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Colours (Sam Rivers album)

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
40:36

Colours (1982)
  
Lazuli (1989)

Label
  
Black Saint

Recorded
  
September 13, 1982

Producer
  
Giancarlo Barigozzi

Release date
  
1982

Genre
  
Jazz

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Artists
  
Sam Rivers, Winds Of Manhattan

Similar
  
Contrasts, Crystals, Contours, Dave Holland / Sam Rivers, Reunion: Live in New York

Sam rivers winds of manhattan colours 1982


Colours is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring Winds of Manhattan, an 11 piece woodwind orchestra, recorded in 1982 for the Italian Black Saint label. The album is entirely through-composed with some sections of group improvisation. According to participant Steve Coleman, solo improvisations were edited out prior to the album's release in order to shorten the track times.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating it had "Stomping, swinging arrangements".

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers
  1. "Lilacs" - 5:44
  2. "Colours" - 5:01
  3. "Spiral" - 8:36
  4. "Matrix" - 7:53
  5. "Revival" - 1:58
  6. "Blossoms" - 11:24
  • Recorded at Cine Music Studio in Milano, Italy on September 13, 1982

    • Personnel

  • Sam Rivers - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Marvin Blackman - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Talib Kibwe - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Chris Roberts - soprano saxophone, flute
  • Steve Coleman, Bobby Watson - alto saxophone, flute
  • Nat Dixon - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Bill Cody - tenor saxophone, oboe
  • Eddie Alex - tenor saxophone, piccolo
  • Jimmy Cozier, Patience Higgins - baritone saxophone, flute

    • Songs

    1Lilacs5:45
    2Colours5:02
    3Spiral8:38

    References

    Colours (Sam Rivers album) Wikipedia
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