Sam Rivers

Mosaic Select: and Rivbea Orch. - Trilogy (MS-038)

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Mosaic Select: and Rivbea Orch. - Trilogy

Sam Rivers

Mosaic Selects

MS-038

COM 126012

MS-038

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Mosaic Select: and Rivbea Orch. - Trilogy

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When composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers moved to Orlando, Florida in the early 1990's, he had no intention of retiring. Soon the cream of the crop of the Florida improvised music scene began to gravitate around Rivers and a big band playing his intricately progressive, yet accessible charts began to emerge. After a brief moment in the sun, recording two star-studded orchestral albums for RCA, Rivers began to concentrate on the Florida ensemble, documenting them on the self-released album Aurora, and now releasing this comprehensive three disc collection of original compositions and arrangements. Rivers' large band writing is thoroughly modern and quite frequently explosive with intricate orchestral arrangements making way for powerful instrumental solos. Discs one and three (sub-titled Offering and Edge) were recorded live, and showcase a medium sized band as a powerhouse ensemble, playing with a muscular bravado and soloing with elan, the rhythm section plays with a funky depth, building power from the ground up and giving a firm foundations for the riffing horns and soloists to blast off from. Disc two (sub-titled Progeny) is a special very large version of the orchestra recording in the studio, playing with great depth and texture that that extra musicians supply. The arrangements are particularly lush, nearly Ellingtonian at times with Rivers sticking to tenor saxophone for the majority of his solos, as opposed to playing a lot of soprano saxophone on the live discs. There’s a great quote from the liner notes where Rivers says "I don’t know how to explain it, but at 87, I have greater musical powers than I did when I did when I was 21.” Listening to the power and sustained exuberance on this set you will certainly be inclined to agree. - Source: Music and More by Tim Niland.

PERSONNEL:

DISC ONE:

Sam Rivers (soprano sax, tenor sax),
Jeff Rupert (1st alto sax)
Chris Charles (2nd alto sax)
David Pate (1st tenor sax)
George Weremchuk (2nd tenor sax)
Brian Mackie (baritone sax)
Tom  Parmenter (1st trumpet),
Brian Scanlon (2nd trumpet)
Mike Iapichino (3rd trumpet)
David Jones (4th trumpet)
Keith Oshiro (1st trombone)
Tito Sanchez (2nd trombone)
Steve Smith (3rd trombone)
Josh Parsons (4th trombone, tuba)
Doug Mathews (bass)
Rion Smith (drums).

Recorded live at the Plaza Theatre, Orlando, Florida on November 12, 2008

DISC TWO:

Sam Rivers (tenor sax),
Jeff Rupert (1st alto sax)
Chris Charles (2nd alto sax)
Charlie DeChant (1st tenor sax),
George Weremchuk (2nd tenor sax)
Brian Mackie (baritone sax)
Tom Parmenter (1st trumpet)
Brian Scanlon (2nd trumpet),
Mike Iapichino (3rd trumpet)
David Jones (4th trumpet)
Keith Oshiro (1st trombone)
David Sheffield (2nd trombone)
Claire Courchene (3rd trombone)
Josh Parsons (4th trombone, tuba)
Doug Mathews (bass)
Rion Smith (drums)

Recorded at Sonic Caldron Studios, Casselberry, Florida on February 27, 2008

DISC THREE:

Sam Rivers (soprano sax)
Jeff Rupert (1st alto sax)
Chris Charles (2nd alto sax)
Charlie DeChant (1st tenor sax)
David Pate (2nd tenor sax)
Brian Mackie (baritone sax)
Tom Parmenter (1st trumpet)
Brian Scanlon (2nd trumpet)
Mike Iapichino (3rd trumpet)
David Jones (4th trumpet)
Keith Oshiro (1st trombone)
David Sheffield (2nd trombone),
Steve Smith (3rd trombone)
Josh Parsons (4th trombone, tuba)
Doug Mathews (bass)
Rion Smith (drums)

Recorded live at the Plaza Theatre, Orlando, Florida on April 8, 2009.

TRACKS:

DISC ONE -
OFFERING
1. Spice 8:52
2. Ganymede 9:04
3. Crux 8:13
4. Aura 15:48
5. Perkin 9:39
6. Pulsar 14:13

DISC TWO -
PROGENY
1. Robyn 6:21
2. Cindy 5:46
3. Monique 6:44
4. Traci 5:10
5. Iisha 4:42
6. Tamara 5:20
7. Tiffany 5:40
8. Jessica 7:32
9. Destiny 6:54

DISC THREE - EDGE
1. Ridge 10:27
2. Brink 11:04
3. Precipice 9:29
4. Verge 10:32
5. Point 10:12
6. Visions 11:38
7. Pulsar 8:25

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