About Bill Dixon

Bill Dixon

Photograph by: Luigi Zanon

ORGANIZER & PRODUCER: October Revolution in Jazz New York City; 1964
ARCHITECT: Jazz Composers' Guild (for the performance of contemporary American Black Music) New York City; 1964
FOUNDER: Free Conservatory of the University of the Streets New York City; 1967-68
FACULTY MEMBER: Bennington College Bennington, Vermont; 1968-96
VISITING PROFESSOR OF MUSIC: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin; 1971-72
CREATOR: Black Music Division Bennington College Bennington, Vermont; 1973
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: Jazz Magazine Paris, France; 1976
GIANCARLO TESTONI AWARD: The Discographical Society for Best Recordings of the Year Milan, Italy; 1981
FILM: Imagine the Sound (one of four principals featured in a 90-minute documentary film on the avant-garde music of the '60s) Toronto, Canada; 1981
BMI JAZZ PIONEER AWARD: Broadcast Music, Inc. New York City; 1984
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR IN THE ARTS: Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont; 1986
FELLOW: Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences; elected 1988

 

LISTED IN

• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who Among Black Americans
• The International Who's Who in Education; 2nd ed.
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
• The New Grove Dictionary of American Music
• Jazz: the Essential Companion
• The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
• Biographical Dictionary of Black Musicians and Music Educators
• Biographical Dictionary of Jazz
• Biographical Dictionary of American Music
• Who's Who in Entertainment
• Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
• The Penguin Guide to Jazz
• Dictionaire du Jazz
• Grand Encyclopedia of Jazz
• The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties
• Fire Music: A Bibliography of the New Jazz, 1959-1990
• Jazz: the Rough Guide
• The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz; 2nd ed.

 


Bill Dixon is a Trademarked name
For further information: wrdixon@sover.net Fax: (802) 442-4509
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 215 North Bennington, VT 05257-0215