Streams (Sam Rivers album)

For the Christian music compilation, see Streams (1999 album).

Streams
Live album by Sam Rivers
Released	1973
Recorded	July 6, 1973
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:44
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Ed Michel
Sam Rivers chronology
A New Conception (1967) Streams (1973) Hues (1971-73)

Streams is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1973 for the Impulse! label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey stated, "The music is pure stream-of-consciousness -- no discernible pre-set themes, just free-flowing ideas and interaction among the musicians... It's a shame there aren't more documents of this phase in Rivers' career, though that could be said of pretty much all of his phases. If it's Rivers the free improviser you're looking for, Streams is a tour de force and one of the highlights of his extremely distinguished career". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers

1. Spoken Introduction - 1:18
2. "Tenor Saxophone Section/Beginning of Flute Section" - 23:12
3. "Conclusion of Flute Section/Piano Section/Soprano Saxophone Section" -25:14

• Recorded at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival held in Montreux, Switzerland, on July 6, 1973

Personnel

• Sam Rivers - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• Norman Connors - drums, gongs

References

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