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Colours (Sam Rivers album)

{{Short description|1983 album by Sam Rivers featuring Winds of Manhattan}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Colours

| type = studio

| artist = Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan

| cover = Colours (Sam Rivers album).jpg

| released = 1983

| recorded = September 13, 1982

| studio = Cine Music Studio, Milan, Italy

| genre = Jazz

| length = 40:36

| label = Black Saint

| producer = Giancarlo Barigozzi

| chronology = Sam Rivers

| prev_title = Crosscurrent

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = Dimensions & Extensions

| next_year = 1986

}}

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.[http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint discography]. Retrieved July 8, 2011. 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.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated that it had "stomping, swinging arrangements".Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/colours-r146340 AllMusic Review]. Retrieved July 8, 2011.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book|editor-last=Swenson|editor-first=J.| year = 1985| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone| location = US| isbn = 0-394-72643-X| page = 169}}

| rev2 = Tom Hull

| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=May 2005|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/arch/cg/cg05-05.php|title=Recycled Goods (19)|work=A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge|publisher=Tom Hull|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1218}}

}}

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

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Category:Black Saint/Soul Note albums

Category:Sam Rivers (jazz musician) albums

Category:1983 albums