Fuchsia Swing Song
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fuchsia Swing Song
| type = Album
| artist = Sam Rivers
| cover = Fuchsia Swing Song.jpg
| alt =
| released = Early April 1965[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Fuchsia+Swing+Song+4184&pg=PA30 Billboard Apr 3, 1965]
| recorded = December 11, 1964
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:00 original LP
69:24 CD reissue
| label = Blue Note
BST 84184
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Sam Rivers
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Contours
| next_year = 1965
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = Album
| cover = Fuchsia_Swing_Song2.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = 1995 Japanese CD (TOCJ-4184)
}}
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Fuchsia Swing Song is the debut album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4100-series/#blp-4184 Blue Note Records discography] accessed November 22, 2010 The album was reissued on CD in 1995, and again in 2003 as part of the "Connoisseur Series" (limited edition series) including four alternate takes as bonus tracks.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "By the time of his debut, Rivers had been deep under the influence of Coltrane and [Ornette] Coleman, but wasn't willing to give up the blues just yet. Hence the sound on Fuchsia Swing Song is one of an artist who is at once very self-assured, and in transition... This is a highly recommended date. Rivers never played quite like this again".Jurek, T. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=fuchsia-swing-song-r156093/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 22, 2010
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = Down Beat
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}Down Beat: July 15, 1965 vol. 32, no. 15
| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3Score = {{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 }}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1217}}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 168
}}
| rev6 = Tom Hull – on the Web
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Sam Rivers.
- "Fuchsia Swing Song" – 6:03
- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" – 5:33
- "Cyclic Episode" – 6:57
- "Luminous Monolith" – 6:31
- "Beatrice" – 6:13
- "Ellipsis" – 7:43
Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
- "Luminous Monolith" [Alternate Take] – 6:39
- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" [First Alternate Take] – 8:09
- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" [Second Alternate Take] – 7:47
- "Downstairs Blues Upstairs" [Third Alternate Take] – 7:49
Personnel
- Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone
- Jaki Byard – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:Sam Rivers (jazz musician) albums