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Sam Rivers (tenor saxophone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (alto saxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drums), Julian Priester (trombone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Sam Rivers (soprano saxophone)

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Release date: 16th Sep 2008
Label: Blue Note
Catalogue number: 2153645
Length: 35 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Sam Rivers: Precis

Work length5:18

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sam Rivers: Paean

Work length5:20

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sam Rivers: Effusive Melange

Work length5:45

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sam Rivers: Involution

Work length7:10

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sam Rivers: Afflatus

Work length6:25

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Sam Rivers: Helix

Work length5:30

Sam Rivers (tenorsaxophone), Sam Rivers (sopranosaxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), James Spaulding (flute), James Spaulding (altosaxophone), Cecil McBee (bass), Steve Ellington (drumkit)
Recorded: 2008
Recording Venue: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

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