Vade Mecum Explained

Vade Mecum
Type:Studio
Artist:Bill Dixon
Cover:Vade Mecum.jpg
Released:1994
Recorded:August 2, 3 and 4, 1993
Mu Rec Studio, Milano
Genre:Jazz
Length:77:39
Label:Soul Note
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Producer:Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:Bill Dixon
Prev Title:Son of Sisyphus
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Vade Mecum II
Next Year: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

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."

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."

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

Notes and References

  1. Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014