Vade Mecum

Vade Mecum
Vade Mecum
Studio album by Bill Dixon
Released	1994
Recorded	August 2, 3 and 4, 1993 ; Mu Rec Studio, Milano
Genre	Jazz
Length	77:39
Label	Soul Note; 121 208
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology

Vade Mecum is an album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	^[5]

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."^[2]

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."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Dixon

"Moment" - 4:24
"Anamorphosis" - 12:29
"Viale Nino Bixio 20" - 9:17
"Pellucity"- 9:04
"Vade Mecum" - 15:52
"Twice Upon a Time" - 13:12
"Acanthus" - 13:25

Personnel

References

^ Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014
^ ^a ^b Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.
^ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 206.

[Dixon_Discography-1] Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 17, 2014

[Allmusic-2] Olewnick, Brian. Bill Dixon - Vade Mecum: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 247.

[5] Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 206.

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with Paul Rutherford	Iskra 1903 (1970 & 1972) Sequences 72 & 73 (1972, 1973, & 1974)
with London Jazz Composers' Orchestra	Ode (1972) Zurich Concerts (1987 & 1988) Harmos (1989) Double Trouble (1989) Theoria (1991) Double Trouble Two (1995) Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (2008)
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with Cecil Taylor	Nailed (1990) Melancholy (1990)
with Bill Dixon	Vade Mecum (1993) Vade Mecum II (1993)
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