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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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Contours is the second album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label. The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
| 1 | Point of Many Returns | ♡ | 9:24 | Sam Rivers |
| 2 | Dance of the Tripedal | ♡ | 10:10 | Sam Rivers |
| 3 | Euterpe | ♡ | 11:46 | Sam Rivers |
| 4 | Mellifluous Cacophony | ♡ | 9:01 | Sam Rivers |
| 5 | Mellifluous Cacophony (Alternate Take) | ♡ | 9:05 | Sam Rivers |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000643627
Credits
Bass — Ron Carter Drums — Joe Chambers Engineer — Rudy Van Gelder Mastered By — Kevin Gray Piano — Herbie Hancock Producer — Alfred Lion Supervised By — Joe Harley Tenor Saxophone — Sam Rivers Soprano Saxophone — Sam Rivers Flute — Sam Rivers Trumpet — Freddie Hubbard
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