Contours is the second album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.[2] The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
| Contours | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 21, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 40:08 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84206 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [6] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[7] |
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".[3]
Track listing
editAll 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Billboard Jan 28, 1967
- ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 22, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed November 22, 2010
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 1968.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1217. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 168. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Sam Rivers". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 22, 2023.