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William Robert Dixon (October 5, 1925 [1] – June 16, 2010) [2] was an American composer and educator. Dixon was one of the seminal figures in free jazz and late twentieth-century contemporary music. His was also a prominent activist for artist's rights and African American music tradition. [3] .
Jun 20, 2010 · Bill Dixon, the maverick trumpeter, composer, educator and major force in the jazz avant-garde movement of the 1960s, died on Wednesday at his home in North Bennington, Vt. He was...
In 1964 he organized the October Revolution - six nights of concerts by young avant gardists such as Taylor, Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Paul Bley, Milford Graves and the not-so-young Sun Ra - which is ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Bill Dixon, the maverick trumpeter, composer, educator and major force in the jazz avant-garde movement of the 1960s, died on Wednesday at his home in North Bennington, Vt. He was 84.
Intents and Purposes is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon, which was released in 1967 on RCA Victor.
Not near enough people listen to or know of Bill Dixon. He can be stoic, cold, and standoffish in person (and occasionally on record), but he's made some of the finest music of the last sixty something years. This is a spotlight for an artist who deserves accolades of his own.
One of the seminal free jazz figures, Bill Dixon made his mark as a player, organizer, and educator in a career that spanned more than 50 years. Dixon was a jaggedly lyrical trumpeter — his delivery was as vocalic as that of any free jazz trumpeter except perhaps Lester Bowie.
