Released January 1967 Artist Sam Rivers | Length 40:08 Release date 1965 | |
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Recorded May 21, 1965Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Sam Rivers albums, Jazz albums | ||
Contours is the second album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 5 stars and stated "On Contours, his second Blue Note album, tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers fully embraced the avant-garde, but presented his music in a way that wouldn't be upsetting or confusing to hard bop loyalists... Rarely is Contours anything less than enthralling, and it remains one of the high watermarks of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement".
Track listing
All compositions by Sam Rivers- "Point of Many Returns" - 9:20
- "Dance of the Tripedal" - 10:07
- "Euterpe" - 11:43
- "Mellifluous Cacophony" - 8:58
- "Mellifluous Cacophony" [Alternate Take] - 9:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
Songs
1Point of Many Returns9:18
2Dance of the Tripedal10:06
3Euterpe11:42
References
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