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Bill Dixon: Berlin Abbozzi
by John Sharpe
Bill Dixon’s latest recording, his first on FMP, is an intimate club date well captured in November 1999. The instrumentation of trumpet, two basses and drums, is one which has been used to good effect on previous Dixon recordings such as November 1981 and the two volumes of Vade Mecum, both on Soul Note. This group ...
Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley: Papyrus Volume I
by Glenn Astarita
The under-recorded yet highly regarded trumpeter/composer/writer Bill Dixon teams up with renowned free-jazz, improvising drummer Tony Oxley on Papyrus Volume I. Here, Dixon extracts unusual sounds from his horn via sparse, irregular lines as he shapes spacious themes while affording the listener an opportunity to contemplate time and motion throughout these 12 pieces. The ever-inventive Oxley ...
