Series V. Personal Files, 1921-2012, inclusive
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Scope and Contents
This series contains audiovisual material, and paper and digital files on Dixon's personal life including photographs, correspondence, datebooks, press clippings, resumes, biographical sketches, interviews, and scholarly works on Dixon.
Photographic portraits date from the 1940s to the 2000s and depict Dixon during his childhood and in his military uniform from the 1940s. Images also include his children, partner Sharon Vogel, friends, travel, and interior and exterior views of his home.
Dixon's correspondence in this series is a mixture of both personal and professional, providing a decade by decade view into Dixon's work and relationships dating from the 1960s through the 2000s. Files contain news from friends and fellow musicians, invitations for appearances and performances, album recording issues, event logistics, feedback to journalistic writings, and advice to former students and fans. This series also contains individual correspondence files including family members, collaborators, and friends including Judith Dunn, Milo Fine, Stephen Horenstein, Ted Joans, Tony Oxley, Ben Young, and Jason Zappa. Press clippings in this series cover both his personal and professional life dating from the 1940s to the 2000s, including a special edition of All About Jazz-New York after Dixon's death. This series also contains files on scholarly works in which Dixon is the subject, and interviews in which Dixon provided information on his work and life. Files typically contain notes, drafts, completed copies of thesis or dissertations, and interview recordings and transcripts. Of note is a project by Bennington College student Steven Albahari from the late 1970s which includes videos of interviews with Dixon and his colleagues as well as recordings of concerts. This series also includes video excerpts of Dixon concerts, appearances, lectures, and other projects, dating from 1965 to 1995.
Dixon's datebooks, address books, resumes, biographical sketches, notes and to-do lists, and membership cards including his New York City cabaret card from 1960 are in this series.
Images -- Dixon's Mother, Louise, 1921-1923, inclusive
Images -- Bill Dixon, 1925, 1945-1946, inclusive
Images -- Bill Dixon, 1960s-2010, inclusive
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Images -- Bill Dixon Large Format Portrait, Undated, inclusive
Images -- Bill Dixon, Son William II, 1965-1980s, inclusive
Images -- View from Hoosick Falls, New York Home, 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Images -- Friends, Maxine Letcher, Sharon Vogel, Vermont Aprartment, Interiors, Cars, 1973-1974, circa 1980s, inclusive
Images -- Dance Rehearsal, Outside Event with Judith Dunn, Dixon, and Others, 1973-1983, inclusive
Images -- Trip to France: Views, Buildings, Streets, People, 1974
Images -- Interiors, Studio, Son William II, 1977, 1981-1983, inclusive
Images -- Mother, Aunts, and Other Family Members in Bronx, New York, late 1980s, inclusive
Images -- Friends, Family, Interiors with Furniture, 1986, 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Images -- Trip to Italy -- Buildings, Countryside, People, circa 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Images -- Women, Friends, Exterior of Houses, Snow, 1982-1985, inclusive
Images -- Views Around Bennington College, VAPA, Artworks, circa 1985
Images -- Dixon, Karl Koglmann, and Others in Vienna, Austria, 1985
Images -- Dixon and Sharon Vogel with Friends and Famly, Stephen Horenstein, circa 1990, inclusive
Images -- Travel in Paris, Amsterdam, and Stockholm, 1991
Images -- Views in Bennington, Vermont, and Trip to Verona, Italy with Theater Performance, 1992
Images -- Trip to Verona, Italy, 1993
Images -- Trip to Geneva, Paris, Milan, 1996
Images -- Dixon with Bill Cole, Sarah Sully, Sharon Vogel, December 1997
Images -- Trip to Verona, Italy, Summer 1998
Images -- Trip to Venice and Verona, Italy, 1999
Images -- Dixon Portraits, Artworks, Friends, 2001-2011, inclusive
Digital materials
Images -- Prints "From Earlier Years" (1960s-2000s), 2004
Images -- Dinners, Friends, Concerts, June 2005
Images -- Dog, Friends, Home, Performing, 2007
Digital materials
Images -- North Bennington Studio Interiors, Dixon's Sister Mary, Undated, inclusive
Images -- Unidentified People, Places, Buildings, Travel, Undated, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles, 1940s-1960s, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles -- Scrapbooks, 1965-2000, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles -- Oversized, 1968-2008, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles, 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles, 1990s-2000s, Undated, inclusive
Press Clippings and Articles -- Dixon Memorial Edition of All About Jazz-New York, 2010
Correspondence, 1950s-1970s, inclusive
Correspondence, 1980s-1990s, inclusive
Correspondence, 2000s, inclusive
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Correspondence, 2000s, Undated, inclusive
Correspondence -- Ahmed Abdullah and Louis Reyes Rivera, 2000s, inclusive
Correspondence -- Clifford Allen, 2008-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Giuseppe Barazzetta, 1996-2002, inclusive
Correspondence -- Chris Bakriges, 1996-1999, inclusive
Correspondence -- Francesco Branciamore, 1999
Correspondence -- Michel Côte and Isabelle Moisan, 2005-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Stanley Crouch, 2005-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Andrew Raffo Dewar, 2000s, inclusive
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Correspondence -- Kevin Dresser, 2002-2003, inclusive
Correspondence -- Judith Dunn, 1971-1972, inclusive
Correspondence -- Milo Fine, 2000s, inclusive
Electronic Records
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Correspondence -- Funding Potential Institutions, 1981-1992, inclusive
Correspondence -- Matthew Goodheart, 2003
Correspondence -- Barry Guy, 1994-1997, inclusive
Correspondence -- Steven Haynes, 2007-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Ben Hall, 2004-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Margaret Holloway, 1977-2001, inclusive
Correspondence -- Stephen Horenstein, 1971-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Jonathan Horwich, 2010
Correspondence -- Ted Joans, 1973-1975, 1993, inclusive
Correspondence -- Ingrid Karl, 1997-1998, inclusive
Correspondence -- Andrew Lindstrom, 2000-2006, inclusive
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Correspondence -- Rob Mazurek, 2006-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Marc Medwin, 2006-2007, inclusive
Correspondence -- John O'Brien, 1974-1980, inclusive
Correspondence -- Tony Oxley, 1993-2004, inclusive
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Correspondence -- Charles Putney, 2003-2004, inclusive
