Rivers, Sam – A New Conception

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New Vinyl Record – Sam Rivers – A New Conception (Blue Note Tone Poet Series)

After releasing two astonishing albums of original material with his remarkable debut,Fuchsia Swing Song(1964), and the follow-up,Contours(1965), multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers went another direction on his third Blue Note album,A New Conception(1966), by presenting a set of standards that were given riveting interpretations with a quartet featuringHal Galperon piano,Herbert Lewison bass, andSteve Ellingtonon drums. Despite the well-worn repertoireincluding the chestnuts “When I Fall in Love,” “I’ll Never Smile Again,” “Detour Ahead,” and “Secret Love”Rivers’ striking originality is utterly apparent in each of these seven performances on which he’s heard on tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, and flute.