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Contours (album)

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Released
  
January 1967

Artist
  
Sam Rivers

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Length
  
40:08

Release date
  
1965

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
May 21, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Contours (1965)
  
A New Conception (1965)

Genres
  
Jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz, Post-bop

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.

Contents

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
  1. "Point of Many Returns" - 9:20
  2. "Dance of the Tripedal" - 10:07
  3. "Euterpe" - 11:43
  4. "Mellifluous Cacophony" - 8:58
  5. "Mellifluous Cacophony" [Alternate Take] - 9:04 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Sam Rivers - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
  • Herbie Hancock - piano
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums

    • Songs

    1Point of Many Returns9:18
    2Dance of the Tripedal10:06
    3Euterpe11:42

    References

    Contours (album) Wikipedia
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