Source: Sam Rivers Sessionography. Rick Lopez has published a comprehensive sessionography of Sam Rivers in a 768 page book. It involved a significant amount of effort. Accolades below.
“A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. … A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.”
—Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz.com“A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.”
—Taylor Ho Bynum“What an incredible piece of work. It’s really something else. Informative and entertaining. … Anticipating hours of joy.”
—Barry Altschul“Absolutely mind-blowing! So great!” —Mats Gustafsson
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