Mavis Rivers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the world celebrateS UNESCO’s 15th International Jazz Day on April 30, with over 190 countries, American Samoa together with Samoa under the umbrella of the Samoana Jazz & Arts Festival (SJAF) 2Samoas inaugurated in 2014, proudly highlights its unique cultural...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The highly anticipated new CD recorded by Grammy Award winner and son of Samoan Queen of Jazz, Mavis Rivers La’auli Matt Catingub was released in Los Angeles last week, Friday, May 12, 2023.
“It is therefore most fitting to pay tribute to the memory of Mavis Chloe Rivers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has issued a proclamation declaring next week as “Jazz in American Samoa Week” in celebration of the origins of Samoan jazz in American Samoa.
According to the proclamation the origins of “Samoan jazz” lays with the Rivers Family from Apia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In just a few weeks, on November 9, 10 & 11 - the Samoana Jazz & Arts Festival — American Samoa will pay tribute to Samoan international jazz singer Mavis Chloe Rivers (1929–1992). Jazz legend Frank Sinatra referred to Mavis Rivers as the “purest jazz voice he...