Waves (Sam Rivers album)

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Waves
Studio album by
Sam Rivers
Released1978
RecordedAugust 8, 1978
GenreJazz
Length44:04
LabelTomato
Sam Rivers chronology
Rendez-vous
(1977)		 Waves
(1978)		 Contrasts
(1979)

Waves is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers, recorded in 1978 and released on the Tomato label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The Penguin Guide to JazzStarStarStarStar[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStarStar[4]
DownBeatStarStarStarStarHalf star[5]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated: "An explosive late '70s set with underrated composer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger Sam Rivers leading a strong quartet... Their array of contrasting voicings, with Rivers on tenor and soprano sax and flute, makes for compelling listening".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album "a neglected masterpiece from one of the most interesting of Rivers's small groups," and wrote: "It's a shame this fine record hasn't had wider currency."[3]

DownBeat assigned 4.5 stars.[5] Reviewer Michael Zipkin wrote, "There is lucidity here, and in just about every moment of Wav«: sometimes indefinable, always seductive, open hearted and very approachable".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Rivers
  1. "Shockwave" - 14:58
  2. "Torch" - 7:05
  3. "Pulse" - 10:33
  4. "Flux" - 6:10
  5. "Surge" - 5:18
  • Recorded at Big Apple Studio in New York City on August 8, 1978

Personnel

References

  1. Sam Rivers sessionography accessed July 11, 2011
  2. Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed July 11, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1111.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Zipkin, Michael (November 17, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. 46 (17): 42.