Bill Dixon – Odyssey (Solo Works)

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Label:	Archive/Edition – 510 1925 1
Format:	6 x CD Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered
Country:	US
Released:	2001
Genre:	Jazz, Non-Music
Style:	Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Spoken Word

Tracklist

1-1	When Winter Comes (1976)	8:15
1-2	Webern Work Study (1973-74)	1:14
1-3	Tracings II (1974-75)	1:22
1-4	The Long Walk (1974-75)	7:44
1-5	Momenti (1974-75)	2:42
1-6	Stanza (1976)	5:00
1-7	I See Your Fancy Footwork #1 (1973) Voice – William R. Dixon, II	8:05
1-8	I See Your Fancy Footwork #2 (1973) Voice – William R. Dixon, II	5:28
1-9	I See Your Fancy Footwork #3 (1973) Voice – William R. Dixon, II	2:52
1-10	Mosaic (1970-71)	0:43
1-11	Albert Ayler (1970-71)	0:59
1-12	Summerdance - Part 1 (1971) Percussion – David Moss, Laurence Cook	8:28
1-13	Tracings (1974)	9:00
1-14	The Long Line (1973-74)	5:44
1-15	Swirls (1974-75)	2:29
2-1	Requiem For Booker Little (1975-76)	5:07
2-2	Masques I (1975-76)	8:38
2-3	The End Of Silence (1973)	0:59
2-4	Odyssey/Interruptus (1974)	5:35
2-5	Murmurs (1974)	6:46
2-6	Flame (1971-82)	3:09
2-7	Meta-pedal (1981-82)	6:11
2-8	Elegantissmo (1992) Synthesizer [DX-7 Keyboard] – Leslie Winston	9:51
2-9	Changes (1973)	2:54
2-10	Dominoes (1973)	2:52
2-11	Pyramide (1973)	3:57
2-12	Long Alone Song (1974)	6:34
2-13	Shrike (1973)	0:57
3-1	Jerusalem (1990)	26:50
3-2	Umbra E Luce - For Sid Makay (1973)	11:31
3-3	The Somnambulist (1973-74)	4:08
3-4	Conncordde (1974-75)	4:37
3-5	Fortunata (1970)	8:13
3-6	Graffiti Sui Soffiti	1:51
4-1	Postcards (1970)	5:56
4-2	For Wallace Thurman (1973)	4:22
4-3	Pensieroso (1973)	1:01
4-4	Masai (1973)	1:04
4-5	Sttretta (1973)	1:40
4-6	Chalk Circle - Blue (1973)	2:39
4-7	Shadowland (1973)	6:25
4-8	Spaces (1973)	1:18
4-9	The Cloisters (1973)	2:06
4-10	Chromma (1973)	1:34
4-11	Sketch For Ernie Chritchlow (1973)	3:56
4-12	More Than Something (1973)	1:36
4-13	Manuscripts For Fathers & Sons (1973)	4:22
4-14	Poemm Per I Delicati (1973)	1:48
4-15	Circle Chalk - Red (1973)	5:26
4-16	Hush (1970)	3:59
5-1	Relay - Dance #1 (1970) Trumpet [& Trumpet] – Bill Dixon	9:41
5-2	Relay - Dance #3 (1970)	2:10
5-3	Relay - Dance #4 (1970)	2:45
5-4	Relay - Dance #5 (1970)	3:21
5-5	Relay - Dance #6 (1970)	4:35
5-6	Relay - Dance #7 (1970)	6:20
5-7	Relay - Dance #8 (1970)	5:53
5-8	Relay - Dance #2 (1970)	1:47
5-9	Chiasmus (1970)	7:17
5-10	Shards (1970)	1:50
5-11	Pasquinade (1970)	6:00
6-1	Introduction To The Questions	1:03
6-2	How Do You Call The Music You Play?	6:26
6-3	Does Your Music Express A General Conception?	1:54
6-4	Do You Think Before Or During Improvisation?	0:47
6-5	Is Swing Important?	0:45
6-6	Do You Enjoy Playing?	1:08
6-7	Is Beauty Your Goal?	0:36
6-8	What Is Freedom In Music?	2:28
6-9	Are You Able To Make A Living From Music?	0:54
6-10	What Would You Like To Do In The Near Future?	2:08
6-11	How Do You See The Future?	2:05
6-12	Odyssey Preface	2:19
6-13	Teaching	14:25
6-14	The Solo	0:32
6-15	The Odyssey Solo Work	2:42
6-16	Teaching In Madison, 1971-72	11:57
6-17	Genesis Of The Solos	3:45
6-18	Solos: Craft And Language	1:35
6-19	Solos: Notation And Spatiality	3:19
6-20	Solos: Composing Oneself And Composition	3:25
6-21	Solos: Philosophy And Communication	4:25
6-22	Conclusion	1:46

Companies, etc.

Recorded By – Institute of Black Music Studies, Research & Performance
Recorded By – Institute of Contemporary Music
Recorded At – Northern Track Studio
Mastered At – Polygram Studios, USA
Published By – Metamorphosis Music

Credits

Composed By – Bill Dixon (tracks: 1-1 to 5-11)
Design, Coordinator [Artistic Coordinator], Editor – Sharon Vogel
Liner Notes – Ben Young (3), Bill Dixon, Graham Lock, Jason Zappa*, Stephen Horenstein*
Mastered By – Ben Young (3), Kevin Reeves
Painting [Paintings], Design Concept – Bill Dixon
Piano – Bill Dixon (tracks: 5-2 to 5-11)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Bill Dixon (tracks: 1-1 to 5-8)
Voice – Bill Dixon (tracks: 6-1 to 6-22)

Notes

Recorded at IMBSRP (Institute of Black Music Studies, Research & Performance),
except tracks 1-10 & 1-11, recorded in New York City, 1970-71 by IMBSRP,
track 3-1, recorded in Jerusalem, Israel, 1990 by the Institute of Contemporary Music,
and tracks 6-1 to 6-22, recorded at Northern Track Recording Studios, Wilmington, VT.

Note: Bill Dixon performed these works using a Conn Constellation 38-B Bb trumpet; a custom-made Shilke Bb trumpet; a Benge flügelhorn; and Frank Zottola 64-B trumpet and flügelhorn mouthpieces.

The cardboard box measures 11.3" x 8.9"; in addition to the 6 CDs it includes two 32-page booklets: "Odyssey - Solo Works" contains essays/interviews/writings; "Odyssey - Works on Paper" contains reproductions of thirteen of Bill Dixon's paintings.

Edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies.