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RoJaC - Robert's Jazz Corner
Updated 27.11.02
The main body of this bibliography was provided by Wolfram Bauer of Jazz-Institut Darmstadt. Our extensive
periodical collection comprises more than 700 periodicals, more than
40.000 single issues. About 40-50 % of the collection have been indexed.
Following the more recent entries you'll find abbreviations which will
give you a clue about the nature in the respective articles. The
abbreviations are:
| [A] = analytical remarks |
[B] = extensive book review |
| [BT] = blindfold test |
[C] = concert review |
| [D] = discography |
[F] = feature article |
| [I] = interview |
["I"] = article written by the respective musician
himself |
| [R] = extensive record review |
[T] = transcription |
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Dixon, Bill (tp * real name: William Robert Dixon; b:
5.Oct.1925, Nantucket/MA; Lexikon: Jazz. The Essential Companion [1987];
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz [1988]; rororo Jazzlexikon [1988]; Reclam
Jazzlexikon [1989]; Dictionnaire du Jazz [1988,1995])
1964:
- Bill Dixon: Winter Song, 1964, in: Down Beat, 31/12 (21.May 1964), p.
37-40 (T: septet arrangement)
- Milan M. Simich: Chords & Discords. Correction, in: Down Beat, 31/30
(19.Nov.1964), p. 6, 8 (letter, response to review by Pete Welding
from 8.Oct.1964)
- Nat Hentoff: Second Chorus, in: Down Beat, 31/32 (17.Dec.1964), p.
39- 40 (F: Bill Dixon, Charles Mingus)
1965:
- NN: 26 jazzmen nouveaux a la question. Bill Dixon, in: Jazz
Magazine, #125 (1965), p. 46-49
- R. Levin: Some Observations on the State of the Scene, in: Sounds &
Fury, 1/1 (1965), p. 4-6
- T.C.: Bill Dixon, in: Sounds & Fury, 1/1 (1965), p. 38-40
- Robert Levin: The Jazz Composers Guild. An Assertion of Dignity,
in:
Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 17-18 (F/I with Bill Dixon)
1966:
- C. Fero: Sounds Recalled. Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon Quartet, in:
Sounds & Fury, 2/2 (1966), p. 64 (R)
- Daniel Berger & Alain Corneau: Free '66. Introducing Bill Dixon, in:
Jazz Hot, 32/222 (Jul/Aug 1966), p. 22-24
1967:
- Bill Dixon: Contemporary Jazz. An Assessment, in: Jazz & Pop,
6/11 (1967), p. 31-32
- Bill Dixon: To Whom It May Concern, in: Coda, 8/4 (1967), p. 2-10
- Mike Zwerin: The Jazz Artistry of Bill Dixon, in: Down Beat, 34/24
(1967), p. 28-29 (R)
1973:
- Valerie Wilmer: Bill Dixon The Loner, in: Melody Maker, 13.Jan.1973,
p. 30
1975:
- Stephen Horenstein: Les lecons de Bill Dixon, in: Jazz Magazine,
#238 (Nov.1975), p. 18-19 (F/I); part ?, in: Jazz Magazine, #240
(Jan.1976), p. 16-17 (I)
1976:
- Bill Dixon: De Bennington au Festival d'automne, in: Jazz Magazine,
#247 (Sep.1976), p. 36-37 (I)
- Stephen Horenstein & Ted Joans & Alain Leygnier & Alain-René Hardy &
Francis Marmande: Les cinq jours de Dixon, in: Jazz Magazine, #249
(Nov.1976), p. 18-19, 32-34 (F/C)
- Ted Joans: Bill Dixon. The Intransigent Black Musician Arrives Very
Much Alive in Paris, in: Coda, #152 (Dec.1976), p. 10-11 (F/C)
1977:
- Valerie Wilmer: Bill Dixon and the Jazz Composers Guild, in: Valerie
Wilmer. As Serious As Your Life. The Story of the New Jazz, London 1977
[book], p. 213-215 (F)
- S.B. MacGregor: Bill Dixon, in: Coda, #153 (Feb.1977), p. 33-34 (C)
1979:
- Stephen Horenstein: Jazz en direct. Bill Dixon, in: Jazz Magazine,
#280 (Nov.1979), p. 8 (C)
1980:
- Jason Weiss: Bill Dixon, Chapelle des Lombards, Paris, in: Coda, #174
(Aug.1980), p. 35 (C)
- R. Riggins: Professor Bill Dixon. Intents of an Inventor, in: Down
Beat, 47/8 (Aug.1980), p. 30-32
- Christian Béthune: Jazz en direct. Bill Dixon, in: Jazz Magazine,
#289 (Sep.1980), p. 15 (C)
1981:
- Francis Davis: Bill Dixon - In Italy, Vol. 1/2, in: Down Beat, 48/12
(Dec.1981), p. 54-55 (R)
1982:
- Bob Rusch: Bill Dixon - Interview, in: Cadence, 8/3 (Mar.1982), p.
5-13 (I); part 2 in: Cadence, 8/4 (Apr.1982), p. 20-26, 58 (I); part 3
in: Cadence, 8/5 (May.1982), p. 14-23 (I)
- C. Tinder: Bill Dixon Trio, Third Street Music School, New York, in:
Down Beat, 49/10 (Oct.1982), p. 57
1983:
- Bill Shoemaker: Bill Dixon - "November 1981" (Soul Note), in: Down
Beat, 50/3 (Mar.1983), p. 28 (R)
1984:
- Bob Rusch: Bill Dixon, in: Robert D. Rusch: Jazz Talk. The Cadence
Interviews. 10 Jazz Masters Speak Candidly of Their Lives and Music,
Secaucus/NJ 1984 [book], p. 121-175 (I)
1985:
- NN: Bill Dixon - Collection, in: Jazz Forum, #95 (1985), p. 26
- R. Bilek: Bill Dixon. Leitete einen echten Improvisations-Workshop
in Wien, in: Jazz Podium, 34/4 (Apr.1985), p. 24
- H. Schumann: Plattentest mit Bill Dixon, in: Jazz Podium, 34/5 (May
1985), p. 12-14 (BT)
- D. Schlingenschlögl: Bill Dixon à Vienne, in: Jazz Magazine, #340
(Jun.1985), p. 8
1986:
- M. Fine: Bill Dixon - Collection, in: Jazz Forum, #98 (Jan.1986), p.
