Sam Rivers
American musician
Died when: 88 years 92 days (1059 months)Star Sign: Libra
Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer.He performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano.
Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the mid-1960s spread of free jazz.With a thorough command of music theory, orchestration and composition, Rivers was an influential and prominent artist in jazz music.
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