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Thank you David! Here are the review bits I posted if anyone wants to know : : : [Shipping NOW : : : https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-rivers-sessionography] “A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. ... A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.” —Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz-dot-com “A model of independent scholarship, ... highly immersive. ... It’s in a limited edition of 724 copies. Don’t snooze on it if you’re just going to kick yourself later.” —NPR music critic Kevin Whitehead, at pointofdeparture.org “I have never encountered anything approaching the obsessive thoroughness demonstrated by Lopez. ... A testament to Rivers’ enduring music and his invaluable role as incubator/advocate/on the bandstand educator. ... Lopez’s infectious enthusiasm proves hard to resist.” —Peter Margasak, The WIRE @thewiremagazine "Rick Lopez’ remarkable Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress ... masterfully sums up Rivers’ lengthy and productive career. ... A formidable document. ... Clearly sets the standard for any future work in this format." —Robert Iannapollo, ARSC Journal “A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.” —Taylor Ho Bynum "I got my copy of Rick Lopez's magnificent "The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress" ... Lopez has been producing extraordinary sessionographies for 20+ years. ... I raved about his 'treasure troves of information, some of the finest scholarship available on the internet today.' ... Few people are more worthy of your support. ... The book is gorgeous." —Tom Hull “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 “An essential resource, a trail map for a rare and beautiful landscape of sounds.” —Larry Blumenfeld “A tremendous document. ... This book is powerful.” —Jason Moran “Lopez’s Sam Rivers sessionography is state of the art.” —Lewis Porter “Rick Lopez’s book is by no means a biography. It’s not a discography either, and it’s not a photo documentation. And yet somehow it is everything at the same time.” —Wolfram Knauer review, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt (Jan 2023) + Jazz Journalists Association 2022 Book Awards Honorable Mention

There's this: Shipping NOW : : : https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-rivers-sessionography “A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. ... A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.” —Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz-dot-com “A model of independent scholarship, ... highly immersive. ... It’s in a limited edition of 724 copies. Don’t snooze on it if you’re just going to kick yourself later.” —NPR music critic Kevin Whitehead, at pointofdeparture.org “I have never encountered anything approaching the obsessive thoroughness demonstrated by Lopez. ... A testament to Rivers’ enduring music and his invaluable role as incubator/advocate/on the bandstand educator. ... Lopez’s infectious enthusiasm proves hard to resist.” —Peter Margasak, The WIRE @thewiremagazine "Rick Lopez’ remarkable Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress. It masterfully sums up Rivers’ lengthy and productive career. ... A formidable document. ... Clearly sets the standard for any future work in this format." —Robert Iannapollo, ARSC Journal “A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.” —Taylor Ho Bynum "I got my copy of Rick Lopez's magnificent "The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress" ... Lopez has been producing extraordinary sessionographies for 20+ years. ... I raved about his 'treasure troves of information, some of the finest scholarship available on the internet today.' ... Few people are more worthy of your support. ... The book is gorgeous." —Tom Hull “An incredible piece of work. Really something else. Informative and entertaining. ... Anticipating hours of joy.” —Barry Altschul “Absolutely mind-blowing! So great!” —Mats Gustafsson “An essential resource, a trail map for a rare and beautiful landscape of sounds.” —Larry Blumenfeld “A tremendous document. ... This book is powerful.” —Jason Moran “Lopez’s Sam Rivers sessionography is state of the art.” —Lewis Porter “Rick Lopez’s book is by no means a biography. It’s not a discography either, and it’s not a photo documentation. And yet somehow it is everything at the same time.” —Wolfram Knauer review, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt (Jan 2023) + Jazz Journalists Association 2022 Book Awards Honorable Mention

