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Sam Rivers

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All Time

of 149,938

8
Decades
- 1960s
  
  of 432
  
  58
- 1970s
  
  of 328
  
  132
- 1990s
  
  of 7,253
  
  0
- 2000s
  
  of 10,544
  
  0
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  28
- Pop
  
  of 13,655
  
  378

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1960s

3.1457

1970s

2.7868

1990s

0.0000

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Sam Rivers is ranked overall as 3.7045 out of 4 stars

3.7045

Sam Rivers Album Rankings

Sam Rivers scores a combined 3.5308 out of 4 stars for Contours

Contours (3.5308)

OnContours, his second Blue Note album, tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers fully embraced the avant-garde, but presented his music in a way that wouldn't be upsetting or confusing to hard bop loyalists. ...more

10.97

to

12.95

from (4) sources

Sam Rivers scores a combined 3.2839 out of 4 stars for Streams

Streams (3.2839)

Since his final Blue Note session in 1967, Sam Rivers' music got freer and freer, as audiences were able to hear when he signed to Impulse at the beginning of the '70s. ...more

Sam Rivers scores a combined 3.2056 out of 4 stars for Dimensions and Extensions

Dimensions and Extensions (3.2056)

Ambitious, atonal, challenging -- all are accurate descriptions ofDimensions and Extensions, Sam Rivers' fourth album for Blue Note. ...more

Sam Rivers scores a combined 3.1946 out of 4 stars for Fuchsia Swing Song

Fuchsia Swing Song (3.1946)

Recorded in 1964 immediately after leaving theMiles Davis Quintet, Sam Rivers'Fuchsia Swing Songis one of the more auspicious debuts the label released in the mid-'60s. ...more

10.97

to

12.95

from (4) sources

Sam Rivers scores a combined 0.0000 out of 4 stars for Crystals

Crystals (0.0000)

When Sam Rivers' Crystals was released in 1974, it had been over a decade since Ornette had worked with his Free Jazz Double Quartet, nine years since Coltrane assembled his Ascension band, and six s ...more