Re: For Trio

In Reply to: For Trio posted by mygodhat on August 30, 1999 at 13:55:44:

The correct title of the work is simply TRIO. I originally recorded it on a quartet recording THE ARCHIE SHEPP--BILL DIXON QUARTET that consisted of trumpet, tenor saxophone, doublebass and drums. This recording was done in 1962. (Note: consult my webpage for details.)

I cannot advise you as to the best way to obtain my "old" work since MY main preoccupation is attempting to continue my present work. There is (or was) a good record seller called DAYBREAK EXPRESS, located in Brooklyn, NY, that at one time had access to almost all of the older recordings. Since my '60s work consisted of: THE ARCHIE SHEPP--BILL DIXON QUARTET (Savoy MG-12178); THE BILL DIXON SEVENTETTE (Savoy MG-12184); and INTENTS & PURPOSES: THE BILL DIXON ORCHESTRA (RCA Victor LSP 3844), all works done over 30 years ago, I, like most creative musicians have found it all that I could do attempting to CONTINUE work rather than, rightly or wrongly, being overly or scholarly concerned witht he likes and whereabouts of works that I've ascribed to the past. I can only ponder what my (then) future would have portended had the interest in my THEN work been the source of both interest and query that it seems to have evoked now.

Re: "tuition/study of avantgarde jazz at college level" if you mean is the study of the avantgarde (in jazz music) available as a study in degree granting institutions, I can only say that I would imagine so, but things being what they are (and I'm no longer teaching formally) I cannot say that as a fact.

My question to you: Do you own (have you listened to) any of my work from 1980 to the present? And if not, why not? Most artists will tell you that it is their PRESENT work that is the most interesting and significant to them. Would you not agree? And if not, then why not?

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