Contrasts (Sam Rivers album)

Contrasts
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedDecember 1979
StudioTonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length43:10
LabelECM
ECM 1162
ProducerManfred Eicher
Sam Rivers chronology
Waves
(1978)
Contrasts
(1980)
Crosscurrent
(1981)

Contrasts is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in December 1979 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features trombonist George E. Lewis and rhythm section Dave Holland and Thurman Barker.