''Contours'' is the second album by American saxophonist
Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the
Blue Note label.
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accessed November 22, 2010 The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
Reception
The
Allmusic
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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 of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement".
[Erlewine, S. T. ]Allmusic Review
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accessed November 22, 2010
Track listing
All 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"
lternate Take- 9:04
Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
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Sam Rivers -
tenor saxophone
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soprano saxophone
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flute
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Freddie Hubbard
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trumpet
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Herbie Hancock
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- piano
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Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded nu ...
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bass
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Joe Chambers -
drums
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References
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Blue Note Records albums
Sam Rivers albums
1967 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
Albums produced by Alfred Lion