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Dixonia - A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon (Hardcover)
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Dixonia - A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon (Hardcover)
Series: Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference
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In this thorough research guide to the career and music of Bill
Dixon the author has documented how Dixon refined a sonically
unique pan-tonal language of trumpet playing. As a trumpeter,
composer, educator, and theoretician, Bill Dixon has politically
and musically influenced many phases of the development of Black
music in the second half of the 20th century. This authoritative
guide details information about the life and music of Bill Dixon.
Bill Dixon comments throughout the text on the familiar and
unfamiliar aspects of his career as it unfolds between performances
and recordings. The recollections of those who have collaborated
with Bill Dixon over the years supplement the thorough research
here presented on the life and career of Bill Dixon and,
additionally, the New York avant garde artistic sphere in which he
worked. Bill Dixon has refined a sonically unique pan-tonal
language of trumpet playing. As a trumpeter, composer, educator,
and theoretician, Bill Dixon has politically and musically
influenced many phases of the development of Black music in the
second half of the 20th century. This authoritative guide details
information about the life and music of Bill Dixon. Bill Dixon
comments throughout the text on the familiar and unfamiliar aspects
of his career as it unfolds between performances and recordings.
The recollections of those who have collaborated with Bill Dixon
over the years supplement the thorough research here presented on
the life and career of Bill Dixon and subsequently, on the New York
avant garde artistic sphere in which he worked. Music and music
history scholars, especially those interested in jazz and Black
music, will be attracted to the wealth of information provided,
often from primary sources, on Bill Dixon and Black music through
the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The discography included encompasses issued
and non-issued recordings as well as listings for every known Bill
Dixon performance. Collaborations with dancers, directors,
filmmakers and painters, among others, are also documented.
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