Contours is the second album by american saxophonist sam rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the blue note label. Sam rivers contours lp tone poet series blue note records. Find similar albums to contours sam rivers on allmusic. This december 1979 recording, released by ecm in 1980, slipped past me, and i had never heard of it until ecm finally reissued it on cd for the first time now in 2014. Despite owning it on cd and vinyl, i was thrilled when blue note announced that contours would be among the earliest releases of their new tone poet series of premium reissues. Reissued as a limited edition connoisseur series cd, this 65 blue note outing sparkles anew with 24bit remastered sound. With the closest attention to detail, apesamples offers qualitycontrolled pro samples and inspirational, high quality, royaltyfree 24bit sounds to a wide range of musicians, djs, sound designers. Music profile for sam rivers, born 25 september 1923. The application is available for river gaming platform. Arkansasraised tenor saxophonists sam rivers 1923, who had studied at a conservatory of music, represented the highbrow alterego of ornette colemans free jazz. 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. Vernon, ny august 4, 2015 mount vernons unpopular community activist samuel l.
Over the years sam rivers has composed a myriad of scribbles, musical phrases, technically difficult, twists, turns and whatever ideas he would conceive similar to an exercise in free association. But above all, rivers is remembered for beatrice, a deeply felt ballad inspired by his wife. September 20, 2009 multiinstrumentalist sam rivers has sparked sessions by miles davis and tony williams, and he fostered new yorks loft jazz. This is a data quality issue and should be taken into consideration before using the data for any analytical or reference purpose. The sam rivers trio, the sam rivers quartet and the rivbea orchestra. Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the mid1960s spread of free jazz. Sound recording was a 14inch tape transferred to 35mm magnetic for editing. After his blue note debut on fuchsia swing song, saxophonist sam rivers drifted further out on contours. It should be noted that ape format also known as monkeys audio is one of the most popular music formats, which uses lossless compression. With a thorough command of music theory, orchestration and composition, rivers was an. This layer represents contour elevation lines as of the spring of 2012. Relocating in 1964 to new york, rivers debuted with fuchsia swing song december 1964, featuring a quartet with teenage drummer tony williams, pianist jaki byard and bassist ron. Recorded in 1964 immediately after leaving the miles davis quintet, sam rivers fuchsia swing song is one of the more auspicious debuts the label released in the mid60s. Samuel robert rivers born september 2, 1977, jacksonville, florida is the bassist and backing vocalist of the band limp bizkit, and one of its founding members.
The album contours of the saxophonist sam rivers has been recorded for blue note in 1965 following the album fuschia swing song. Application for river platform users now your favorite platform is available for android devices. The cd reissue contains an alternate take as a bonus track. Ape downloads california state university, long beach. The contours are derived from lidar data, collected in the spring of 2012. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stream tracks and playlists from apesamples on your desktop or mobile device. Blue note records tone poet audiophile vinyl reissue series is produced by joe harley and features allanalog, masteredfromtheoriginalmastertape 180g. This edition is the bestsounding version of contours you can buy.
His father graduated from fisk university and sang with the fisk jubilee singers and. I generally do not get into cacophonous jazz, but i immediately dug that album and play it regularly. The recent passing of saxophonist and composer sam rivers on december 26, 2011 was followed by an outpouring of critical praise. Apesamples ape samples free listening on soundcloud. One of the first recordings i heard of sam rivers was the great 1973 conference of the birds on ecm, with dave holland as leader and barry altschul on drums, featuring rivers and anthony braxton on saxophone. Josie walks in on mg and penelopes makeout session interrupting them.
Sam rivers contours blue note tone poet series lp amazon. Rivers was a seasoned session player his excellent work on larry youngs into somethin is a case in point, and a former member of herb pomeroys big band before he went. I only discovered sam rivers within the past year, when i found a minty copy of crystals in my local goodwill of all place. Sam rivers demonstrates the full range of his talents on this classic solo. On contours, his second blue note album, tenor saxophonist sam rivers fully embraced the avantgarde, but presented his music in a way that wouldnt be upsetting or confusing to hard bop loyalists. Samuel carthorne rivers september 25, 1923 december 26, 2011 was an american jazz musician and composer. Portrait by sam rivers, released 01 january 1997 1. Sam rivers, mt vernons unpopular community activist. This section is designed to help you better understand the csulb ape program.
Mastered by kevin gray at cohearent audio from original master tape. Im a big fan of sam rivers and especially his second album on blue note, contours. Contours by john kelman, published on december 8, 2004. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from sam rivers.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. This format is freely available to users with plugins for playback on most popular media players. Using apkpure app to upgrade river, fast, free and save your internet data. Multiinstrumentalist sam rivers has sparked sessions by miles davis and tony williams, and he fostered new yorks loft jazz scene of the 1970s. Fuchsia swing song 1964 contours 1967 a new conception 1965 contours is the second album by american saxophonist sam rivers recorded in 1965 and released on the blue note label. How sam rivers hit new heights of creativity udiscover. Join facebook to connect with sam rivers and others you may know.
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