{"product_id":"sam-rivers-dimensions-extensions-blue-note-tone-poet-series","title":"Sam Rivers - Dimensions \u0026 Extensions (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Note Tone Poet Series 180g Black Vinyl LP in Tip-on Gatefold Jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Blue Note Tone Poet edition of Dimensions \u0026amp; Extensions, produced by Joe Harley and mastered all-analog by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes. Record Technology Inc. (RTI) pressed it on 180-gram vinyl, and it ships in a deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket. The cut is stereo. The front cover carries the original catalog number, 84261, while the labels and spine read BST 84261.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gatefold opens on black-and-white photographs taken at the recording session. Blue Note traces the Tone Poet series to label president Don Was' admiration for the audiophile Blue Note reissues produced by Music Matters. Two earlier Rivers albums as a leader, Contours (1965) and A New Conception (1966), are already part of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe session took place at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on March 17, 1967, and then sat in the vault. Its six tracks first surfaced in the mid-1970s on Involution, a double LP shared with music from an Andrew Hill session. The album did not appear under its own name, with its original catalog number and the intended Reid Miles cover, until 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRivers plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute across six of his own compositions. Donald Byrd on trumpet and Julian Priester on trombone appear on four of them, and James Spaulding plays alto saxophone and flute on five. Cecil McBee (bass) and Steve Ellington (drums), a grand-nephew of Duke Ellington, are the rhythm section throughout. Blue Note's notes describe Byrd's part as a rare foray into the avant-garde for the trumpeter. This was the last of the four albums Rivers led for Blue Note in the 1960s. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it \"more proof that Sam Rivers was one of the early giants of the avant-garde.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrecis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffusive Melange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfflatus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602465124828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.11.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blue Note Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48226545205406,"sku":"EVP-3BBC4D2F-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/SamRivers_DimensionsAndExtensions_PROD_SHOT.png?v=1791176284","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/sam-rivers-dimensions-extensions-blue-note-tone-poet-series","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}