Colours (Sam Rivers album)
1983 album by Sam Rivers featuring Winds of Manhattan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colours is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring Winds of Manhattan, an 11-piece woodwind orchestra. The album was recorded in 1982 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1] The album was composed with some sections of group improvisation. According to participant Steve Coleman, solo improvisations were omitted before the album's release to shorten the track times.
.jpg)
| Colours | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| Studio album by Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Cine Music, Milan, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:36 | |||
| Label | Black Saint | |||
| Producer | Giancarlo Barigozzi | |||
| Sam Rivers chronology | ||||
| ||||
Reception
Track listing
- All compositions by Sam Rivers
- "Lilacs" – 5:44
- "Colours" – 5:01
- "Spiral" – 8:36
- "Matrix" – 7:53
- "Revival" – 1:58
- "Blossoms" – 11:24
Personnel
- Sam Rivers – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Marvin Blackman – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Talib Kibwe – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Chris Roberts – soprano saxophone, flute
- Steve Coleman, Bobby Watson – alto saxophone, flute
- Nat Dixon – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Bill Cody – tenor saxophone, oboe
- Eddie Alex – tenor saxophone, piccolo
- Jimmy Cozier, Patience Higgins – baritone saxophone, flute