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Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute [click here to see more vinyl featuring Sam Rivers]
Donald Byrd – trumpet
James Spaulding – alto saxophone, flute
Julian Priester – trombone
Cecil McBee – bass
Steve Ellington – drums
Written by Sam Rivers
1 LP, tip-on gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated (RTI)
Label : Blue Note – Tone Poet
Original Label : Blue Note Records
Recorded on March 17, 1967, at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Produced by Alfred Lion
Tone Poet reissue produced by Joe Harley
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Liner Notes by Robert Palmer
Photography by Francis Wolff
Prepared for release in 1967 with a cover by Reid Miles, but shelved until its first release in 1986
Reissued in September 2026
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Precis
2. Paean
3. Effusive Melange
Side B:
1. Involution
2. Afflatus
3. Helix
Reviews:
“Ambitious, atonal, challenging -- all are accurate descriptions of Dimensions & Extensions, Sam Rivers' fourth album for Blue Note. Rivers remains grounded in hard bop structure, working with a sextet featuring Donald Byrd (trumpet), James Spaulding (alto saxophone, flute), Julian Priester (trombone), Cecil McBee (bass), and Steve Ellington (drums), but he explodes the boundaries of the form with difficult, dissonant compositions. With his unique, mercurial tone and edgy solos, he keeps pushing the sextet in different directions. It's intense, cerebral music, but since it has distinct themes and strong rhythms, the forays into free jazz, dissonant harmonies, and unpredictable tonal textures are actually quite accessible. Rivers simply burns on each track, whether playing tenor, soprano, or flute. Byrd doesn't display the wild imagination of Rivers, yet he keeps the pace with alternately languid and biting solos. Similarly, each of the remaining musicians makes a lasting impression with his individual time in the spotlight. With music as risky at this, it's forgivable that it occasionally meanders (especially on the slower numbers) but, overall, Dimensions & Extensions offers more proof that Sam Rivers was one of the early giants of the avant-garde.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rating:
Discogs : 4.45 / 5 ; AllMusic : 5 / 5