Hues (album) explained

Hues
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Sam Rivers
Cover:	Hues (album).jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	February 13 & 14, 1971, October 27, 1972, August 3 & November 10, 1973
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:49
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Ed Michael
Chronology:	Sam Rivers
Prev Title:	Streams
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Crystals
Next Year:	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]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton awarded the album 4 stars stating "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

• Sam Rivers - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, piano
• Arild Andersen (track 7 & 8), Richard Davis (tracks 5 & 6), Cecil McBee (track 1-4, 9 & 10) - bass
• Barry Altschul (tracks 7-10), Norman Connors (tracks 1-4), Warren Smith (tracks 5 & 6) - drums, percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html Sam Rivers sessionography
2. Hamilton, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2011