Sam Rivers - Contours (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)Label: Blue Note Originally released 1965, Reissued 2019 Saxophonist & flutist Sam Rivers followed up his striking debut Fuchsia Swing Song with the tremendous album Contours, which was recorded at Rudy Van Gelders Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio in 1965 with a top flight band featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The quintet explored four of Rivers engaging original compositionsPoint

This stellar album is considered Davis’s most musically diverse

created an album that neither short-changed their status as prominent indie noise-makers

one that boasts over 17 Top 50 U

" The lilting first single "Tricky Questions" exhibits songwriter and vocalist Elizabeth Morris Innset's adept skill at taking specific experiences and creating something timeless and universally resonant

On “Tomorrow’s Gone” Megira achieves the feat of being so far back in time that he’s somehow living in the future and waiting for the rest of us to arrive

" The results are stunning - the grooves feel organic

but it's still quite possibly their best album

The Nightmare Before Christmas tells the story of Jack Skellington

My Lover the Killer is a late night noir confessional

(Extended Mix 1987)

Gonna Cry Today

A Loving Act