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Bill Dixon (born October 5 1925, Nantucket, Massachusetts) is an America
trumpet, flugelhorn, and piano player; composer; artist; educator.
In 1964 Dixon organized and produced the 'October Revolution in Jazz' in
New York City and founded the Jazz Composers Guild. He was relatively
little recorded during this period, though he co-led some releases with
Archie Shepp and appeared on Cecil Taylor's Blue Note record Conquistador!
in 1966.
He was Professor of Music at Bennington College, Vermont, from 1968-1996.
From 1970 to 1976 he played "in total isolation from the market places of
this music", as he puts it. Solo trumpet recordings from this period were
later released by Cadence Jazz Records, and later collected on the
self-released multi-CD set Odyssey along with other material.
He was one of four featured musicians in the Canad
