Spring (Tony Williams album)

Spring
Spring
Studio album by Anthony Williams
Released	1966
Recorded	August 12, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, post-bop, modal jazz
Length	38:56
Label	Blue Note; BST 84216
Producer	Alfred Lion
Anthony Williams chronology

Spring is the second album by American drummer Tony Williams recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1] Williams is featured with tenor saxophonists Sam Rivers and Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock and bassist Gary Peacock.

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 3 stars and stated "Considering the extraordinary talent assembled for Tony Williams' second Blue Note date as a leader, this could have been a landmark session. Unfortunately, it's not. Spring isn't totally forgettable; on the contrary... However, the five Tony Williams compositions... often failed to provoke the musicians into reaching crucial unity, making Spring haphazard, falling short of the expected goal".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Anthony Williams

Side one

"Extras" – 8:10
"Echo" – 5:02
"From Before" – 6:50

Side two

"Love Song" – 8:25
"Tee" – 10:29

Personnel[edit]

Anthony Williams - drums
Wayne Shorter (1, 3, 5) - tenor saxophone
Sam Rivers (1, 3-5) - tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock - piano (3-5)
Gary Peacock - bass (1 & 3-5)

References[edit]

^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010
^ ^a ^b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1512. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Blue_Note_discography-1] Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 23, 2010

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1512. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Tony Williams
Albums as leader or co-leader	Life Time (1965) Spring (1966) Emergency! (1969) Turn It Over (1970) Ego (1971) Believe It (1975) Million Dollar Legs (1976) The Joy of Flying (1978) Native Heart (1989) The Story of Neptune (1992) A Tribute to Miles (1994)
The Great Jazz Trio albums (with Hank Jones and Ron Carter)	I'm Old Fashioned (album) (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (with Jackie McLean, 1978) Direct from L.A. (1978) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (2000, recorded in 1977)
Arcana albums (with Bill Laswell and Derek Bailey)	The Last Wave (1996) Arc of the Testimony (1997)
Related articles	Miles Davis Quintet The Tony Williams Lifetime Trio of Doom Arcana

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)