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Dixonia A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon
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Ben Young
Book Code: GR0275
ISBN: 0-313-30275-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30275-6
440 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/1998
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Discographies
Series Number: 77
Awards:
  • ARSC, Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research/Recorded Jazz or Blues, 1999
Reviews:
  • Young's avowed aim "is to identify every known episode of Bill Dixon making music, adding relevant information about these events and their relationship to the entire trajectory of his career to date." That he has succeeded beyond all reasonable expectations is something to admire.
    —IAJRC Journal
  • [A] first-rate reference source, guaranteed to gain converts to Dixon's work and contemporary avantgarde jazz in general.
    —ARBA
Description: Bill Dixon has refined a sonically unique pan-tonal language of trumpet playing. As a trumpeter, composer, educator, and theoretician, Bill Dixon has politically and musically influenced many phases of the development of Black music in the second half of the 20th century. This authoritative guide details information about the life and music of Bill Dixon. Bill Dixon comments throughout the text on the familiar and unfamiliar aspects of his career as it unfolds between performances and recordings. The recollections of those who have collaborated with Bill Dixon over the years supplement the thorough research here presented on the life and career of Bill Dixon and subsequently, on the New York avant garde artistic sphere in which he worked. Music and music history scholars, especially those interested in jazz and Black music, will be attracted to the wealth of information provided, often from primary sources, on Bill Dixon and Black music through the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The discography included encompasses issued and non-issued recordings as well as listings for every known Bill Dixon performance. Collaborations with dancers, directors, filmmakers and painters, among others, are also documented.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Beginnings 1925-60
  • Dixon-Shepp 1961-63
  • The Guild 1964-65
  • Dixon-Dunn 1966-68
  • Bennington/Madison 1969-72
  • Black Music Ensemble 1973-74
  • This Is Our Strategy 1975-79
  • Trio/Quartet 1980-82
  • Thoughts 1983-88
  • Round Up the Usual Suspects 1989-97
  • Bill Dixon's Music Played by Others
  • Producer
  • Educator
  • Appendix One: Ensemble Members by Academic Term
  • Appendix Two: Known Class Recordings
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-14756
LCC Class: ML156
Dewey Class: 781
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