Streams (Sam Rivers album)

Streams
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

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+^[4]

The AllMusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 5 stars stating "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[edit]

All compositions by Sam Rivers

Spoken Introduction - 1:18
"Tenor Saxophone Section/Beginning of Flute Section" - 23:12
"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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Sam Rivers sessionography accessed July 8, 2011
^ ^a ^b Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2011
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 168. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Sam Rivers". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

[Sam_Rivers_sessionography-1] Sam Rivers sessionography accessed July 8, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 8, 2011

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 168. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[4] Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Sam Rivers". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 22, 2023.

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v t e Sam Rivers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Fuchsia Swing Song (1964) Contours (1965) A New Conception (1966) Dimensions & Extensions (1967) Hues (1971–73) Streams (1973) Crystals (1974) Dave Holland / Sam Rivers (with Dave Holland, 1975) Sam Rivers / Dave Holland Vol. 2 (1975) Sizzle (1975) Waves (1978) Contrasts (1979) Colours (1982)
With others	Miles in Tokyo (with Miles Davis, 1964) Change (with Andrew Hill, 1966) Conference of the Birds (with Dave Holland, 1972) Dialogue (with Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Black Stars (with Jason Moran, 2001) In the Name of... (James Blood Ulmer's Music Revelation Ensemble, 1993) Capricorn Rising (and Don Pullen, 1975) The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor (with Cecil Taylor, 1969) Life Time (with Tony Williams, 1964) Spring (with Tony Williams, 1965) Into Somethin' (with Larry Young, 1964)