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Sam Rivers – Contours
Sam Rivers, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet [click here to see more vinyl featuring Freddie Hubbard]
Herbie Hancock, piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Herbie Hancock]
Ron Carter, bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ron Carter]
Joe Chambers, drums
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Blue Note Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded on May 21, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineered & mixed by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Joe Harley
Remastered by Kevin Gray
Originally released in 1967
Reissued in 2019
Tracks:
Side A:
- Point Of Many Returns
- Dance Of The Tripedal
Side B:
- Euterpe
- Mellifluous Cacaphony
Reviews:
“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. Rivers leads a quintet featuring trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Joe Chambers through a set of originals that walk a fine line between probing, contemplative post-bop and densely dissonant avant-jazz. Each musician is able to play the extremes equally well while remaining sensitive to the compositional subtleties. Rarely is Contours anything less than enthralling, and it remains one of the high watermarks of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,61 / 5