Dimensions & Extensions
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{{Infobox album
| name = Dimensions & Extensions
| type = Album
| artist = Sam Rivers
| cover = Dimensions & Extensions.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1986
| recorded = March 17, 1967
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Avant-garde jazz
| length = 35:49
| label = Blue Note
BST 84261
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Sam Rivers
| prev_title = Colours
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Lazuli
| next_year = 1990
}}
Dimensions & Extensions is an album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1967 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1986 with the original catalogue number and the intended cover artwork.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4200-series/#blp-4206 Blue Note Records discography] accessed November 22, 2010 It was originally scheduled for issue in 1967, but held back from release until 1975, when the tracks appeared as part of the double LP set, Involution (1976, BN-LA 453-H2), which combined them with tracks recorded under Andrew Hill's leadership that would eventually see release as Change.[http://www.bb10k.com/RIVERS.disc.html#67.03.17 Sam Rivers Sessionography] accessed November 22, 2010
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006 |pages=1968 }}
| rev3 = Tom Hull – on the Web
}}
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 5 stars and stated "With music as risky as this, it's forgivable that it occasionally meanders (especially on the slower numbers) but, overall, Dimensions and Extensions offers more proof that Sam Rivers was one of the early giants of the avant-garde".Erlewine, S. T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=dimensions-and-extensions-r156095|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 22, 2010
Track listing
All compositions by Sam Rivers
- "Precis" - 5:21
- "Paean" - 5:25
- "Effusive Melange" - 5:51
- "Involution" - 7:13
- "Afflatus" - 6:28
- "Helix" - 5:31
Personnel
- Sam Rivers - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6)
- Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 1-3 & 6)
- James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1-4 & 6)
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Steve Ellington - drums
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:Sam Rivers (jazz musician) albums