REUNION: LIVE IN NEW YORK

REUNION: LIVE IN NEW YORK

• Reunion: Live in New York
• ABIS_MUSIC
• PI RECORDS

A historically important new release, Sam Rivers <br>Reunion: Live in New York features the reunion of<br>octogenarian saxophonist/flutist/pianist Rivers with<br>his groundbreaking trio of two-time Grammy Award®<br>winner Dave Holland on bass and Barry Altschul on<br>drums. The venerated band was a mainstay at Rivers <br>Studio RivBea the most famous venue during<br>the loft jazz movement of the 1970s and was<br>well-known for its marathon fully-improvised<br>concerts. Their powerful rapport gives no hint of<br>the fact that they had not played together in 25<br>years when this concert took place in 2007.<br>In a musical career that spanned more than 50<br>years, Rivers played with such disparate musicians<br>as Miles Davis, T-Bone Walker, Dizzy Gillespie,<br>and Cecil Taylor. He is best known for his heralded<br>albums on Blue Note and Impulse!, and two<br>Grammy®-nominated big band recordings for RCA.<br>The Rivers/Holland/Altschul trio, though revered<br>in jazz circles, recorded rarely, and those out-of-print<br>records are highly sought-after by collectors.<br>Unfortunately, Rivers did not live to see the release<br>of this CD; he passed away on December 26, 2011.