Crystals (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Saxophone
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Label: Verve (USA)
• UPC: 731458976028
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105806716
• Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
• Tower.com Sales Rank: #72729 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #5896 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
• #363 in Saxophone (See Top 100 Saxophone Bestsellers)

Browse more products related to "Crystals"

Browse more products related to "Sam Rivers"

CRYSTALS is packaged in a miniature LP sleeve featuring artwork from the original vinyl release.

Personnel: Sam Rivers (arranger, conductor, soprano & tenor saxophones); Fred Kelly (soprano, alto & baritone saxophones, flute, piccolo); Joe Ferguson (soprano & alto saxophones, flute); Roland Alexander (soprano & tenor saxophones, flute, African flute); Paul Jeffrey (tenor saxophone, flute, bassett horn); Sinclair Acey, Ted Daniel, Richard Williams (trumpet, flugelhorn); Charles Majeed Greenlee, Charles Stephens (trombone); Joe Daley (euphonium, tuba); Gregory Maker (bass); Warren Smith (drums); Harold Smith (percussion).

Recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York, New York on March 4, 1974.

Originally released on Impulse. Includes liner notes by Sam Rivers.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

The composer and saxophonist Sam Rivers leads a cast of like-minded souls in a set of energetically dissonant jazz that frequently takes off in avant-garde directions, yet remains consistently involving. Pieces like the breakneck "Exultation," with its massed soloing led by Rivers' Pied Piper soprano, contrast with the funky street-beat of "Tranquility," and Rivers uses the tonal colors of his band like a Jackson Pollock painting, threaded through with his nimble solos.

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

• Great Deals on CDs under $9.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic Albums all for under $10! Great Music for Everyone's Tastes!

• Great Deals on DVDs under $12.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic DVDs all for under $13! Great Movies, TV and DVD Specials for Everyone's Tastes!

• Great Deals on Books under $14.99

  New Releases, Bestsellers and Classic Books all for under $15! Great Reads for Everyone's Tastes!