RoJaC - Robert's Jazz Corner

Bill Dixon Online Archive

by Robert Stubenrauch (rstubenr@iicm.edu)

Bill Dixon: trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, composer, lecturer, visual arts
born Oct 5, 1925, in Nantucket, Mass.
Studied painting and music. In 1964 he organized the "October Revolution in Jazz" Festival which brought together the most important advantgard groups of the time. For some years he was producer for the Savoy jazz label. Docent at the Bennington College from Sept 1968 until late 1995.

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