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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 of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rivers, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rivers, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rivers, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rivers, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Ron Carter, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rudy Van Gelder, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Lion, Producer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Chambers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Rivers, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2004 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
Album review
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.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:23
- Main artists: Sam Rivers
- Composer: Sam Rivers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1967 Blue Note Records ℗ 2004 Blue Note Records
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