Live album · 1978
Tracklist
A Hues of Melanin - Part One (The Soprano Saxophone Section) 15:30
B Hues of Melanin - Part Two (The Flute and Vocal Section) 18:47
C1 Hues of Melanin - Part Three (Ivory Black: The Piano Section) 4:13
C2 Hues of Melanin - Part Four (Violet: The Tenor Saxophone Section) 5:38
C3 Encore 3:05
C4 Mauve 4:17
C5 Indigo 1:28
D1 Suite for Molde - Part One 8:06
a. Onyx - The Soprano Saxophone Section
b. Topaz - The Flute Section
D2 Suite for Molde - Part Two 11:27
"Trio Live" version track list:
1 Hues of Melanin (Soprano Saxophone, Flute and Vocal Sections 34:08
2 Hues of Melanin (Ivory Black - The Piano Section) 4:12
3 Hues of Melanin (Violet - The Tenor Saxophone Section) 5:39
4 Suite for Molde - Part One 8:01
5 Suite for Molde - Part Two 11:15
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Arild Andersen (tracks: D), Cecil McBee (tracks: A to C3), Richard Davis(tracks: C4, C5)
Drums – Barry Altschul (tracks: A to C2, D), Norman Connors (tracks: C3), Warren Smith (tracks: C4, C5)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Piano, Vocals – Sam Rivers
About this release
Impulse! – IA-9352/2 (US)
Tracks A-C2 recorded live on November 10, 1973 at the Battel Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Side D recorded live on August 3, 1973, at the Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway.
C3 Recorded Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland on July 6, 1973
C4, C5 Recorded Live at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan on October 27, 1972
Side B is released in its entity here for the first time.
Tracks C1,C2,C4,C5 were previously released on "Hues" album (1975, ABC Records ASD-9302,US)
Reissued on single CD in 1998 as "Trio Live"(Impulse! – IMPD-268,US)without three songs (C3-C5)
Thanks to snobb for the updates
