Contours (album)

Contours
Studio album by Sam Rivers
Released 1965
Recorded May 21, 1965
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 40:08
Label Blue Note
BST 84206
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.

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" - 9:20
  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

References

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed November 22, 2010
  2. 2.0 2.1 Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 22, 2010