Hues (album)

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Hues
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Live album by
Released1974
RecordedFebruary 13 & 14, 1971,
October 27, 1972,
August 3 & November 10, 1973
Genre Jazz
Length40:49
Label Impulse!
Producer Ed Michael
Sam Rivers chronology
Streams
(1973)
Hues
(1974)
Crystals
(1974)

Hues is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded between 1971 and 1973 and released on the Impulse! label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton stated, "Hues is thoroughly enjoyable and should be reissued". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers
  1. "Amber" - 4:26
  2. "Turquoise" - 4:01
  3. "Rose" - 5:13
  4. "Chartreuse" - 3:17
  5. "Mauve" - 4:17
  6. "Indigo" - 1:28
  7. "Onyx" - 4:04
  8. "Topaz" - 4:02
  9. "Ivory Black" - 4:13
  10. "Violet" - 5:48
  • Recorded at The Jazz Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 13 (tracks 1-3) & 14 (track 4), 1971, at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, on October 27, 1972 (tracks 5 & 6), at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway, on August 3, 1973 (tracks 7 & 8), and at Battell Chapel, Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 10, 1973 (track 9 & 10)

Personnel

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References

  1. Sam Rivers sessionography accessed July 8, 2011
  2. 1 2 Hamilton, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  168. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.