Biography
Samuel
Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz
musician and composer. He performs on soprano and tenor saxophones,
bass clarinet, flute, and piano. Rivers was previously thought to have
been born in 1930.
Rivers's father was a gospel musician who had
sung with the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Silverstone Quartet, exposing
Rivers to music from an early age.
Rivers moved to Boston,
Massachusetts in 1947, where he studied at the Boston Conservatory with
Alan Hovhaness. He performed with Quincy Jones, Herb Pomeroy, Tadd
Dameron and others.
In 1959 Rivers began performing with
13-year-old drummer Tony Williams, who later went on to have an
impressive career. Rivers did a brief stint with Miles Davis's quintet
in 1964, partly at Williams's recommendation. This quintet was recorded
on a single album, Miles in Tokyo. Unfortunately, Rivers' playing style
was too free to be compatible with Davis's music at this point, and he
was soon replaced by Wayne Shorter. Rivers was signed by Blue Note
Records, for whom he recorded four albums as leader and made several
sideman appearances. Among noted sidemen on his own Blue Note Records
were Jaki Byard who appears on Fuschia Swing Song, Herbie Hancock and
Freddie Hubbard. He appeared on Blue Note recordings of Tony Williams,
Andrew Hill and Larry Young.
Rivers's music is rooted in bebop,
but he is an adventurous player, adept at free jazz. The first of his
Blue Note albums, Fuchsia Swing Song, is widely regarded as a
masterpiece of an approach sometimes called "inside-outside". The
performer frequently obliterates the explicit harmonic framework ("going
outside") but retains a hidden link so as to be able to return to it in
a seamless fashion. Rivers brought the conceptual tools of bebop
harmony to a new level in this process, united at all times with the
ability to "tell a story" which Lester Young had laid down as a
benchmark for the jazz improviser.
His powers as a composer were
also in evidence in this period: the ballad "Beatrice" from Fuchsia
Swing Song has become an important standard, particularly for tenor
saxophonists. It is analysed in detail in The Jazz Theory Book by Mark
Levine who notes how each of its four eight- bar elements has a distinct
emotional identity.
During the 1970s, Rivers and his wife,
Bea, ran a noted jazz performance loft called Studio Rivbea in New York
City's NoHo district. He continued to record for a variety of labels,
including two albums for Impulse! (Trio Live and his first big- band
disc, Crystals); perhaps his best-known work from this period, though,
is his sideman appearance on Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds, in
the company of Anthony Braxton and Barry Altschul.
Rivers
currently lives near Orlando, Florida. He performs regularly with his
trio (with Anthony Cole and Doug Matthews). In 1998 he recorded two
big-band albums for RCA Victor with the RivBea All-Star Orchestra,
Culmination and Inspiration (the title-track is an elaborate reworking
of Dizzy Gillespie's "Tanga": Rivers was in Gillespie's band near the
end of the trumpeter's life). Other recent albums of note include
Portrait, a solo recording for FMP, and Vista, a trio with drummers Adam
Rudolph and Harris Eisenstadt for Meta.
In 2006, he released
Aurora, a third CD featuring compositions for his Rivbea Orchestra and
the first CD featuring members of his working orchestra in Orlando.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/sam-rivers/
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Biografía
Samuel
Carthorne Rivers (nacido el 25 de septiembre de 1923 en El Reno,
Oklahoma) es un músico y compositor de jazz. Toca el saxofón soprano y
el tenor, el clarinete bajo, la flauta y el piano. Anteriormente se
creía que Rivers había nacido en 1930.
El padre de Rivers era un
músico de gospel que había cantado con los Fisk Jubilee Singers y el
Silverstone Quartet, exponiendo a Rivers a la música desde una edad
temprana.
Rivers se trasladó a Boston (Massachusetts) en 1947,
donde estudió en el Conservatorio de Boston con Alan Hovhaness. Actuó
con Quincy Jones, Herb Pomeroy, Tadd Dameron y otros.
