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Bill Dixon

Born: October 5, 1925

Bill Dixon has been a driving force in the advancement of contemporary American Black Music for more than 45 years. His pioneering work as a musician and organizer in the early 1960’s helped lay the foundation for today’s creative improvised music scene in New York and beyond. In 1964, he founded the all-star artists collective, the Jazz Composers’ Guild, and produced and organized The October Revolution in Jazz, an unprecedented New York festival that helped put the so-called “new thing” on the cultural map.

A mentor to countless musicians, through both his teaching and his role as a producer for Savoy Records, Dixon turned his focus to education in the late 1960’s, serving for nearly 30 years on the faculty at the prestigious Bennington College, where he founded the historic Black Music Division in 1973.

New Releases and Avant Classics

by Jon Greenbaum
October 11, 2026

How many new releases are highlighted? Eight. What else? Jazz from the past century--stuff that pushed the tradition a bit and stuff that pushed the tradition a lot.Playlist Cassandra Wilson “Electromagnolia" from Days Aweigh (JMT) 0h 0m 0s Lester Bowie “Sardegna Amore" from The 5th Power (Black Saint) 0h 4m 40s Ishamel Reed “Rhythm ...

Combustible Mix of Post Bop From the Last Century As Well As New Releases

by Jon Greenbaum
September 29, 2026

Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, World Sax, Chico Freeman and The Art Ensemble along with a bunch of exciting new releases.Playlist Carmen Quill “Plaza" from Harmless (Ruination Record Co.) 00:00 Henry Threadgill / Vijay Iyer / Dafnis Prieto “I Wanted A Map" from Fifteen (Nonesuch Records) 00:05:26 Art Ensemble of Chicago “Proverbes (I-II-III)" from Les ...

Libero Farnè, teche visive e urgenza della memoria

by Gaetano Fiore
September 28, 2026

Nel periodo giovanile mi sono avvicinato al jazz, leggendo interessanti testi, alcuni monografici, altri dei veri e propri saggi la cui trattazione relativa alle relazioni del jazz con l'arte contemporanea mi incuriosiva tantissimo. Particolarmente illuminanti e formativi per me furono quelli di Libero Farnè apparsi su Musica Jazz dagli anni '80: un artista a tutto tondo nonché autorevole critico di ...

Happy Birthday to Dave Liebman, Peter Bernstein, (the late) Horace Silver, and others; newly released music from Ali Ryerson, Houston Person, and More

by David W. Daniels
September 8, 2026

In addition to the musicians named in the title, this week's show features classic jazz from John Coltrane, Astrud Gilberto, Thelonious Monk, and others. Birthday recognition for Kenny Dorham, Clifford Jordan, Lois Deloatch, and other artists with birthdays this week.Playlist Mark Sherman “Explorations"--from Family First (City Hall) 00:00 John Coltrane “Giant Steps"--from Giant Steps ...

Meeting Mr. Bonandrini. L'epopea di Black Saint e Soul Note

by Neri Pollastri
August 24, 2026

Giovanni Bonandrini è uno dei grandi artefici del jazz “dietro le quinte," nel nostro paese e non solo. Produttore discografico, ha dato vita e lustro dalla seconda metà degli anni Settanta fino ai Duemila all'etichetta indipendente Black Saint, rilevata da Giacomo Pellicciotti nel 1977, e l'ha affiancata alla Soul Note, dedicata al jazz più tradizionale, laddove ...

Alexander Hawkins & Taylor Ho Bynum: A Near Permanent State Of Wonder

by John Sharpe
June 25, 2026

Nearly two decades after first crossing paths in the transatlantic Convergence Quartet, cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and pianist Alexander Hawkins reunite on A Near Permanent State Of Wonder, a recording that finds their rapport undimmed and their curiosity intact. In the intervening period Hawkins has become one of the most in demand pianists in Europe, as ...

Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, Szilárd Mezei Octet, Horace Tapscott and More

by Jon Greenbaum
June 7, 2026

In this archived radio transmission we get down with a variety of tasty post bop, free improvisation, experimental sound and through composed beauties. You're right! Here it is corrected:Playlist Luis Gasca “Street Dude" from For Those Who Chant (Blue Thumb Records) 00:00:00 Marty Ehrlich “The Folksinger" from Cartographies of Flight (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 00:11:44 ...

Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore

by Gaetano Fiore
April 28, 2026

“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...

Rob Mazurek: The Abstractivist

by Marco Iacoboni
April 20, 2026

Dalle registrazioni ambientali dei pesci elettrofori nel Rio delle Amazzoni alle sculture di specchi che catturano l'alba nel deserto di Marfa (Texas), la carriera di Rob Mazurek è un'infinita stratificazione di esperienze. Ha fatto della risonanza la sua bussola, mescolando cornetta, tromba, sintetizzatori modulari, pittura e scultura in un unico, potente, linguaggio. Erede dello ...