Rivers, Sam

LC control no.	n 81035958
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Rivers, Sam *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Rivers, Samuel Carthorne
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19230925
Death date	20111226
Place of birth	El Reno (Okla.)
Place of death	Orlando (Fla.)
Field of activity	Jazz
Affiliation	Jarvis Christian College (Hawkins, Tex.) Boston Conservatory Herb Pomeroy Orchestra Miles Davis Quintet RivBea All-Star Orchestra Blue Note (Firm)
Profession or occupation	Saxophonists Composers Pianists Jazz musicians
Found in	Impulse artists on tour. [Phonodisc] 1974. New Grove dict. of jazz (Rivers, Sam(uel Carthorne); b. Sept. 25, 1930, El Reno, OK; saxophonist, pianist, and composer) Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 27, 2011 (under Sam Rivers: Samuel Carthorne Rivers; b. Sept. 25, 1923, Enid, Okla.; d. Dec. 26, 2011, Orlando, Fla.; jazz musician and composer; performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica, and piano) New York times WWW site, Dec. 28, 2011 (in obituary published Dec. 27, 2011: Sam Rivers; b. Samuel Carthorne Rivers, Sept. 25, 1923, El Reno, Okla.; d. Monday [Dec. 26, 2011], Orlando, Fla., aged 88) African American National Biography, accessed March 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Rivers, Sam; saxophonist, composer, arranger, pianist, jazz musician; born 25 September 1923 in El Reno, Oklahoma, United States; student at Jarvis Christian College in Texas; studied composition and theory at Boston Conservatory (1947); attended Boston University (1947-1952); joined Herb Pomeroy orchestra (1960-1962) and Miles Davis Quintet (1964); signed a recording contract with Blue Note (1964); toured and recorded with Cecil Taylor Unit Ensemble (1968-1973); formed RivBea All-Star Orchestra; released two albums for RCA: Grammy Award nominated Inspiration (1999) and Culmination (2000); released a double-CD on Rivbea (his label) documenting his big band (2000))