17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur (豆瓣)

表演者: Bill Dixon
流派: 爵士
专辑类型: Live
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2008-06-24
出版者: Aum Fidelity
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0642623304624

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　　 "Trumpeter Bill Dixon has proved himself to be one of the most dedicated vanguardists in jazz, honing an instantly recognizable language on his instrument while composing at a furious rate." -- Time Out New York "Starkly removed from history and tradition, and yet eerily and achingly redolent of its revolutionary moments, Dixon's compositions form an equally disparate and un... (展开全部) 　　 "Trumpeter Bill Dixon has proved himself to be one of the most dedicated vanguardists in jazz, honing an instantly recognizable language on his instrument while composing at a furious rate." -- Time Out New York "Starkly removed from history and tradition, and yet eerily and achingly redolent of its revolutionary moments, Dixon's compositions form an equally disparate and unified body of work that ranks among the finest this country has offered the world." -- All About Jazz
　　
　　2008 marks the magnificent return of the legendary Bill Dixon: composer, trumpeter, teacher, and all-around musical force. His contributions to the body of great Black American Music first began in the 1960s: performing and recording with Archie Shepp and Cecil Taylor; producing the groundbreaking October Revolution concert series in NYC 1964, and as architect of the Jazz Composers Guild. In the late '60s he left "the scene" but continued to leave an indelible mark on music by devoting himself to teaching from 1968 onward, creating the Black Music Division at Bennington College in 1973. While he has never stopped composing (prolifically at that), and has produced a series of rarified small ensemble recordings, his work for expanded orchestral ensemble has gone unrecorded and/or unreleased since his momentous album Intents and Purposes (RCA, 1967). Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra, a well-received collaboration with Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra), was released by Thrill Jockey in February. And now, this album--a tour de force of orchestral composition, conduction, and improvisational exploration--fully composed by Bill Dixon and performed with the Bill Dixon Orchestra. 17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur was specially commissioned by Arts for Art, Inc. (producers of the Vision Festival). It is one of three such commissions that made their concert debuts at Vision Festival XII in 2007. Roy Campbell's Akhenaten Suite was the first released (in March) and the next shall be William Parker's orchestral work Double Sunrise Over Neptune (due in August).