More albums from Sam Rivers
![Listen to Ricochet (September 1978, Keystone Korner, San Francisco) [feat. Dave Holland & Barry Altschul] by Sam Rivers](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music124/v4/dd/b8/6d/ddb86d54-4cae-115f-ef2e-6bf7f4edbbee/Sam_Rivers_Ricochet_cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Ricochet (September 1978, Keystone Korner, San Francisco) [feat. Dave Holland & Barry Altschul] by Sam Rivers")
![Listen to Zenith (1977, Premiere Release) [feat. Joe Daley, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul & Charli Persip] by Sam Rivers](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music123/v4/c3/ba/9e/c3ba9e4d-e47d-1ffc-1e05-909f31771011/Zenith_cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Zenith (1977, Premiere Release) [feat. Joe Daley, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul & Charli Persip] by Sam Rivers")
![Listen to Emanation (June, 1971) [feat. Cecil McBee & Norman Connors] by Sam Rivers](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/35/64/47/356447de-e319-6ee1-0885-b490df54f3af/Sam_Rivers_Emanation_cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Emanation (June, 1971) [feat. Cecil McBee & Norman Connors] by Sam Rivers")
![Listen to Dimensions & Extensions (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Sam Rivers](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/9b/94/d0/9b94d05a-40ee-223d-7e28-f8bec819356a/05099921536458.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Dimensions & Extensions (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Sam Rivers")
About Sam Rivers
Hometown
El Reno, OK, United States
Born
September 25, 1923
Genre
Jazz
Oklahoma-born sax giant Sam Rivers started his career on the Boston jazz scene in the late 1940s, playing with Jaki Byard and others. In the mid-'60s he finally broke through as a major player, mostly due to his work with Miles Davis. Besides becoming an in-demand sideman for the likes of Cecil Taylor and Bobby Hutcherson, he began an important solo career that mated an avant-garde free-jazz approach with a more rooted, blues-influenced sensibility. Rivers outlasted many of his peers, and was still active and vital into the 21st century.
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