Jazz Articles about Franz Koglmann / Bill Dixon

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Franz Koglmann / Bill Dixon: Opium For Franz

by Mark Corroto
February 25, 2019

This gem of a recording has been a collector's dream prize for decades. Recorded and released in the mid-1970s on flugelhorn/trumpeter Franz Koglmann's Pipe Recordings, each copy of Opium For Franz was issued with an original hand painted cover. Back in the day, we wouldn't speak of a limited issue release, even though this one probably came out in an edition of 200. Certainly it was a labor of love, with no such thing as our modern digital capture of ...