An audience recording of Sam River's live February 10, 1981 performance with an electric quartet:
Sam Rivers (ts, ss, fl, p)
Jerry Byrd (el-g)
Skip "Crumby" Bey (el-b)
Steve Ellington (dr)
I got this from the now defunct Huppes blog. According to the Sam Rivers sessionography there's a longer 90 minute version out there.
A quintessential favorite. This is a Sam Rivers live set at Jazz Unité, Paris, France 1981. This one hits it just right. It's the kind of cerebral funk that I can listen to repeatedly on different levels. I can play it for non-jazz aficionados before dinner, or I can concentrate on it through headphones. I think this is the type of Sam Rivers playing that inspired Steve Coleman's ideas for M-base.
The personnel are Sam Rivers (p, fl, ss, ts, Compositions)
Jerry Byrd (g)
Real Wesley-Grant (el-b)
Steve Ellington (dr)
I stupidly sold my vinyl copy as Blue Marge listed this as an upcoming CD release, but years have gone by and no CD. Oh well, this less than perfect rip still shows what Sam was thinking.