54 (R)
- Bill Shoemaker: Bill Dixon - Collection, in: Coda, #207 (Apr.1986),
p. 14 (R)
- Bill Shoemaker: Bill Dixon, in: Coda, #211 (1986), p. 24
- Bill Dixon: To Whom It May Concern. Nineteen Years Later,
in: Coda, #211 (Dec/Jan.1986/1987), p. 24 ("I")
1991:
- Thomas Mießgang: Bill Dixon, in: Thomas Miessgang: Semantics. Neue
Musik im Gespräch, Hofheim 1991 [book], p. 79-84 (I)
1995:
- Andrew Jones: Profile. Bill Dixon, in: Jazziz, 12/7 (Jul.1995), p.
40-42 (F/I)
- Christian Broecking: Bill Dixon. Zirkelschluss der Bewusstlosigkeit,
in: Jazzthetik, 9/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1995), p. 10-13 (I)
- Markus Müller: Beauty Is a Bill Dixon-Thing. Es gibt ebenso
viele Schönheiten, wie es Gewohnheiten gibt, das Glück zu
suchen, in: Jazzthetik, 9/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1995), p. 14-17 (F/I)
1996:
- Giuseppe Barazzetta: Bill Dixon. Un amico incontrato di nuovo, in:
Ritmo, #709/710 (Dec/Jan.1996/97), p. 14-15 (F/I)
1998:
- Ben Young: Dixonia - A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon. Greenwood
Press, 1998. ISBN 0-313-30275-8, 418 pages
1999:
- Paul Bley & David Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the
Transformation of Jazz, Canada 1999 [book: Véhicule Press], passim
(F)
- Gudrun Endress: Bill Dixon - der sanfte Revolutionär, in: Jazz
Podium, 48/1 (Jan 1999), p. 20-22 (I)
- Giuseppe Barazzetta: Galleria animata. "Dixonia. A Bio-Discography of
Bill Dixon", by Ben Young, in: Ritmo, #733 (Feb.1999), p. 20-21 (B)
- Luigi Onori: Bill Dixon - L'Irrequieto, in: Musica Jazz, #55/4
(Apr.1999), p.16-18 (F,I)
- Benjamin Franklin V: "Dixonia. A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon" by
Ben Young, in: Coda, #285 (May/Jun.1999), p. 14-15 (B)
- Robert Stubenrauch: Dixonia. Im Brennpunkt von Schönheit und
Nonkonformismus. Ein Portrait Bill Dixons, in: Jazz Live, #124
(1999), p. 6-7 (F)
- John F. Szwed: "Dixonia. A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon", by Ben
Young, in: Jazziz, 16/8 (Aug.1999), p. 31 (B)
- Stuart Kremsky: "Dixonia. A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon", by Ben
Young, in: IAJRC Journal, 32/1 (Winter 1999), p. 111 (B)
- Keith G. Thompson: The Work of Bill Dixon. Metamorphosis of a Music,
in: Coda, #288 (Nov/Dec.1999), p. 8-11 (F/I)
2000:
- Alexandre Pierrepont: Histoires de mal-aimés. Bill Dixon, in: Jazz
Magazine, #500 (Jan.2000), p. 59 (F)
- Robert Stubenrauch: Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley "Papyrus" Vol.1&2; CD review in Jazz Live Nr 126/2000 (R)
- Peter Margasak: Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley - "Papyrus Volume 1" (Soul
Note), in: Jazz Times, 30/4 (May 2000), p. 120 (R)
- Ed Hazell: Bill Dixon & Tony Oxley - "Papyrus, Vlume 1" (Soul Note),
in: Jazziz, 17/9 (Sep.2000), p. 68 (R)
- Graham Lock: Heroes of the avant-garde. Bill Dixon at 75, in:
Jazzwise, #36 (Oct.2000), p. 42 (F/I)
- Paul de Barros: Bill Dixon with Tony Oxley - "Papyrus, Volume 1"
(Soul Note), in: Down Beat, 67/11 (Nov.2000), p. 69, 71 (R)
2001:
- Peter Crabtree: On its ear; in Times Argus, Apr 1, 2001; (F,I)
http://timesargus.nybor.com/Leisure/SunMag/Story/23469.shtml
- Graham Lock: Veiled Odyssey - Bill Dixon"; Jazztimes, May 2001, p. 74-79
- Gustave Cerutti: Discographie de Bill Dixon, in: ImproJazz, #76
(Jun.2001), p. 8-12 (D)
- Robert Stubenrauch: Bill Dixon, Franz Koglmann, Steve Lacy: "Opium", CD review in Jazz Live Nr 132/2001 (R)
- Robert Stubenrauch: Bill Dixon: "Odyssey", CD review in Jazz Live Nr 132/2001 (R)
- Keith Thompson: Bill Dixon - The Idea of the Solo - Bill Dixons Work in Progress, in: Avant, #20 (Autumn 2001), p. 44-45 (R, F)
- Keith G. Thompson: Bill Dixon's "Odyssey", in: Coda, #300/301
(Dec.2001), p. 38 (R)
2002:
