Sam Rivers in 1977 doing the avant stuff in a trio setting with Dave Holland on double bass and Barry Altschul on drums. Holland on bass is amazing. Rivers plays multiple instruments on this, tenor and soprano sax, flute and piano. He plays the piano really well. I haven’t explored a lot of Rivers’ 70’s stuff but will definitely get to work on that. This title, found in a local shop, is a lovely start to my deeper exploration of his work.
Really good recording here, clear and powerful sound. The label is called Fluid Records out of France, which only released 4 titles, and this was the first one. Will check out the other titles as well.
It’s funny how things evolve regarding personal growth in musical taste and styles of jazz. I’ve really gotten into the avant and free stuff lately. I’ve been listening to it for a long time but not nearly this much and I feel that it’s gonna be a lot more of this stuff coming into the collection going forward.