Birthdate: September 25, 1923
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: El Reno, Oklahoma, United States
Died: December 26, 2011
Sam Rivers was a highly influential American jazz musician and composer acclaimed for his expertise in various instruments such as tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, piano, and viola. He emerged as a prominent figure in the jazz world in the early 1950s and garnered widespread acclaim in the mid-1960s with the advent of free jazz. Rivers’ profound knowledge of music theory, orchestration, and composition solidified his standing as a remarkably talented and inventive artist in the realm of jazz music.
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