Envoi (album)
| Envoi | ||||
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| Released | 2011 | |||
| Recorded | May 22, 2010 Victoriaville, Canada | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 53:05 | |||
| Label | Victo | |||
| Producer | Bill Dixon | |||
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Envoi is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon, which was recorded live at the 2010 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville and released on the Canadian Victo label. Dixon reassembled the nonet previously employed on Tapestries for Small Orchestra. It was his last concert, which took place less than a month before he died. Dixon’s failing health required that his solos were prerecorded and played back during the performance.[1]
Reception
The Musicworks review by Stuart Broomer states "The music initially suggests the cutting cry of Miles Davis’s Sketches of Spain but moves subtly and constantly through a series of phases that further exploit the sombre side of trumpet sonority."[2]
Track listing
- All compositions by Bill Dixon
- "Envoi - Section I" - 24:31
- "Envoi - Section II" - 27:37
- "Epilogue" - 0:57
Personnel
- Bill Dixon - trumpet
- Stephen Haynes - trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
- Taylor Ho Bynum - cornet, flugelhorn
- Rob Mazurek - cornet
- Graham Haynes - cornet, flugelhorn
- Glynis Loman - cello
- Michel Cote - contrabass clarinet
- Ken Filiano - bass
- Warren Smith - vibraphone, drums, percussion
References
- ^ Envoi review at Point of Departure
- ^ Broomer, Stuart. Envoi review at Musicworks