Trilogy (Sam Rivers album)

Trilogy
Live album by
Sam Rivers and the Rivbea Orchestra
Released2011
Recorded2008 and 2009
VenuePlaza Theatre, Orlando, Florida
StudioSonic Cauldron Studios, Casselberry, Florida
GenreFree jazz
LabelMosaic
MS-038
ProducerMonique Williams
Sam Rivers chronology
Aurora
(2005)
Trilogy
(2011)
Reunion: Live in New York
(2012)

Trilogy is a three-disc box set album by saxophonist Sam Rivers and his Rivbea Orchestra. Discs one and three were recorded live at the Plaza Theatre in Orlando, Florida, on November 12, 2008, and April 8, 2009, respectively, while the second disc was recorded at Sonic Cauldron Studios in Casselberry, Florida, on February 27, 2008. The album, which features 22 original compositions by Rivers, was released in limited quantities in 2011 by Mosaic Records as part of their Mosaic Select series.

Rivers moved from New York City to Orlando, Florida, in 1991, and quickly put together a new version of his Rivbea Orchestra, which allowed him to rehearse and present concerts of his works using local, highly-skilled musicians. Many of the instrumentalists who are featured on Trilogy can also be heard on Aurora, recorded in 1999 and released in 2005 by Rivers's Rivbea Sound Company.