Sam Rivers – A New Conception [Stereo] (Blue Note Tone Poet Series Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

180-gram vinyl LP

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

Plated and pressed at RTI

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

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 featuring Hal Galper on piano, Herbert Lewis on bass, and Steve Ellington on drums. Despite the well-worn repertoire-including 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. Deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.

(Above description from AcousticSounds.com)