Sam Rivers • Dimensions And Extensions

 

Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
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.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dimensions-extensions-mw0000200336

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Reseña
por Stephen Thomas Erlewine  
Ambicioso, atonal, desafiante - todas son descripciones precisas de Dimensions & Extensions, el cuarto álbum de Sam Rivers para Blue Note. Rivers sigue basándose en la estructura del hard bop, trabajando con un sexteto que incluye a Donald Byrd (trompeta), James Spaulding (saxo alto, flauta), Julian Priester (trombón), Cecil McBee (bajo), y Steve Ellington (batería), pero explota los límites de la forma con composiciones difíciles y disonantes. Con su tono único y mercurial y sus inquietantes solos, sigue empujando al sexteto en diferentes direcciones. Es música intensa y cerebral, pero como tiene temas definidos y ritmos fuertes, las incursiones en el free jazz, las armonías disonantes y las texturas tonales impredecibles son en realidad bastante accesibles. Rivers simplemente arde en cada pista, ya sea tocando el tenor, la soprano o la flauta. Byrd no muestra la imaginación salvaje de Rivers, pero mantiene el ritmo con solos alternativamente lánguidos y mordaces. Del mismo modo, cada uno de los músicos restantes causa una impresión duradera con su tiempo individual en el centro de atención. Con una música tan arriesgada como ésta, es perdonable que de vez en cuando divague (especialmente en los números más lentos) pero, en general, Dimensions & Extensions ofrece más pruebas de que Sam Rivers fue uno de los primeros gigantes de la vanguardia.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dimensions-extensions-mw0000200336

Tracks:
1 - Precis - 5:18
2 - Paean - 5:23
3 - Effusive Melange - 5:49
4 - Involution - 7:12
5 - Afflatus - 6:25
6 - Helix - 5:31

    Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

    Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Spaulding
    Bass – Cecil McBee
    Drums – Steve Ellington
    Producer – Alfred Lion
    Recorded By, Remastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Reissue Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Sam Rivers
    Trombone – Julian Priester
    Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Originally recorded on March 17, 1967 at the Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Originally issued in 1977 on Blue Note BNLA 453.

Label:    Blue Note – 50999 2 15364 2 7
Series:    RVG Edition
Country:    US
Released:    2008
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Free Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/release/1794508-Sam-Rivers-Dimensions-Extensions

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