Sam Rivers (jazz musician)

Sam Rivers
Rivers at Studio Rivbea jazz loft, July 1976, New York City
Background information
Birth name	Samuel Carthorne Rivers
Born	(1923-09-25)September 25, 1923 El Reno, Oklahoma, U.S.[1][2]
Died	December 26, 2011(2011-12-26) (aged 88) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader, composer, educator
Instrument(s)	Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano
Years active	1950s–2011
Labels	Blue Note, Impulse, FMP, RCA, Nato, Postcards, Stunt, Timeless, Rivbea Sound, Posi-Tone, Marge
Website	Sam Rivers

Samuel Carthorne Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011) was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano and viola.

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.^[2]