Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon (1925-2010) was an American trumpeter, composer and educator in free jazz. Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and raised in Harlem, he organized the October Revolution in Jazz in 1964, four days of concerts and discussions at the Cellar Café in Manhattan, and co-founded the Jazz Composers Guild. From 1968 to 1995 he taught at Bennington College, where he founded the Black Music Division. Bill Dixon recorded a quartet album with Archie Shepp for Savoy in 1962 and played on Cecil Taylor's Conquistador! (Blue Note, recorded 1966).
