Vade Mecum

1994 studio album by Bill Dixon
Vade Mecum
Studio album by
Bill Dixon
Released1994
RecordedAugust 2, 3 and 4 1993
Mu Rec Studio, Milano
GenreJazz
Length77:39
LabelSoul Note
121 208
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology
Son of Sisyphus
(1990) 		Vade Mecum
(1994) 		Vade Mecum II
(1996)

Vade Mecum is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "The expansiveness and airiness of the sound here is one of this record's most striking qualities."[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called "Anamorphosis" "one of Dixon's most thoughtful conceptions," and commented: "Inside almost all of Dixon's small group recordings there is a dark pressure, like the imprint of a much larger composition that has been denied full expression. That is profoundly evident on Vade Mecum."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Dixon
  1. "Moment" - 4:24
  2. "Anamorphosis" - 12:29
  3. "Viale Nino Bixio 20" - 9:17
  4. "Pellucity"- 9:04
  5. "Vade Mecum" - 15:52
  6. "Twice Upon a Time" - 13:12
  7. "Acanthus" - 13:25

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.
  5. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 206.
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