November 1981 (album)

November 1981 is double album by American jazz trumpeter Bill Dixon consisting of one disc recorded live in Zurich and another in a studio in Milan in November 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

November 1981
Studio album / Live album by
Bill Dixon
Released1982
RecordedNovember 8, 16 & 17, 1981
Volkshaus, Zürich and Barigozzi Studios, Milano
GenreJazz
Length79:01
LabelSoul Note
SN 1037/38
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Bill Dixon chronology
Bill Dixon in Italy Volume Two
(1981)		 November 1981
(1982)		 Thoughts
(1987)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Bob Rusch states "The music on this two-record set was typical of trumpeter Bill Dixon's hue and perhaps the most in-command set of his so far released."[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Bill Dixon

Side A:

  1. "November 1981" -10:40
  2. "Penthesilea" -10:10

Side B:

  1. "The Second Son" - 5:10
  2. "The Sirens" - 7:05
  3. "Another Quiet Feeling" - 6:48

Side C:

  1. Announcement" - 1:13 omitted from CD rerelease
  2. "Webern" - 1:24
  3. "Windswept Winterset" -15:42

Side D:

  1. "Velvet" - 6:44
  2. "Llaattiinnoo Suite" -15:24
  3. Announcement - 1:40 omitted from CD rerelease
  • Sides A & B recorded November 16 & 17, 1981, at Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy. Sides C & D recorded live November 8, 1981, at Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland. The CD rerelease omits the stage announcements and programs the live tracks first.

Personnel

References
  1. Stubenrauch, R., Bill Dixon discography accessed November 16, 2014
  2. Rusch, Bob. Bill Dixon - November 1981: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 62. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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