Contours
Sam Rivers
1967
Contours is a Jazz album by Sam Rivers, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- angular
- intense
- cerebral
About
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 .
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Tracklist
- 1Point of Many Returns (2004 Remaster)9:23
- 2Dance of the Tripedal (2004 Remaster)10:10
- 3Euterpe (2004 Remaster)11:46
- 4Mellifluous Cacophony (2004 Remaster)9:00
- 5Mellifluous Cacophony (Alt Tk) [2004 Remaster]9:04
Credits
Performers
- Ron CarterBASS
- Joe ChambersDRUMS
- Herbie HancockPIANO
- Sam RiversTENOR SAXOPHONE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE FLUTE
- Freddie HubbardTRUMPET
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 18 pressings tracked on Gatefold