''Bill Dixon in Italy Volume Two'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon, recorded in Milan in 1980 and released on the Italian

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accessed November 16, 2014 The album resulted after producer Giovanni Bonandrini was so impressed by Dixon's sextet he requested them to record two albums instead of the single one that was planned.Young, B., ''Dixonia: A Bio-discography of Bill Dixon'', Greenwood, 1998, p 246

Reception

In his review for

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, Ron Wynn stated: "A rare date from a distinctive trumpeter whose approach, clarity of tone, and directness set him apart in the '60s." The authors of ''

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'' noted that the album is "very much in the ecilTaylor line," and wrote: "Dixon doesn't feature himself that prominently, preferring to spread much of the higher voicing round the three-trumpet front line."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Bill Dixon'' # "Sketch/Firenze" - 14:54 # "Summer Song Two: Evening" - 7:30 # "Summer Song Three: Aurorea/Daybreak" - 3:20 # "Dusk" - 2:36 # "Dance Piece: Places/For Jack and Barbara/Autumn Sequences from a Paris Diary" - 12:50

Personnel

* Bill Dixon -

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*Arthur Brooks, Stephen Haynes - trumpet *Stephen Horenstein -

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, baritone saxophone *

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- bass *

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- drums

References

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