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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Sam Rivers • Contours

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/contours-mw0000643627?1663783339207

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Reseña
por Stephen Thomas Erlewine
En Contours, su segundo álbum en Blue Note, el saxofonista tenor Sam Rivers abrazó por completo la vanguardia, pero presentó su música de una manera que no resultara molesta o confusa para los fieles al hard bop. Rivers dirige un quinteto en el que participan el trompetista Freddie Hubbard, el pianista Herbie Hancock, el bajista Ron Carter y el baterista Joe Chambers a través de un conjunto de originales que se mueven en la fina línea que separa el post-bop contemplativo y el avant-jazz densamente disonante. Cada músico es capaz de tocar los extremos igual de bien sin dejar de ser sensible a las sutilezas de la composición. Contours no deja de ser apasionante, y sigue siendo una de las referencias más importantes del movimiento vanguardista de mediados de los 60.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/contours-mw0000643627?1663783339207

Tracks:
1 - Point Of Many Returns - 9:20
2 - Dance Of The Tripedal - 10:07
3 - Euterpe - 11:43
4 - Mellifluous Cacophony - 8:58
5 - Mellifluous Cacophony [Alternative Take] - 9:04

Credits:
    Bass – Ron Carter
    Design [Cover Design], Photography By – Reid Miles
    Design [Reissue], Art Direction [Reissue] – Patrick Roques
    Drums – Joe Chambers
    Liner Notes [Original] – Don Heckman
    Mastered By [24-bit] – Ron McMaster
    Photography By [Liner] – Francis Wolff
    Piano – Herbie Hancock
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Composed By – Sam Rivers
    Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Notes:
Recorded on May 21, 1965 at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Tracks 1-4 originally issued on Blue Note BST 84206
Track 5 is a bonus track, not part of original LP

Label:    Blue Note – 7243 8 66744 2 5, Blue Note – 66744
Series:    Blue Note Connoisseur Series
Format:
CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Copy Protected
Country:    UK & Europe
Released:    2004
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Free Jazz, Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/4432287-Sam-Rivers-Contours