Contours (album)

Contours
Studio album by Sam Rivers
Released 1965
Recorded May 21, 1965
Genre Jazz
Length 49:03
Label Blue Note
Producer Alfred Lion
Sam Rivers chronology
Fuchsia Swing Song
(1964)		 Contours
(1965)		 A New Conception
(1965)

Contours is the second album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] 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".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers
  1. "Point of Many Returns" - 9:18
  2. "Dance of the Tripedal" - 10:06
  3. "Euterpe" - 11:42
  4. "Mellifluous Cacophony" - 8:57
  5. "Mellifluous Cacophony" [alternate take] - 9:00 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 21, 1965

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 22, 2010
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 22, 2010