Forty years ago on July 6, 1973; Sam Rivers, Cecil McBee and
Norman Conners performed at Montreux Jazz Festival Switzerland.
Sam's discography goes from his Blue Note leader dates of Contours and New Conception in 1965-66 to the Impluse! releases in 1973 of Streams, Hues, and Live. These three albums define Sam in the avant free- jazz world. The below video is not from this time frame but a little later in 1979. It represents the spirit he brought the music.
Thanks for the remembrance and vid clip. It just struck me that the Norman Connors that I mentioned in my last list ("Dance of Magic") must be the same Norman Connors on the Sam Rivers "Streams" album. Interesting connection. Connors had a lot of high-powered music friends and a fair discography of his own, but his star seems to have faded.
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