Featured EMIT Artist

Sam Rivers

EMIT was very fortunate to have Sam Rivers appear in concert seven times during 16 years of EMIT concerts.  Sam was a legendary figure in creative music and jazz.  He lived in Orlando where he had a tremendous impact on the music scene statewide.  He passed in December 2012.

Sam performed on the EMIT series with his trio (on several occasions), Fluid Motion (a quintet), his quartet (Dalifest and and the Hickman Theater) and even dropped by to perform a duo with Evan Parker. He was very supportive of EMIT and area musicians.  He will be missed greatly.

If you didn't know Sam Rivers or his music, check out this NPR article on him: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112554824&sc=emaf