Hues (album)

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Hues
Live album by
Released1974
RecordedFebruary 13 & 14, 1971,
October 27, 1972,
August 3 & November 10, 1973
GenreJazz
Length40:49
LabelImpulse!
ProducerEd 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]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[4]

The AllMusic review by Andrew Hamilton awarded the album 4 stars stating "Hues is thoroughly enjoyable and should be reissued".[2]

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sam Rivers sessionography accessed July 8, 2011
  2. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Sam Rivers". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 22, 2023.