Correspondence -- Nadi Qamar, 1978-1979, inclusive
Correspondence -- Graham Taylor Lock, 1996-2007, inclusive
Correspondence -- Keith Thompson, 1999-2010, inclusive
Correspondence -- Ben Young, 1990-2012, inclusive
Correspondence -- Jason Zappa, 1991-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Family Members (Mother, Children, Partners), 1969-2009, inclusive
Correspondence -- Family, 2004
Digital materials
Membership Cards, Cabaret Card, Certificates, 1958-1994, inclusive
Bill Dixon Passports, 1958-2008, inclusive
Scrapbook (Disassembled), 1960-1965, inclusive
Scrapbook -- Concert Programs and Photographs, 1972-1974, inclusive
Notes, Notebooks, Notepads, To-Do Lists, 1960-2010, inclusive
Resumes, Curriculum Vite, Biographical Descriptions, 1964-2010, inclusive
Electronic Records
Digital materials
Papers
Datebooks / Address Books, Wall Calendars, 1965-2010, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Conversation with Jon Murray, circa 1965, inclusive
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Frank Kofsky and Bill Dixon Interview, September -November, 1966, inclusive
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interview by Robert Levin - Jazz and Pop, 1970
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Interview of Bill Dixon, Avant Garde, Robert Levin -- Compilation Tape, circa 1970s, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Diana Chingos Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, 1970s-1980s, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Written Response to Bill Dixon Interview with John Tchicai, May 1971
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Paul Levi Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, April 1972
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Robert Sawyer Interview with Bill Dixon at Bennington College, December 13-14, 1972, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, May 15, 1975
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Gail Parker on Bill Dixon, circa 1975-1980, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: EIAJ-1; Duration: 33 minutes.
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon, Raccords, October 8, 1976
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 18 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Nadia Quamar, Putney, Vermont, April 21, 1978
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Duration: 21 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Art Brooks, Ensemble 5, Putney, Vermont, April 21, 1978
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 19 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Niccola Tessitore Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, 1980
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Documentary: Imagine the Sound by Ron Mann -- Publicity, Poster, Correspondence Re: Interview, 1980-1981, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bob Rusch Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, Edited Drafts, 1982
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon Concert, Tape 3, 1983
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 23 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon Interview Dubs, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon Concert, 1983
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Duration: 23 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon Interviews, circa 1983, inclusive
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project: Bill Dixon Interview, circa 1983, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Film: Bill Dixon: A Personal Portrait, circa 1983, inclusive
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Duration: 25 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Film: Bill Dixon: A Personal Portrait -- Notecards / Notes for Interview, circa 1983, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interviewed at Bennington College, circa 1983, inclusive
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project -- Bill Dixon Various Images (Dub), October, 1983
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 18 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project --Various Images with Horn, Hands, Music, Records, Portraits, October, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project --Bill Dixon Interview (Master), October, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project --Bill Dixon Concert at Bennington College (Dub), October 27, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project --Bill Dixon Concert at Bennington College (Master), October 27, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project --Bill Dixon Concert (Dub), October 27, 1983
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Jesse Katz Interview with Bill Dixon for Tool and Die -- Publication, Notes, Drafts, 1984
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Brian Auerbach and Thomas Miessgang Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, June 22, 1985
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Dissertation: Black Professional Musicians in Higher Education... by Christopher Hardin, 1987
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Talks with Quinn Johnson and Chris Bakriges, 1993
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 47 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Interview, December 5, 1993
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 214 minutes (in two parts)
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Correspondence, Transcript, and Thesis: The October Revolution in Jazz: Critical Reception of the "New Thing" by Christopher G. Bakriges, May 1995, 1996, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Christian Broecking Interview with Bill Dixon for Article: Closed Circle of Unconsciousness -- Transcript, July / August 1995, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Iain Anderson Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, 1995-1996, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- October Revolution Profile, 1999
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Dixon Interview Conducted by Michael Lucio Sternbach and Aaron Messelaar (for Down to the Crux?), circa 2000, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 164 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Documentary -- Down to the Crux (Rough Cut) by Michael Lucio Sternbach, circa 2000, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 41 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Documentary -- Down to the Crux (Final Cut) by Michael Lucio Sternbach, circa 2000, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 45 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Frank Rubolino Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript and Related, 2002
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Patrick Hargon Questions and Bill Dixon Answers Re: Musicians and New Jazz in the 1960s, 2003
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Thesis: "This is American Music": Aesthetics, Music and Visual Art of Bill Dixon by Andrew Rraffo Dewar, April 2004
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Thesis: …So We Did It Ourselves: A Social and Musical History of Musician-Organized Jazz Festivals from 1960 to 1973 by Michael Heller, May 19, 2005
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Dissertation and Interview Transcript: Testing, Testing... by Benjamin Piekut -- Re: Jazz Composers' Guild, 2006-2008, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interview with Phil Freeman, April 27, 2008
Digital materials
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon's Conversation with Marc Medwin, circa 2009
Digital materials
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Answers Written by Bill Dixon to Questions Sent by Franck Médioni Re: Coltrane, April 14, 2009
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project -- Bill Dixon (Cutaways) 1, 1A, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 21 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Steven Albahari Project -- Bill Dixon Performance, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 73 minutes (in four parts)
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interview (Rough Cut), Undated, inclusive
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interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interview, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 99 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interview, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 125 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Interviewed by Larry Neal, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon and Lewis Conversation, Undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Bill Dixon Profile, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Conversation with Bill Dixon and William II, Satie Piano Music, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Conversation: CCN, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 35 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Conversations and Excerpts, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 125 minutes
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Dixon Project: Interview and Work, Undated, inclusive
Digital materials
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- John O'Brien, Chicago Today, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Madison Radio Interview with Lynda Clauder, Trumpet Solos, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Various Out-Takes, Undated, inclusive
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Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Unknown Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Jazz Trumpeters Questionnaire / Bill Dixon Answers, Undated, inclusive
Interviews and Scholarly Works -- Unknown Interview with Bill Dixon -- Transcript, Undated, inclusive
Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: L'Opera; The Work of Bill Dixon; Classes and Lectures; "Index" (1965); "Wisc" (1972); "Thoughts" (1986); "Letters"; "Round Up the Usual Suspects"; "Thoughts" (1987), 1965-1994, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 74 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Ellington Class 1994, University of the Streets 1967, Orchestra Work, Ensemble, 1967-1994, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
Papers
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Steven Albahari, Friedman, Moore Retirement, Fahlin, Wesleyan, Andy Grossman, circa 1983, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 107 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Velvet Hope Clark Dance; Jack Moore Retirement Piece; SVC Performance, 1990; Furth, 1990; L'Opera, 1990
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 91 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Ellington Class, 1994; Retirement Lecture, 1995; Dances by Andy Grossman; Recording of "Thoughts"; Dance by Jack Moore with Dixon on Piano, 1994-1995, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 123 minutes
Papers
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Steven Albahari Film, Jack Moore Retirement Piece, 3 Days in October at Bennington College, Bill Dixon Directing Ensemble, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 252 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Steven Albahari; "Dewhorse"; "Summerdance"; "Imagine the Sound" Part I, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Ensemble Lecture Bennington College, Talk with Quinn Johnson, Villeurbanne Concert, URDLA Show, Villeurbanne Master Class, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 125 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Ensemble; Talks; "Explanation"; Presentation, Lecture, and Performance, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Köln, SVC, Duet with A. Grossman, Duet with David Bindman, Jack Moore Retirement Piece, Jerusalem Workshop, Cecil Taylor Duet in Vienna, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Lecture, SVC Performance, Dance Performance, Tenor Saxophone and Piano, Jack Moore Piece, "Letters" Excerpt, Villeurbanne France, 3 Days in October, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Panel on Music for Dance, 1987; Chivas Sandage's "Rushing at the Shift"; M. R. Ellenhorn's "A Field Called No Time", Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 90 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Suspects; Jack Moore Piece, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 132 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: Suspects; SVC; Jim Piece; Piano and Tenor; Jerusalem; Berlin, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 95 minutes
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Bill Dixon Video Excerpts: SVC; Talk in Villeurbanne; Villeurbanne Concert; Book Exhibit; Rehearsal for Sisyphus II (B.C.); Solo - 2nd Part of Faculty Presentations, Undated, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 95 minutes
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Bill Dixon Telephone Conversation with Arthur Doyle, 1970
Digital materials
Pink Panther Film Project, Madison, 1971-1972, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 5 minutes
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Poems and Dedications to Bill Dixon, 1973-1976, Undated, inclusive
Address Books and Mailing Lists, 1974, Undated, inclusive
Custody Documentation for Son, William II, 1975
Birthday Cards (50th and Unknown) and Artwork in Honor of, 1975, Undated, inclusive
Reproduced Bill Dixon Journal Entries, circa 1975
Documentation Re: Stolen Stereo Equipment, 1977-1979, inclusive
Black Music Interviews - Nadi Qamar, circa 1978, inclusive
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 63 minutes