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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelPirc, Pi Recordings
UPC0808713004526
eBay Product ID (ePID)21046054938
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2012
GenreJazz
ArtistRivers, Sam
Release TitleReunion: Live in New York
Dimensions
Item Height0.23 in
Item Weight0.14 lb
Item Length5.74 in
Item Width4.91 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks9
Number of Discs2
Tracks1.1 First Set: Part 1 1.2 Part 2 1.3 Part 3 1.4 Part 4 1.5 Part 5 1.6 Second Set: Part 1 1.7 Part 2 1.8 Part 3 1.9 Part 4
NotesA historically important new release, Sam Rivers Reunion: Live in New York features the reunion of octogenarian saxophonist/flutist/pianist Rivers with his groundbreaking trio of two-time Grammy Award winner Dave Holland on bass and Barry Altschul on drums. The venerated band was a mainstay at Rivers Studio RivBea the most famous venue during the loft jazz movement of the 1970s and was well-known for it's marathon fully-improvised concerts. Their powerful rapport gives no hint of the fact that they had not played together in 25 years when this concert took place in 2007. In a musical career that spanned more than 50 years, Rivers played with such disparate musicians as Miles Davis, T-Bone Walker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cecil Taylor. He is best known for his heralded albums on Blue Note and Impulse!, and two Grammy-nominated big band recordings for RCA. The Rivers/Holland/Altschul trio, though revered in jazz circles, recorded rarely, and those out-of-print records are highly sought-after by collectors. Unfortunately, Rivers did not live to see the release of this CD; he passed away on December 26, 2011.