Sam Rivers - News, Reviews and Videos

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Compulsion!!!!! - The 1960s jazz scene was all about expanding the possibilities, opening new alleyways for jazz to explore. At times it seemed to be a race to the edge, with the mania bleeding over into Europe where it merged with that scenes sensibilities, as musicians like Peter Brotzmann sought to stretch...

A Link to Eric Dolphy - When it comes to jazz you run across certain names and they are usually whispered by fans with a kind of awe. For me, as you may already know, that name is Miles Davis. For my brother, it is Charlie 'Bird' Parker. For some it is John Coltrane. One of...

Free funk - Free funk is a combination of Avant-garde jazz with funk music. Leaders of the genre have been musicians such as Ornette Coleman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and James "Blood" Ulmer. The music has been quite influential on the M-Base genre, as well. ...

Joe Henderson - Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Lima, Ohio, he studied music at Kentucky State College and Wayne State University before playing in Detroit at the beginning of his career. After a two year hitch in the U.S. Army (1960-1962), Joe...

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