Tapestries for Small Orchestra is the most persuasive, comprehensive case for Bill Dixon's iconic status since November 1981 (Soul Note) and perhaps even his 1966 landmark orchestra album, Intents and Purposes (RCA). This collection is also the best document to date of the impact Dixon has had on subsequent generations of trumpeters. Though Taylor Ho Bynum, Graham Haynes, Stephen Haynes and Rob Mazurek mostly wield cornets during the proceedings, their connection to Dixon is palpable, and their fidelity to the parameters of a given composition and Dixon's timbre-driven lexicon yields an ensemble sound that is anything but brass heavy in a traditional sense. Tapestries for Small Orchestra may well become the definitive Bill Dixon recording for a new wave of listeners.
Tracks
Disc 1
01. Motorcycle '66: Reflections & Ruminations
02. Slivers: Sand Dance for Sophia
03. Phrygian II
04. Adagio: Slow Mauve Scribblings
Disc 2
01. Allusion I
02. Tapestries
03. Durations of Performance
04. Innocenenza
BILL DIXON trumpet, electronics
TAYLOR HO BYNUM flugelhorn, bass trumpet, piccolo trumpet
GRAHAM HAYNES cornet, electronics
STEPHEN HAYNES trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
ROB MAZUREK cornet, electronics
GLYNIS LOMON violoncello
MICHEL COTE contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet
KEN FILIANO double bass, electronics
WARREN SMITH vibraphone, marimba, drums, tympani, gongs
All compositions by Bill Dixon
Recorded at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, CT.
Firehouse12 Records. FH12-04-03-008