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Producer. Jazz / Funk / Avant-garde trumpeter.

Best known for his work as a trumpet player and composer/producer with Ute and Black Jesus Experience, a fascination with the world of sound has led to work in film and television, with visual artists, choreographers and in digital media. Ian has performed and recorded with artists including Mulatu Astatke, Irmin Schmidt (Can), Kumo, Guru, Ape, Corker Conboy, No-Man, Tim Bowness, Musiikki-Oy, Blow, Night Z, Ramjac, DJ Blame, West Park, DC2/4 and solo as TPT.

ALBUMS


Barry Wedgle & Ian Dixon
The Free Quartet
2013, 8xFile, FLAC, Exit Records (13)
Ute, Ian Dixon, Wayne Elliott
In The Meantime
1995, CD, Single, id/Mercury,
Black Jesus Experience
Good Evening Black Buddha
2022
Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience
To Know Without Knowing
2019
Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience
Cradle Of Humanity
2016, ,
Afrobeat
Black Jesus Experience
Migration
2014, CD, Album, BJX
Blow
Presence
2014, CD, Album, Not On Label (Blow Self-released)
TPT
Live
2005, CD, Album, Not On Label (TPT Self-Released)
Various
Eclipse Of The Moon And Falling Star
1999, CD, Fi Sci
Various
Vibes On A Summer's Day: The Album
1996, CD, Comp, Not On Label
Various
The Acid Jazz Test Part Three
1995, CD, Comp, Moonshine Music
Ute
Under The External
1995, CD, Album, id/Mercury
Various
Groovin' High - Volume One
1995, ,
Downtempo/Trip Hop/Acid Jazz
Various
Abstrakt Workshop (A Collection Of Trip Hop And Jazz)
1995, CD, ,
Trip Hop/Downtempo/Jazzdance
Various
Down To Earth: Acid Jazz Worldwide
1994
Various
A Compilation (3)
1994, ,
Downtempo/Acid Jazz/Trip Hop
Ute
One Time
1993, ,
Acid Jazz/Future Jazz
Various
Undertones Vol 1
1993, ,
RnB/Swing/Acid Jazz/Soul/Funk/Hip Hop
Ute
It's A Soul Thing
1993
Ute
Free To Be ... Free To Breathe
1992
Ute
Joint Just Jumping
1996, CD, EP, id/Mercury
Ute
Not Like You
1996, CD, Maxi, id/Mercury
Various
Local Produce
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, PolyGram Australia,
Various
Groove Bag Volume One
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Kind Of Groove
Various
A Compilation (3)
1994
Ute
The Third Way
1992, 12", W/Lbl, Not On Label
Various
Groove Bag Volume One - For Hipsters Only
1992, LP, Comp, Kind Of Groove
Anita Wardell / Jason Rebello, Arnie Somogyi, Marc Meader
Straight Ahead
1999, CD, Album, 33 Records
Blow
Empathy
2013, CD, Not On Label (Blow Self-released),
Black Jesus Experience
Dark Light
2009, CD, Album, BJX
Blow
Blue Sun Red Moon
2007, CD, Album, Birdland Records (4)
Blow
All Empires Must Fall
2002, CD, Not On Label (Blow Self-released)
Musiikki Oy
The Cone Centre
1990, CD, Spiral Scratch (2)

APPEARANCES +


Tim Bowness
Flowers At The Scene
2019
Colin Edwin, Robert Jürjendal
Another World
2018, CD, Album, Hard World
Chris Frangou
Kaleidoscope
2017, CD-ROM, Album + File, MP3, WAV, Album, Boundary Records
DC4
Live @ COMA 2011 10 17
2013, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Creative Original Music Adelaide
Irmin Schmidt
Villa Wunderbar / A Selection
2013, ,
Ambient/Avantgarde/Dark Ambient/Drum n Bass/Experimental/Jazz-Rock/Krautrock/Modern Classical/Soundtrack
The Black Jesus Experience*
Yeluinta
2011, CD, Album, BJX
Special Brew
The I And I Files
2011, 14xFile, MP3, Holy Grail Records
Robot Sex Dolls
Live @ COMA 2009 06 01
2009, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Creative Original Music Adelaide
Irmin Schmidt
Filmmusik Anthology Volume 4 & 5
2009, ,
Soundtrack
Ex-Wise Heads
Liquid Assets
2008, CD, Album, Hard World,
Irmin Schmidt & Kumo
Axolotl Eyes
2008
Ex-Wise Heads
Grounded
2007, File, MP3 + File, FLAC, Not On Label
Ex-Wise Heads
Holding Up The Sky
2006, CD, Album, Hard World,
Gojam
Back On Earth
2004, CD, Album, New Market Music, ,
Afrobeat
Corker / Conboy
In Light Of That Learnt Later
2003, ,
Leftfield/Post Rock/Experimental
Various
Flashmoda.com - Optimus Sound Of Fashion
2001, CD, Comp, Música Alternativa, ,
Downtempo/Trip Hop/Drum n Bass/Ambient
No-Man
Returning Jesus
2001
Kumo
1+1=1
2000, CD, Album, Spoon Records, ,
Drum n Bass
Soul Circuit
Don't Spoil The Tension
2000
Various
Soulfood
1999, ,
Future Jazz/Downtempo
Various
Beatscootin
1999
Various
Undertones Vol 2
1994, CD, Comp, One Movement
The Everys
Everyone
1988
The Dynamic Hepnotics
Take You Higher
1985
Dynamic Hepnotics*
Soul Kind Of Feeling
1984, ,
Mod
Tim Bowness
Flowers At The Scene
2019, ,
Art Rock/Prog Rock
No-Man
Returning Jesus
2002, ,
Art Rock/Ambient