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Seminal American free jazz trumpeter (also played the flugelhorn and piano), artist, educator (Professor of Music at Bennington College, Vermont, from 1968 to 1995, where he founded the college's Black Music Division), and founder of the Jazz Composers Guild.
He was A&R producer for [l33726] during the 60's

b. October 5, 1925 (Nantucket, MA, USA)
d. June 16, 2010 (North Bennington, VT, USA)

ALBUMS


Bill Dixon's University Of The Streets Orchestra, Bill Dixon
NYC 1968 / Live At Newport Jazz Festival 1966
2024, Cass, Album, Affordable Tangible Media, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
Bill Dixon With Archie Shepp
7-Tette & Orchestra Revisited
2023, CD, Comp, ezz-thetics
Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor
Duets 1992
2019, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, Triple Point Records
Bill Dixon, Michel Côté And Pierre Côté
Modus Operandi
2019, 8xFile, FLAC, LascarFeru
Bill Dixon
Envoi
2011, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo
Bill Dixon
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2010, 9xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz
Bill Dixon / Aaron Siegel / Ben Hall
Weight/Counterweight
2009, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, brokenresearch, ,
Free Improvisation
Bill Dixon
17 Musicians In Search Of A Sound: Darfur
2008, CD, Album, AUM Fidelity
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra
2008, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Cecil Taylor / Bill Dixon / Tony Oxley
Cecil Taylor / Bill Dixon / Tony Oxley
2002, CD, Album, Les Disques Victo, Les Disques Victo, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bill Dixon / Franz Koglmann / Steve Lacy
Opium
2001, CD, Comp, RM, Between The Lines, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Bill Dixon
Odyssey (Solo Works)
2001, 6xCD + Box, Ltd, Num, Archive/Edition, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Spoken Word
Bill Dixon / Matthias Bauer / Klaus Koch / Tony Oxley
Berlin Abbozzi
2000, CD, Album, FMP, ,
Free Improvisation
Bill Dixon With Tony Oxley
Papyrus - Volume I
1999, CD, Album, Soul Note
Bill Dixon With Tony Oxley
Papyrus - Volume II
1999, CD, Album, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bill Dixon
Vade Mecum II
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Bill Dixon
Vade Mecum
1994
Bill Dixon
Son Of Sisyphus
1990
Bill Dixon
Thoughts
1987, ,
Free Jazz
Bill Dixon
Collection
1985
Bill Dixon
1982
1982, LP, Ltd, Edizioni Ferrari
Bill Dixon
November 1981
1982
Bill Dixon
Considerations 1
1981, LP, Fore (2)
Bill Dixon
Considerations 2
1981, LP, Fore (2), ,
Free Jazz
Bill Dixon
In Italy - Volume Two
1981
Bill Dixon
In Italy - Volume One
1980
Franz Koglmann / Bill Dixon
Opium For Franz
1977, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Archie Shepp / Bill Dixon
Peace
1970
Archie Shepp / Bill Dixon
Consequences
Various
New Music: Second Wave
1979, 2xLP, Comp, Savoy Records, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Archie Shepp
The Roots
1979, LP, Comp, Savoy Records, ,
Free Jazz
The Marzette Watts Ensemble
The Marzette Watts Ensemble
1969
The Ed Curran Quartet
Elysa
1968, LP, Album, Savoy Records
Marc Levin
The Dragon Suite
1968, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz
The Robert F. Pozar Ensemble
Good Golly Miss Nancy
1967
Bill Dixon 7-Tette / Archie Shepp And The New York Contemporary 5*
Bill Dixon 7-Tette / Archie Shepp And The New York Contemporary 5
1964, ,
Free Jazz
The Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
The Archie Shepp-Bill Dixon Quartet
1963
Bill Dixon Quartet
Son Of Sisyphus
1990
The Bill Dixon Orchestra
Intents And Purposes
1967
Bill Dixon Ensemble
Live At Bennington College
2018, LP, S/Sided, Pic, Unofficial, Sinner Lady Gloria, ,
Free Jazz
Bill Dixon
Collection
1999, ,
Free Improvisation

APPEARANCES +


Bill Dixon
Tapestries For Small Orchestra
2009, 2xCD, Album + DVD-V, Firehouse 12 Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Cecil Taylor
With (Exit) To Student Studies Revisited
2022, CD, Comp, ezz-thetics, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz
Udo Schindler, Ove Volquartz
Tales About Exploding Trees And Other Absurdities
2021, CD, Album, FMR Records (2)
Gleb Shaganov
The Letter Tape Series
2020, Cass, Ltd, Mixed, C90, The Letter Tapes Series
New York Contemporary Five*
Consequences Revisited
2020, CD, Comp, RM, ezz-thetics, ,
Free Jazz
Archie Shepp & The New York Contemporary Five
Sound Barrier
2017, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, ,
Free Jazz
Archie Shepp
1961-63 : Les Premiers Pas D'un Jeune Homme En Colère
2014, CD, EP, Comp, Promo, Jazz Magazine/Jazzman,
Franz Hautzinger
Gomberg (Quartertone-Trumpet Solo)
2000
Various
Verona Jazz
1996, CD, Nettle, Musica Jazz, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra*
The Enchanted Messenger
1995, CD, Album, Soul Note
Various
Imagine The Sound
1989, Laserdisc, ,
Free Jazz/Interview
Arthur Brooks Ensemble V
Nightcaller
1978
Archie Shepp + The New York Contemporary Five
Archie Shepp + The New York Contemporary Five
1972
Jacques Coursil Unit
Way Head
1969
Cecil Taylor
Conquistador!
1968
Archie Shepp With The New York Contemporary 5*
In Europe
1967, ,
Free Jazz
New York Contemporary Five*
Consequences
1966, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz
New York Contemporary 5*
Vol. 2.
1965, Vinyl,
Free Jazz
Archie Shepp
Volume 3
2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4), Monkey Records (4), ,
Free Jazz
Various
Jazz Of The 60th - Free Jazz / Volume 20
2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4), ,
Free Jazz
Barbara Price
What I Did For Dad
LP, Not On Label
Keith G Thompson, Dave Pullin
Search For A Definition
CDr, Album, Bamboo (15)
Kreng
Secret Thirteen Mix 038
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, ,
Speech/Classical/Contemporary/Modern Classical/Abstract/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Jazz Saxophone
2005, 3xCD, Comp, Brilliant Jazz, ,
Bop
Various
Trespassing Borders
2001, CD, Album, + B, between the lines
The New York Contemporary Five
Consequences
2017
Cecil Taylor
Conquistador!
2004
Various
The Grotto Farm Tapes Vol. 10
1996, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
Free Jazz/Folk/Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Pop Rock/Acoustic/Indian Classical/Classic Rock/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Bop/Boogie Woogie/Bluegrass/Country Rock/Rock & Roll/Texas Blues/Blues Rock