sam Rivers (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: CD-R}
87.07.12 (1) • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
July 12, 1987 / North Sea Jazz Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands- 1. unknown [11:40]
- DG announcement
- Lover Come Back to Me [6:19]
- DG announcement
- 1. 'Round Midnight (Thelonius [11:44]
- announcement [0:49]
- Things to Come [8:55]
- announcement [1:46]
- A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) [17:02]
- Gillespie solo intro and announcement
- Whisper Not (Benny Golson) [6:23]
- The Champ [11:21]
- announcement [1:30]
- [77:31]
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Sam Rivers, Ralph Moore (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Jerry Dodgion (alto sax)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
"Arturo Sandoval appears as a guest. He was playing at NorthSea with his own Cuban band." —Chris Sheridan 06.07.20
{Primary Source: CD-R}
87.07.12 (2) • Sam Rivers & Friends [Audience Recording]
July 12, 1987 / North Sea Jazz Festival, Toneel-Zaal, Den Haag, Netherlands- First Set:
- 1. unknown title [10:42] (Piano-Trio without SR)
- announcement [1:08]
- 2. unknown title [10:05]
- 3. unknown title [19:54]
- Second Set:
- announcement [0:20]
- 1. unknown title [12:41]
- unknown title [12:41]
- unknown title [12:01]
- unknown title [5:14]
- unknown title [9:45]
- announcement
- 1. unknown title [5:54] (encore, Piano-Trio)
- applause [1:21]
- [89:12]
Dado Moroni (piano)
Reggie Workman (bass)
John Engels (drums)
{Primary Source: Norbert Kreutzer 05.07.20; 05.11.03} Not in my Collection.
87.07.13 • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
July 13, 1987 / Montreux Jazzfestival, Casino Montreux, Montreux, Switzerland- 1. Toccatta [13:09]
- 2. Emanon [10:55]
- 3. Birk's Works [5:36]
- 4. Lover Come Back To Me [4:47]
- 5. Round About Midnight [12:17]
- 6. Manteca [11:36]
- 7. Blues For Emily [3:40]
- 8. Things To Come [8:19]
- 9. A Night In Tunisia [14:04]
- [84:24]
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Sam Rivers, Ralph Moore (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Jerry Dodgion (alto sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (guitar)
John Lee (electric bass)
Jay Hoggard (vibes)
"guest star" Milt Jackson (vibes)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: anonymous source; WIRE #41 July 1987, p.4} Not in my collection.
87.07.17 • Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band [Broadcast Recording]
July 17, 1987 / Arkadenhof, Rathaus, Wien, Austria- 1. Manteca [13:14]
- announcement DG
- 2. Whisper Not [5:18]
- announcement DG
- 3. I Remember Clifford [6:29]
- announcement DG
- 4. Night in Tunisia (Gillespie) [17:45]
- 5. unknown title [12:18]
- 6. unknown title [13:04]
- announcement DG
- 7. Things to Come [9:00]
- 8. unknown title [11:01]
- [88:09]
Dizzy Gillespie, Virgil Jones, Jon Faddis, Earl Gardner (trumpet)
Steve Turre, Frank Lacy, Britt Woodman (trombone)
Sam Rivers (tenor sax)
Jukka Perko, Arnie Lawrence (alto sax)
Ralph Moore (tenor sax, soprano sax)
Howard Johnson (bar)
Glenn Drewes (cl)
Bob Stewart (tuba)
James Williams (piano)
Ed Cherry (electric guitar)
John Lee (el b)
Daniel Ponce (percussion)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
{Primary Source: 2CD-R; Jakob Blumenthal 07.07.21}
- 87.07.19 - Dizzy Gillespie & the 70th Anniversary Big Band: as above / 3rd International Jazz Festival (87.07.17-19), Andorra, Germany [Heinrich Smejkal 03.07.03]
87.07.25 • Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Broadcast Video] *
NJN TV Broadcast
July 25, 1987 / Live at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan (Freehold), NJ
- Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Summer Jazz Live at New Jersey 1987
Alpha Centauri Entertainment (DVD) 2005
"There are some technical shortcomings to this DVD. The audio has some anomalies in it. The video looks quite grainy which can happen when an NTSC video becomes a PAL video. This is a PAL DVD. The video quality is almost bootleg in nature... hmmm..."
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- Broadcast Recording:
- 1. Blues from "Gillespiana" (soundcheck)
- 2. Prelude (1st Movement, Toccata from Gillespiana) (Lalo Schifrin) [11:05] *
- 3. Birk's Works [9:03] *
- 4. The Blues from "Gillespiana" [14:30] *
- 5. Manteca [9:11] *
- 6. 'Round Midnight [ : ]
- 7. Night in Tunisia & announcements (Gillespie) [11:08] *
- 8. untitled blues jam encore [ : ]
- Alpha Centauri DVD:
- 1. First Movement, from Gillespiana (Lalo Schifrin) [11:05]
- 2. Birk's Works [9:03]
- 3. The Blues (from Gillespiana) [14:30]
- 4. Manteca [9:11]
- 5. Night in Tunisia [11:08]
Also noted: FM Broadcast Recording [40:00]
Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, percussion-2; piano-4; congas-5)
Sam Rivers (soprano sax-2,3; tenor sax-4,5,6)
Ed Cherry (electric guitar)
John Lee (el b)
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
"I saw Sam but didn't get to speak with him. This was the first time I saw him with Dizzy. I think I had heard they were playing together and I was a bit surprised. Or maybe this was the first I found out about it..." —Michael Fitzgerald
{Primary Source: Video; Michael Fitzgerald posting with session date to RivBea_Research Group 05.12.26; info via random sources.}
- 87.08.07 - Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Gillespie (congas, voice, trumpet), Rivers, Lee, Cherry, Berroa / the S.S. Dewitt Clinton, "...a boat launched from South Street Seaport into the East River, that cruises around the Statue of Liberty, then up and down the Hudson, for about two hours." NYC [WIRE #43 September 1987 p.26]
* Possible incorrect date ::: See below...
87.08.07 • Mal Waldron Sextet [Audience Recording]
August 7, 1987 / Jazz Festival, Madarao, Japan- 1. unknown title [11:54]
- 2. Bo