Colours (Sam Rivers album)

Colours
Studio album by Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan
Released 1982
Recorded September 13, 1982
Genre Jazz
Length 40:36
Label Black Saint
Producer Giancarlo Barigozzi
Sam Rivers chronology
Crosscurrent
(1981)
Colours
(1982)
Lazuli
(1989)

Colours is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring Winds of Manhattan, an 11 piece woodwind orchestra, recorded in 1982 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1] The album is entirely through-composed with some sections of group improvisation. According to participant Steve Coleman, solo improvisations were edited out prior to the album's release in order to shorten the track times.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating it had "Stomping, swinging arrangements".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers
  1. "Lilacs" - 5:44
  2. "Colours" - 5:01
  3. "Spiral" - 8:36
  4. "Matrix" - 7:53
  5. "Revival" - 1:58
  6. "Blossoms" - 11:24

Personnel

References

  1. Black Saint discography accessed July 8, 2011
  2. Rivers and Rhythms accessed March 15, 2012
  3. 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2011
  4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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