davidmanson

Sam doesn't communicate much by e-mail. His RivBea web site is managed by a friend. I just found out about Organissimo recently so I haven't posted much. I have directed a new music series (EMIT) for the past 8 years and presented 67 concerts. I think that in one concert we actually took in more funds at the door than what we paid out to our visiting artists. We are alright with that since EMIT is a 501©(3). Anyway Fluid Motion is a different setting for Sam Rivers. There is a fair amount of structure and groove. It's a nice mix of inside and outside playing. It would be nice to get an invitation for a jazz festival, but that has not happened yet. I guess that there are secret handshakes involved or something.

Isospin Labs has released Visions, a compilation of live performances from the EMIT series in Florida. Most of the selections were recorded at the Salvador Dali Museum. Artists include Evan Parker, Sam Rivers, Pamela Z, Day & Taxi, Chris Brown, Philip Gelb, Derek Bailey, Saturnalia, Davey Williams, Peter Kowald, Eugene Chadbourne, SHIM and others. Samples are at CD Baby. press: "The list of free improv, experimental and electronic ambient musicians who have appeared there reads likea who's who of alternative musics." - The Wire

My small label (isospin labs) has released Fluid Motion, an avant-jazz quintet featuring Sam Rivers, Doug Mathews, Anthony Cole, Jonathan Powell and myself. The sound is a mix of structure and freedom, groove and fluidity. Samples and press are at CD Baby . Sam sounds wonderful on this CD and he is in the good company of his trio bassist (Doug Mathews) and drummer (Anthony Cole). 21-year-old trumpeter Jonathan Powell is fiery on this session. Nat Hentoff had this to say about Jonathan on this CD: “On a new recording by trombonist-composer David Manson, Fluid Motion, I heard, for the first time, 20-year old trumpeter Jonathan Powell. Powell’s crackling range and electricity of his imagination reminded me of the first time that I heard Lee Morgan and Clifford Brown. I didn’t think of Jonathan Powell as a category. His voice is his own, as is that of the always-contemporary 79-year old Sam Rivers, on the same date.” – Nat Hentoff, JazzTimes, 4/03 For further info - e-mail me at mansond@spcollege.edu