En 1959,
Rivers empezó a tocar con Tony Williams, un batería de 13 años que más
tarde desarrollaría una impresionante carrera. Rivers tocó brevemente
con el quinteto de Miles Davis en 1964, en parte por recomendación de
Williams. Este quinteto se grabó en un único álbum, Miles in Tokyo.
Desgraciadamente, el estilo de Rivers era demasiado libre para ser
compatible con la música de Davis, y pronto fue sustituido por Wayne
Shorter. Rivers fichó por Blue Note Records, para la que grabó cuatro
álbumes como líder e hizo varias apariciones como músico de
acompañamiento. Entre los músicos de su propio sello Blue Note Records
destacan Jaki Byard, que aparece en Fuschia Swing Song, Herbie Hancock y
Freddie Hubbard. Apareció en grabaciones de Blue Note de Tony Williams,
Andrew Hill y Larry Young.
La música de Rivers está enraizada en
el bebop, pero es un intérprete aventurero, adepto al free jazz. El
primero de sus álbumes para Blue Note, Fuchsia Swing Song, se considera
una obra maestra de un enfoque que a veces se denomina "inside-outside".
Con frecuencia, el intérprete borra el marco armónico explícito ("salir
fuera"), pero conserva un vínculo oculto para poder volver a él de
forma fluida. En este proceso, Rivers llevó a un nuevo nivel las
herramientas conceptuales de la armonía bebop, unidas en todo momento a
la capacidad de "contar una historia" que Lester Young había establecido
como referencia para el improvisador de jazz.
Sus dotes de
compositor también se pusieron de manifiesto en este periodo: la balada
"Beatrice" de Fuchsia Swing Song se ha convertido en un estándar
importante, sobre todo para los saxofonistas tenores. Mark Levine la
analiza detalladamente en The Jazz Theory Book, donde observa cómo cada
uno de sus cuatro elementos de ocho compases tiene una identidad
emocional distinta.
Durante la década de 1970, Rivers y su
mujer, Bea, dirigieron un conocido estudio de jazz llamado Studio Rivbea
en el distrito NoHo de Nueva York. ¡Siguió grabando para diversos
sellos, incluidos dos álbumes para Impulse! (Trio Live y su primer disco
para big band, Crystals); sin embargo, quizá su trabajo más conocido de
este periodo sea su aparición como acompañante en Conference of the
Birds, de Dave Holland, en compañía de Anthony Braxton y Barry Altschul.
Rivers
vive actualmente cerca de Orlando, Florida. Actúa regularmente con su
trío (con Anthony Cole y Doug Matthews). En 1998 grabó dos álbumes de
big band para RCA Victor con la RivBea All-Star Orchestra, Culmination e
Inspiration (la canción que da título al disco es una elaborada versión
de "Tanga" de Dizzy Gillespie): Rivers formó parte de la banda de
Gillespie casi al final de la vida del trompetista). Otros álbumes
recientes son Portrait, en solitario para FMP, y Vista, un trío con los
baterías Adam Rudolph y Harris Eisenstadt para Meta.
En 2006,
publicó Aurora, un tercer CD con composiciones para su Orquesta Rivbea y
el primer CD con miembros de su orquesta de trabajo en Orlando.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/sam-rivers/
Tracks:
1 - Recognition - 7:03
2 - Commemoration - 3:38
3 - Observance - 7:51
4 - Clarion - 8:27
5 - Declaration - 4:57
6 - Currents - 2:14
7 - Dedication - 5:58
8 - Effusion - 4:02
9 - Laudation - 7:46
10 - Glimpse - 12:01
11 - Heritage - 4:42
12 - Appreciation - 7:39
Credits:
Sam Rivers - Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Piano
Doug Mattews - Violin [Bass], Bass, Bass Clarinet
Anthonu Cole - Drums, Tenor Saxophone, Piano
2003
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