Sam Rivers: Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJSAU-136 soul and jazz standards by

soul and jazz standards by himself and others

from “All Through the Night’ to “Let’s Do It

Henderson’s bluesy

Recorded in October 1961

Sam Rivers: Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) 1LP ETJSAU-136 soul and jazz standards byBlue Note, 1986 A saxophonist of striking originality, Sam Rivers music had a strong avant garde undercurrent though he kept a foot planted firmly in post bop and the blues, a sound heard to great effect on his masterful 1964 debut Fuchsia Swing Song. The last of Rivers four highly distinctive Blue Note albums, 1967s Dimensions & Extensions, is fascinating for the presence of trumpeter Donald Byrd who makes a rare foray into the avant garde alongside