Contours is the second album by American saxophonist
Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the
Blue Note label.[2] The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
The
Allmusic 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 high watermarks of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement".[3]
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" [Alternate Take] - 9:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
Contours is the second album by American saxophonist
Sam Rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the
Blue Note label.[2] The CD reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track.
The
Allmusic 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 high watermarks of the mid-'60s avant-garde movement".[3]
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" [Alternate Take] - 9:04 Bonus track on CD reissue