Contours (album)

Contours
Contours
Studio album by Sam Rivers
Released	January 1967
Recorded	May 21, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	40:08
Label	Blue Note; BST 84206
Producer	Alfred Lion
Sam Rivers chronology

ReleasedJanuary 1967^[1]

RecordedMay 21, 1965

StudioVan Gelder, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

GenreAvant-garde jazz

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.

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
DownBeat	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[7]

v t e Sam Rivers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Fuchsia Swing Song (1964) Contours (1965) A New Conception (1966) Dimensions & Extensions (1967) Hues (1971–73) Streams (1973) Crystals (1974) Dave Holland / Sam Rivers (with Dave Holland (bassist), 1975) Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1975) Sizzle (1975) Waves (1978) Contrasts (1979) Colours (1982)
With others	Miles in Tokyo (with Miles Davis, 1964) Change (with Andrew Hill, 1966) Conference of the Birds (with Dave Holland, 1972) Dialogue (with Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Black Stars (with Jason Moran, 2001) In the Name of... (James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, 1993) Capricorn Rising (and Don Pullen, 1975) The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (with Cecil Taylor, 1969) Life Time (with Tony Williams, 1964) Spring (with Tony Williams, 1965) Into Somethin' (with Larry Young, 1964)

v t e Freddie Hubbard
Years given are for the recording(s), including the soundtrack albums, not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Open Sesame (1960) Goin' Up (1960) Hub Cap (1961) Minor Mishap/Dedication! (Hubbard/Duke Pearson, 1961) Ready for Freddie (1961) The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962) Hub-Tones (1962) Here to Stay (1962) The Body & the Soul (1963) Breaking Point! (1964) Jam Gems: Live at the Left Bank (with Jimmy Heath, 1965) The Night of the Cookers (1965) Blue Spirits (1965–66) Backlash (1966) High Blues Pressure (1967) A Soul Experiment (1968–69) The Black Angel (1969) The Hub of Hubbard (1970) Red Clay (1970) Straight Life (1970) Sing Me a Song of Songmy (with İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970) First Light (1971) Polar AC (1971–73) Sky Dive (1972) Keep Your Soul Together (1973) Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine in Concert Volume One (1973) In Concert Volume Two (with Stanley Turrentine, 1974) High Energy (1974) Gleam (1975) Liquid Love (1975) Windjammer (1976) Bundle of Joy (1977) Super Blue (1978) The Love Connection (1979) Skagly (1979) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Alternate Blues (with Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Terry, Gillespie & Peterson, 1980) Born to Be Blue (1981) Keystone Bop: Sunday Night (1981) Outpost (1981) Rollin' (1981) Splash (1981) Above & Beyond (1982) Back to Birdland (1982) Face to Face (with Oscar Peterson, 1982) Ride Like the Wind (1982) The Rose Tattoo (1983) Sweet Return (1983) Double Take (with Woody Shaw, 1985) Life Flight (1987) The Eternal Triangle (with Woody Shaw, 1987) Feel the Wind (with Art Blakey, 1988) Times Are Changing (1989) Topsy – Standard Book (1989) Bolivia (1990–91) At Jazz Jamboree Warszawa '91: A Tribute to Miles (1991) Live at Fat Tuesday's (1991) Blues for Miles (1992) MMTC: Monk, Miles, Trane & Cannon (1994–95) New Colors (2000) On the Real Side (2007)
With Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers	Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Blues March (1961) Three Blind Mice (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Kyoto (1964) Free for All (1964) Golden Boy (1965) Soul Finger (1965)
With Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright (1961) Clubhouse (1965) Generation (1973) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
With Herbie Hancock	Takin' Off (1962) Empyrean Isles (1964) Maiden Voyage (1965) Blow-Up (soundtrack album, 1966) V.S.O.P. (1977) V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (1977) V.S.O.P. Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) V.S.O.P. Live Under the Sky (1977) Round Midnight (soundtrack album, 1985)
With Bobby Hutcherson	Dialogue (1965) Components (1965) Knucklebean (1977) Highway One (1978)
With Quincy Jones	I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1962) Golden Boy (1964) I/We Had a Ball (1964–65) Walking in Space (1969) Gula Matari (1970)
With Wayne Shorter	Wayning Moments (1961) Speak No Evil (1964) The Soothsayer (1965) The All Seeing Eye (1965)
With others	The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) The Other Side of Abbey Road (George Benson, 1969) Out of This World (Walter Benton, 1960) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) God Bless the Child (Kenny Burrell, 1971) Cables' Vision (George Cables, 1979) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman, 1960) Olé Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1961) Africa/Brass (John Coltrane, 1961) Ascension (John Coltrane, 1965) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) Outward Bound (Eric Dolphy, 1960) Out to Lunch! (Eric Dolphy, 1964) Undercurrent (Kenny Drew, 1960) Leaving This Planet (Charles Earland, 1973) Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967) Interplay (Bill Evans, 1962) Sonic Text (Joe Farrell, 1979) Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1960) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Benny Golson, 1961) Pop + Jazz = Swing (Benny Golson, 1962) Slide Hampton and His Horn of Plenty (1959) Sister Salvation (Slide Hampton, 1960) Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Big Band (Joe Henderson, 1996) Pax (Andrew Hill, 1965) Compulsion (Andrew Hill, 1965) Sunflower (Milt Jackson, 1972) Goodbye (Milt Jackson, 1973) 52nd Street (Billy Joel, 1978) Reg Strikes Back (Elton John, 1988) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Echoes of an Era (Chaka Khan, 1982) Essence (John Lewis, 1960–62) Water Sign (Jeff Lorber, 1979) Doin' the Thang! (Ronnie Mathews, 1963) Bluesnik (Jackie McLean, 1961) MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1994) Fingerpickin' (Wes Montgomery, 1958) Roll Call (Hank Mobley, 1960) The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson, 1961) Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson, 1966) The Right Touch (Duke Pearson, 1967) Contours (Sam Rivers, 1965) Drums Unlimited (Max Roach, 1965) East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins, 1966) Numbers (Rufus, 1978) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Giant Box (Don Sebesky, 1973) Sugar (Stanley Turrentine, 1970) Together (McCoy Tyner, 1978) Quartets 4 X 4 (McCoy Tyner, 1980) Soundscapes (Cedar Walton, 1980) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) Blue Moses (Randy Weston, 1972)

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