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Sam Rivers, 1973

1973

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of Sam Rivers playing saxaphone at a performance in New York City. The photo is taken from an extreme low angle in front of Rivers. He wears a patterned printed shirt and his saxaphone obscures part of his face and body.

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Catalog reference: 2012.164.54

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