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All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Williams' birthday today! Tony Williams Born in Chicago and growing up in Boston, Williams began studies with master drummer Alan Dawson at an early age and began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers.

Sam Rivers is a musical renaissance man. Hes performed in big bands, bop bands, R&B groups, blues bands and free-jazz ensembles.

After hearing some rumblings earlier this year that there might not be an Anti*Pop Music Festival, I want to say that I'm happy that it happened again for the fifth year.

Another nice night for rambling downtown in search of good stuff at the Anti*Pop Music Festival.

Thirsty Ear Recordings How best to describe slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein 's singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career as sideman, musical director, arranger and composer has included ten years with John Lurie 's Lounge Lizards and stints alongside everyone from Bill ...

Trumpeter Brian Groder has a talent for creating combinations of players to achieve certain musical outcomes.

College Park Partnership presents Jazz Fest '09, featuring the legendary two-time Grammy nominated Sam Rivers and his Rivbea Orchestra.

The small-group jazz we associate with Blue Note Records is so much like pizza: Even the least of it satisfies, and the best of it floods us with pleasure.

All About Jazz is celebrating Sam Rivers' birthday today! Sam Rivers Samuel Carthorne Rivers is a jazz musician and composer.

One of my favorite musicians, Sam Rivers, was featured in both NPR with an article and a radio feature: "Rivers is a giant of modern jazz.

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Continuing a tradition by which the Vision Festival celebrates the lifetime's achievement of one of the avant jazz communities elders, June 10 was Marshall Allen day, following in the wake of previous celebrations which have honored Fred Anderson , Sam Rivers , Bill Dixon and Kidd Jordan .

Last week, Kyle Long discussed five albums that featured Indianapolis-born trumpeter Freddie Hubbard as a bandleader.

The Lee Boys are one of America's finest African-American sacred steel ensembles.

He has performed and/ or recorded with many of the great names and legends of jazz including: Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Sam Rivers, Michael Brecker, Bud Shank, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw, Freddy Hubbard, Art Farmer, Clark Terry, Joe Venuti, Mal Waldron, Jaki Byard, Kenny Drew Sr., Chick Corea, Milt Jackson, Slim Gaillard, John ...