Sam Rivers

Influential American jazz multi-instrumentalist who remained at the cutting edgeThe multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers, who has died aged 88, was one of the last messengers from the 1940s bebop era and the classic decades of jazz. Accomplished on tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, piano and viola, he wanted only to remain at the sharp edge of music-making. Rivers included Miles Davis, BB King and Wilson Pickett among his employers, and made a lasting impact on those who worked with him, heard hi...

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