| Colors in Thirty-Third | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Muhal Richard Abrams |
| Cover: | Colors in Thirty-Third.jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Recorded: | 19 December 1986 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:05 |
| Label: | Black Saint |
| Producer: | Giovanni Bonandrini |
| Prev Title: | Roots of Blue |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | The Hearinga Suite |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Colors in Thirty-Third is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1987 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams' compositions by Abrams, John Blake, John Purcell, Dave Holland, Fred Hopkins and Andrew Cyrille.
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "Muhal Richard Abrams constantly varied the lineups on the seven numbers that comprised this 1986 session, alternating between trio, quartet, quintet and sextet pieces... Abrams as usual was an inspiring force as an instrumentalist and conceptualist".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating "This might be thought to be Purcell's finest hour, but everyone contributes. The basic personnel divides into trio, quartet, quintet, and for the title piece and the significantly named "Introspection"; full sextet".[2]
All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams