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One Year Later 17 Jun 2011 | 04:05 am
It was a year ago today. Having thought about it daily for the last 364 days, the following wish list has crystalized: I wish all of Dixon's music--and I mean all of it, the gigantic stack of reel-t...
Happy Birthday Bill Dixon! 6 Oct 2010 | 05:05 pm
Bill, you are missed. You gave us so very much. Thank you.
Marc Medwin 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Previous to the inception of The Dixon Society, the prolific and eloquent Marc Medwin posted two articles for consideration by the think tank that is Bagatellen. These insightful articles and, more to...
2005 - 2006 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Wesleyan University, February 11, 2005 Bill Dixon - Conductor Co-Ordinated by Andrew Raffo Dewar and Professor Eric Charry Wesleyan Creative Music Ensemble Zara Acosta (Bb clarinet) Nale Ash-Morga...
Taylor Ho Bynum 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Taylor Ho Bynum first came to the attention of The Dixon Society with his post Dixon on his thought provoking and delightfully well written blog SpiderMonkey Stories. Taylor will be performing with Bi...
Thus Spracht Dixon 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
For your edification and amusement, a small selection of quotes by Bill Dixon taken from the 2nd rehearsal of the Sound Vision Orchestra in the basement of the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York Ci...
Anthony Widoff 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Ellington nailed it with his criteria for musical quality: “if it sounds good it is good”. Unfortunately, this unassailable formulation does little to resolve the question of what constitutes good mus...
Some Recent Dixon Ephemera 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Dixon at the Vision Festival Dixon in Chicago (provided by Daniel Melnick Thank you Daniel!) Click to enlarge. Was there any Dixon ephemera generated in the recent Chicago Jazz Festival performance...
Happy Birthday Bill Dixon! 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
It was 82 years ago today! Happy birthday Bill Dixon!
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra 5 Oct 2010 | 01:07 pm
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra, Entrances/One (On Line Edit) Thrill Jockey Website "A photographer wanted a shot of Dixon playing his trumpet. "He put horn to lips and played the most subl...