If anyone needs the information around these recordings, it's all here ... Shipping NOW : : : https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-rivers-sessionography “A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. ... A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.” —Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz-dot-com “A model of independent scholarship, ... highly immersive. ... It’s in a limited edition of 724 copies. Don’t snooze on it if you’re just going to kick yourself later.” —NPR music critic Kevin Whitehead, at pointofdeparture.org “I have never encountered anything approaching the obsessive thoroughness demonstrated by Lopez. ... A testament to Rivers’ enduring music and his invaluable role as incubator/advocate/on the bandstand educator. ... Lopez’s infectious enthusiasm proves hard to resist.” —Peter Margasak, The WIRE @thewiremagazine "Rick Lopez’ remarkable Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress ... masterfully sums up Rivers’ lengthy and productive career. ... A formidable document. ... Clearly sets the standard for any future work in this format." —Robert Iannapollo, ARSC Journal “A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.” —Taylor Ho Bynum "I got my copy of Rick Lopez's magnificent "The Sam Rivers Sessionography: A Work in Progress" ... Lopez has been producing extraordinary sessionographies for 20+ years. ... I raved about his 'treasure troves of information, some of the finest scholarship available on the internet today.' ... Few people are more worthy of your support. ... The book is gorgeous." —Tom Hull “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 “An essential resource, a trail map for a rare and beautiful landscape of sounds.” —Larry Blumenfeld “A tremendous document. ... This book is powerful.” —Jason Moran “Lopez’s Sam Rivers sessionography is state of the art.” —Lewis Porter “Rick Lopez’s book is by no means a biography. It’s not a discography either, and it’s not a photo documentation. And yet somehow it is everything at the same time.” —Wolfram Knauer review, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt (Jan 2023) + Jazz Journalists Association 2022 Book Awards Honorable Mention

Shipping NOW : : : https://www.gofundme.com/f/sam-rivers-sessionography “A dizzying, stunning achievement of research and scholarship. ... A joyful, sometimes psychedelic experience.” —Mike Chamberlain, allaboutjazz-dot-com “A model of independent scholarship, ... highly immersive. ... It’s in a limited edition of 724 copies. Don’t snooze on it if you’re just going to kick yourself later.” —NPR music critic Kevin Whitehead, at pointofdeparture.org “I have never encountered anything approaching the obsessive thoroughness demonstrated by Lopez. ... A testament to Rivers’ enduring music and his invaluable role as incubator/advocate/on the bandstand educator. ... Lopez’s infectious enthusiasm proves hard to resist.” —Peter Margasak, The WIRE @thewiremagazine “A Rosetta Stone of insight, and a well-deserved and worthy tribute to an overlooked giant of the music.” —Taylor Ho Bynum “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 “An essential resource, a trail map for a rare and beautiful landscape of sounds.” —Larry Blumenfeld “A tremendous document. ... This book is powerful.” —Jason Moran “Lopez’s Sam Rivers sessionography is state of the art.” —Lewis Porter “Rick Lopez’s book is by no means a biography. It’s not a discography either, and it’s not a photo documentation. And yet somehow it is everything at the same time.” —Wolfram Knauer review, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt (Jan 2023) + Jazz Journalists Association 2022 Book Awards Honorable Mention

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MOMSMOBLEY still here? Comment had a mention of "Robert Smalls." I'm thinking this quote by Sam "Robert Smalls and I went in as regular Navy men. We had a choice of whatever field we wanted to go into, Bosuns, Mates…" is incorrect. Sam may have ben mis-transcribed here. "Camp Robert Smalls was a segragated Blacks-only barracks and training facility at Great Lakes Naval Station in North Chicago. It opened in 1942; segregation ended in 1945." (from my sessionography) —This is where Rivers was stationed in Vallejo. Robert Smalls the human was from the 1800s, no?? Hmmmmm... Will check with Panken.

Second in the series... http://nobusinessrecords.com/zenith.html

ALL THAT BEING SAID... :-P Did anyone actually buy the Black Africa Movie Gold discs? If so, could you pleas email me at rl@bb10k.com so I can pull some details for the Sam Rivers Sessionography? (Publishing 2021) Thanks!

And so it begins . . . Post at the top of my page here: https://www.facebook.com/rick.lopez.98837

Not allowed. Yet. But my G*d...

The wheels are turning . . .

I'm at rl@bb10k.com if you have any clues for me of how to track down (more of) these dates. The book version of the Sessionography is coming. Thanks! —RL

Thanks for the props, guys. Just to give you an an idea... I went to Orlando in July, Ed Hazell flew down to meet me, and we spent 7 solid days, sunup til sundown, going through the RivBea Archive. Looky : : : http://www.bb10k.com/archive.html The top image is the bins full of text and images. Original RivBea schedules, tour itineraries, photos, etc. The bottom bins are full of compositions. There was more, rugs rolled with large posters, memorabilia in closets and drawers, etc. There are more images on my facebook page, stuff I began posting in mid-July. It's a LOT.

—Any more info on this? Know a year/date?

The book is coming in a few years. Online seed doc here: http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html If you have soundfiles, dates, images, anecdotes, etc., please help me out. Thanks! —RL